Thing 2--finding out about my device
I did read through the manual of my device and learned a few tricks of the trade. But the format is pretty dry. I followed the idea given with the task of doing an internet search by device and adding tips and tricks. This pretty much got me the Nook User's guide so I modified my search to NOOK HD, tips and tricks from users. This brought up a lot more options and I spent a fun afternoon following peoples advice.
1st tip--told me how to get rid of unwanted items on the big active shelf of the home page. By going to All Settings>Applications>Home I was then able to get rid of the unused items and customize the active shelf for my use. Side benefit was then I actually looked at other items in All Settings and figured out why I wasn't being able to make the print as big as I wanted it. The default setting had blocked out the extra large sizes that I prefer for late night reading.
Next tips came from the Nook HD for dummies site, I clicked on all of the topics and found many useful hints there. After reading through these I decided to tackle setting up different profiles on my device.
On a day to day basis I am the only user on my device so security isn't always a concern. However I worry every time I let my visiting 10 year old nephew play games on it. Those update flashes are pretty tempting to a kid and I don't want his use to cost me money. So I followed the tips and set up a kid profile for him. Now he doesn't have those options to shop. I also locked down the device so that any purchases require a password before they can be authorized. I used to take my credit card number off my account but with trying to do 23 mobile things I wanted to keep it active to purchase any apps I might want.
On to Thing 3!
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