HTC Gratia User Manual - Page 33

Searching your phone and the Web, Setting Web and phone search options

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Basics 33 Searching your phone and the Web You can search for information on your phone and on the Web by using the Quick Search Box. Some applications, such as People or Mail, have their own search box, which you can use to search within those applications (the application's icon is at the left of the search box.) Setting Web and phone search options 1. From the Home screen, press MENU, and then tap Settings. 2. Scroll down the screen, and then tap Search. 3. Tap Google search, and then do the following:  Select Show web suggestions if you want to include suggestions from Google when doing a search.  Select Use My Location if you want to include your location when doing a search and using other Google services.  Select Search history to enable personalized search history. You need to sign in to your Google Account to use this feature. The Show web suggestion check box needs to be selected for this option to be enabled. Press BACK when you are done. 4. Tap Searchable items, and then select the items you want included when doing a search. Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box 1. From the Home screen, press SEARCH. 2. Enter the search item in the Quick Search Box. As you type, matching items on your phone and suggestions from Google web search are shown as a list. The suggested items that appear will depend on the options that you have selected in the search settings. See "Setting Web and phone search options" for details. 3. To target your search to just the Web or to a single application's information, tap at the left of the search box, and then tap the icon representing where you want to search. 4. Do one of the following:  If what you're searching for is in the list of suggestions, tap it in the list. The item opens in the appropriate application.  If what you're searching for is not in the list, tap to search the Web or, if you've targeted your search to a single application, within that application.

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Basics
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Searching your phone and the Web
You can search for information on your phone and on the Web by using the
Quick Search
Box
. Some applications, such as People or Mail, have their own search box, which you can
use to search within those applications (the application’s icon is at the left of the search box.)
Setting Web and phone search options
From the Home screen, press MENU, and then tap
Settings
.
Scroll down the screen, and then tap
Search
.
Tap
Google search
, and then do the following:
Select
Show web suggestions
if you want to include suggestions from Google when
doing a search.
Select
Use My Location
if you want to include your location when doing a search and
using other Google services.
Select
Search history
to enable personalized search history. You need to sign in to your
Google Account to use this feature. The
Show web suggestion
check box needs to be
selected for this option to be enabled.
Press BACK when you are done.
4.
Tap
Searchable items
, and then select the items you want included when doing a search.
Searching the Web and your phone using the Quick Search Box
From the Home screen, press SEARCH.
2.
Enter the search item in the Quick Search Box. As you type, matching items on your
phone and suggestions from Google web search are shown as a list.
The suggested items that appear will depend on the options that you have selected in the search
settings. See “Setting Web and phone search options” for details.
3.
To target your search to just the Web or to a single application’s information, tap
at
the left of the search box, and then tap the icon representing where you want to search.
4.
Do one of the following:
If what you’re searching for is in the list of suggestions, tap it in the list. The item opens
in the appropriate application.
If what you’re searching for is not in the list, tap
to search the Web or, if you’ve
targeted your search to a single application, within that application.
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