Motorola DROID Tips and Tricks - Verizon - Page 1

Tips and Tricks BASICS Slide to the three different panels of your Home screen Yes, basically you have three Home screens. Slide your finger left across the screen and then right to see the different panels. Bonus Tip: To move items/icons between panels, touch and hold the item, then drag it to the panel where you want it. Check out notifications to stay informed Whenever you get a message, email, or alert, you see it in the Notifications bar. That's that small white bar at the top of your screen where your battery life is located. It opens. Touch and slide your finger down over it to view your notifications. Switch between your six most recent apps from anywhere If you're surfing the Web and want to quickly bring up your music player to switch songs, press and hold the Home button. This quickly brings up the six most recent apps you've been using so you can switch to another. Pressing and holding works on any screen! Press to return to where you were. If you want to go directly to the Home screen, press . Flick to scroll quickly When you receive text messages and emails, those icons appear on the left side of the bar to alert you of their arrival. Open the bar and tap an item to open it. Bonus Tip: Once you've viewed your notifications, just tap Clear. Use the touchscreen keyboard If you don't want to open your phone to use the physical keyboard, you can use the touchscreen keyboard. To open it, tap inside a text field. To make the keyboard disappear, press and hold the Back key. To scroll through a list or move quickly, flick across the touchscreen (drag quickly and release). When you flick a long list, tap the screen to stop it from scrolling. Bonus Tips: • To move to the top of a list, press and up. • To move to the bottom of a list, press and down.