Acer Liquid Glow User Manual - Page 12

The Home screen, The extended Home screen

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The Home screen After rebooting, your smartphone will display the home screen. This screen gives you quick, icon-based access to many of the frequently used features of your smartphone. At the bottom of the screen is the application dock which displays default applications. Tap an icon to open the application. Tap the Application icon in the middle of the application dock to view your applications. To change applications, see "Changing application dock icons" on page 13. The extended Home screen The Home screen extends to either side of the screen, giving you more room to add icons, widgets or features. To view the extended screen, slide your finger to the left or right. Adding or removing icons You can set icons for installed applications on the Home screen. Tap and hold an icon in the Application menu to copy it to the Home screen. To remove an icon from the Home screen, tap and drag the icon from the Home screen to Remove that appears at the top of the screen. Adding or removing widgets To add widgets, press the Application icon and then tap WIDGETS. Resizing widgets Some widgets can be resized. As soon as you place a widget on the Home screen, you can resize it by dragging the corners. To resize a widget that is already on the Home screen, tap and hold the widget. Once the Remove icon appears, release the widget. If the widget is resizable, you will be able to drag the sides of the widget to resize it. 12

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The Home screen
After rebooting, your smartphone will display the home
screen. This screen gives you quick, icon-based access
to many of the frequently used features of your
smartphone.
At the bottom of the screen is the
application dock
which displays default applications. Tap an icon to open
the application. Tap the Application icon in the middle of
the application dock to view your applications. To change
applications, see
"Changing application dock icons"
on page 13
.
The extended Home screen
The Home screen extends to either side of the screen, giving you more room to add
icons, widgets or features. To view the extended screen, slide your finger to the left
or right.
Adding or removing icons
You can set icons for installed applications on the Home screen. Tap and hold an
icon in the Application menu to copy it to the Home screen. To remove an icon from
the Home screen, tap and drag the icon from the Home screen to
Remove
that
appears at the top of the screen.
Adding or removing widgets
To add widgets, press the
Application
icon and then tap
WIDGETS
.
Resizing widgets
Some widgets can be resized. As soon as you place a widget
on the Home screen, you can resize it by dragging the
corners.
To resize a widget that is already on the Home screen, tap
and hold the widget. Once the Remove icon appears, release
the widget. If the widget is resizable, you will be able to drag
the sides of the widget to resize it.