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Personalizing your Phone, Set up the Home screen, Set date, time, language

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54 Managing your Phone 4.1 Personalizing your Phone Set up the Home screen The Home screen is your starting place for most tasks. You can gain access to all features and programs from the Home screen. The top of the Home screen displays icons for the programs that you have most recently used. The center of the Home screen can display your next appointment, the number of new messages (voice mail, text, e-mail, or Picture Messages) that you have received, and other important information. When you select an icon or item on the Home Screen, the associated program opens. To customize the Home screen 1. On the Home screen, select Start > Settings > More > Home Screen. 2. In Home screen layout, Color scheme, Background image, and Time out, select the options you want, and select Done. To set a picture as the background 1. On the Home screen, select Start > Pictures & Videos. 2. Select the picture you want to set as the background. Select View or press the CENTER SELECT Key for a larger view of the image. 3. Select Menu > Use as Home Screen. 4. Use NAVIGATION to select the portion of the picture you want to use, and select Next. If the picture fits the screen, this step is skipped. 5. In Adjust the transparency, select a higher percentage for a more transparent picture or a lower percentage for a more opaque picture. 6. Select Finish. Set date, time, language, and other regional options Your phone should already be set up with the regional settings that are appropriate for your locale. To change regional settings You can specify the language, locale, date and time style, as well as number and currency formatting options. 1. On the Home screen, select Start > Settings > More > Regional Settings.

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54 Managing your Phone
4.1 Personalizing your Phone
Set up the Home screen
The Home screen is your starting place for most tasks. You can gain access
to all features and programs from the Home screen.
The top of the Home screen displays icons for the programs that you have
most recently used. The center of the Home screen can display your next
appointment, the number of new messages (voice mail, text, e-mail, or
Picture Messages) that you have received, and other important information.
When you select an icon or item on the Home Screen, the associated
program opens.
To customize the Home screen
1.
On the Home screen, select
Start
>
Settings
>
More
>
Home Screen
.
2.
In
Home screen layout
,
Color scheme
,
Background
image
, and
Time out
, select the options you want, and select
Done
.
To set a picture as the background
1.
On the Home screen, select
Start
>
Pictures & Videos
.
2.
Select the picture you want to set as the background. Select
View
or
press the
CENTER SELECT
Key for a larger view of the image.
3.
Select
Menu
>
Use as Home Screen
.
4.
Use NAVIGATION to select the portion of the picture you want to use,
and select
Next
. If the picture fits the screen, this step is skipped.
5.
In
Adjust the transparency
, select a higher percentage for a more
transparent picture or a lower percentage for a more opaque picture.
6.
Select
Finish
.
Set date, time, language, and other regional options
Your phone should already be set up with the regional settings that are
appropriate for your locale.
To change regional settings
You can specify the language, locale, date and time style, as well as number
and currency formatting options.
1.
On the Home screen, select
Start
>
Settings
>
More
>
Regional
Settings
.