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Switch your phone to silent mode, Cortana, Cortana voice assistant

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Change the notification sound for an app Tap manage app sounds and the app you want, and select the notification sound. Add new ringtones from your PC to your phone Connect your phone to your PC with a USB cable, and use the file manager of your PC to move the song you want to the ringtone folder in your phone. Your PC must have Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, or later. To set the song as your ringtone, in the ringtones+sounds view, tap Ringtone, and under Custom, tap the song. You can use a song as your ringtone if it is not protected with digital rights management (DRM), and it's smaller than 30 MB. Tip: Want to create your own unique ringtone? Tap Store, and download the Ringtone Maker app. Switch your phone to silent mode When you switch silent mode on, all ringtones and alert tones are muted. Use this when you are, for example, at the theater or in a meeting. Press a volume key to see the volume status bar at the top of the screen, and tap . 1. To switch to silent mode, tap . 2. If you don't want your phone to vibrate, tap . Tip: Don't want to keep your phone in silent mode but can't answer right now? To silence an incoming call, press the volume down key. If you have switched Flip to silence on, you can simply turn your phone face down. To switch Flip to silence on, on the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > audio, swipe left, if needed, and switch Flip to silence to On . Cortana Let Cortana make your daily life easier. Cortana voice assistant Ever wished for extra help to keep your busy life in check? Cortana is your personal assistant on your phone, only a word away. Cortana can help you: • Schedule a meeting • Set a reminder for an important task • Send automatic replies for callers when you don't want to be disturbed • Check your location • Get up-to-date traffic and weather info, and much more You can do all this using your voice, with only a minimum of fiddling with the touch screen to distract you from other activities. You need a Microsoft account to use Cortana. © 2014 Microsoft Mobile. All rights reserved. 34

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Change the notification sound for an app
Tap
manage app sounds
and the app you want, and select the notification sound.
Add new ringtones from your PC to your phone
Connect your phone to your PC with a USB cable, and use the file manager of your PC to move the
song you want to the ringtone folder in your phone. Your PC must have Windows Vista, Windows 7,
Windows 8, or later.
To set the song as your ringtone, in the ringtones+sounds view, tap
Ringtone
, and under
Custom
,
tap the song.
You can use a song as your ringtone if it is not protected with digital rights management (DRM), and
it’s smaller than 30 MB.
Tip:
Want to create your own unique ringtone? Tap
Store
, and download the Ringtone Maker
app.
Switch your phone to silent mode
When you switch silent mode on, all ringtones and alert tones are muted. Use this when you are, for
example, at the theater or in a meeting.
Press a volume key to see the volume status bar at the top of the screen, and tap
.
1.
To switch to silent mode, tap
.
2.
If you don’t want your phone to vibrate, tap
.
Tip:
Don’t want to keep your phone in silent mode but can’t answer right now? To silence an
incoming call, press the volume down key. If you have switched Flip to silence on, you can simply
turn your phone face down. To switch Flip to silence on, on the start screen, swipe down from
the top of the screen, tap
ALL SETTINGS
>
audio
, swipe left, if needed, and switch
Flip to
silence
to
On
.
Cortana
Let Cortana make your daily life easier.
Cortana voice assistant
Ever wished for extra help to keep your busy life in check? Cortana is your personal assistant on your
phone, only a word away.
Cortana can help you:
Schedule a meeting
Set a reminder for an important task
Send automatic replies for callers when you don’t want to be disturbed
Check your location
Get up-to-date traffic and weather info, and much more
You can do all this using your voice, with only a minimum of fiddling with the touch screen to distract
you from other activities.
You need a Microsoft account to use Cortana.
© 2014 Microsoft Mobile. All rights reserved.
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