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Widgets, Rearranging your Home screen, Shortcuts, Folder

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To go to the Home screen • Press . To browse the Home screen • Flick right or left. To share an item from your Home screen 1 Press to open your Home screen. 2 Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the phone vibrates, then drag the item to . 3 Select an option and confirm, if necessary. You can now share the applications and widgets you like with your friends so they can download and use them. Widgets Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Home screen. For example, the Music player widget allows you to start playing music directly. To add a widget to the Home screen 1 From your Home screen, press . 2 Tap Add > Widgets. 3 Tap a widget. To get an overview of all widgets on your Home screen • Pinch on any area of your Home screen. All widgets from different parts of your Home screen are now displayed in one view. When all Home screen widgets are combined in one view, tap on any widget to go to the part of the Home screen containing that widget. Rearranging your Home screen Customize the appearance of your Home screen and change the features you can access from it. Change the screen background, move items around, create folders, and add shortcuts to contacts. To open the options menu of your Home screen You can open the Home screen options menu in two ways: • From your Home screen, press . • Touch and hold on any part of your Home screen. To add a shortcut to the Home screen 1 From your Home screen, press . 2 Tap Add > Shortcuts. 3 Find and select a shortcut. Add an application shortcut directly from the Application screen by touching and holding the application. To add a folder to the Home screen 1 From your Home screen, press . 2 Tap Add > Folder. 3 Enter a name for the folder and tap Done. Drag and drop an item on top of another item on your Home screen to create a folder automatically. To add items to a folder • Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the phone vibrates, then drag the item to the folder. 19 This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.

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To go to the Home screen
•
Press
.
To browse the Home screen
•
Flick right or left.
To share an item from your Home screen
1
Press
to open your Home screen.
2
Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the phone vibrates, then drag the
item to
.
3
Select an option and confirm, if necessary. You can now share the applications
and widgets you like with your friends so they can download and use them.
Widgets
Widgets are small applications that you can use directly on your Home screen. For
example, the Music player widget allows you to start playing music directly.
To add a widget to the Home screen
1
From your Home screen, press
.
2
Tap
Add
>
Widgets
.
3
Tap a widget.
To get an overview of all widgets on your Home screen
•
Pinch on any area of your Home screen. All widgets from different parts of your
Home screen are now displayed in one view.
When all Home screen widgets are combined in one view, tap on any widget to go to the part
of the Home screen containing that widget.
Rearranging your Home screen
Customize the appearance of your Home screen and change the features you can
access from it. Change the screen background, move items around, create folders, and
add shortcuts to contacts.
To open the options menu of your Home screen
You can open the Home screen options menu in two ways:
•
From your Home screen, press
.
•
Touch and hold on any part of your Home screen.
To add a shortcut to the Home screen
1
From your Home screen, press
.
2
Tap
Add
>
Shortcuts
.
3
Find and select a shortcut.
Add an application shortcut directly from the Application screen by touching and holding the
application.
To add a folder to the Home screen
1
From your Home screen, press
.
2
Tap
Add
>
Folder
.
3
Enter a name for the folder and tap
Done
.
Drag and drop an item on top of another item on your Home screen to create a folder
automatically.
To add items to a folder
•
Touch and hold an item until it magnifies and the phone vibrates, then drag the
item to the folder.
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This is an Internet version of this publication. © Print only for private use.