Getting Started 23
Manage screen settings
The device’s display has the following orientation modes:
Portrait
and
Landscape
. To change the orientation, tap
Start > Settings > System
tab
>
Screen
, and select the orientation you want.
Tip
To quickly change the screen orientation, you can also tap the
Rotate Screen
icon in HTC Home’s Launcher. See “HTC Home” later in this chapter for details.
To smooth the edges of screen fonts for many programs, on the
ClearType
tab, select the
Enable ClearType
check box.
To increase the readability or to see more content on the screen, on the
Text Size
tab, adjust the text size by moving the slider.
Switch your device to Sleep mode
Quickly pressing the POWER button turns off the display temporarily and
switches your device to
Sleep mode
. Sleep mode suspends your device to a
low power state while the display is off in order to save battery power.
Your device also automatically goes into Sleep mode when you leave the
device idle after a certain amount of time.
To specify the timeout period before your device goes into Sleep mode
1.
Tap
Start > Settings > System
tab
> Power > Advanced
tab.
2.
Under
On battery power
, make sure the
Turn off device if not used
for
check box is selected.
3.
Select the battery timeout period, then tap
OK
.
You will still be able to receive messages and calls while your device is in
Sleep mode. Pressing the POWER button again or new incoming calls/
messages will wake up your device.
