User’s Manual
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Basic Operations & Home screen
Customizing the Home screen
You can add application icons, folders, shortcuts, widgets and other items
to any part of the Home screen. You can also change the wallpaper.
Adding an item to the Home screen
To add an item to the Home screen, follow the steps listed below:
1. Open the Home screen pane where you want to add the item.
2. Click the
Launcher
Tab and select the category
Applications
,
Widgets
,
Bookmarks
or
Settings
.
3. Click on an item and hold until its icon magnifies.
4. Drag the item to desktop area.
You can also add the
Shortcuts
,
Widgets
,
Folders
and
Wallpapers
to the
Home screen by:
■
Clicking and holding on the Home screen.
■
Pressing the
Menu
key and then Clicking
Add
.
A dialog with four options will appear where you can make your selection.
■
Shortcuts
Add shortcuts to applications, a bookmarked webpage, a favorite contact,
a music playlist, and many other items.
The shortcuts available depend on the applications you have installed.
■
Widgets
Add any of a variety of miniature applications (widgets) to your Home
screen, including a clock, a music player, a picture frame, the Google
search bar, a calendar that shows upcoming appointments and a News
widget. You can also download widgets from other websites.
■
Folders
Add a folder where you can organize Home screen items, or folders that
contain all your contacts, Bluetooth received, contacts with phone numbers.
Your folders’ contents are kept up to date automatically.
■
Wallpapers
Add a wallpaper you wish or change the wallpaper for your Home screen
from the
Wallpaper gallery
or
Pictures
you captured using the camera or
copied to your device.
You can also change the wallpaper from the
Desktop settings
. See the
section in Chapter 5,
for details.
