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IV. Your
Home Screen
T
hink of this as your
desktop.
What goes
on the home screen is up to you. You can
fi ll the space with any combination of short-
cuts, widgets, and folders you like. Some
preinstalled shortcut icons will appear at the
bottom, and a Google Search Widget ap-
pears at the top.
When you power up your Cruz for the fi rst time, you’ll see the main home-screen panel. This panel is typically
centered; you can access additional panels on either side of the main one by swiping your fi nger left or right.
At the top of the Home Screen is your Status Bar. At
the left, you have a set of four Control Icons. If you are
ever in an application that uses full screen mode and
therefore hides these icons, simply tap on the center
of the screen to make the Status Bar reappear momen-
tarily. From left to right, the icons are
Home
, Back
,
Search
, and Menu
To the right on the Status Bar you will fi nd the date and
time. To the left of the date, you will see a Battery Life icon
. This icon changes to a Battery Charging icon when the
DC Adapter is connected and plugged into the wall socket,
regardless if there is a full charge or not.
To the left of that will appear a Wi-Fi icon (
), but only
when connected. The icon will show your Wi-Fi signal
strength as well.
In the center of the Status Bar is the Notifi cation Area.
Various icons will appear for different reasons, notifying
you of change of status or the completion of tasks being
performed. For instance, once a download is started, a
download icon will appear. For more information about
these notifi cations, swipe the Status Bar downward to
open the Notifi cation Panel. When tasks are completed,
you can open these fi les or clear these notifi cations. You
can close the Notifi cation Panel by swiping up again from
the panel’s control handle.
The button at the bottom of the screen accesses your App
Panel. Tap or swipe the button upward to view and access
your installed apps. This is where you look to fi nd your
newly installed apps. Tap again or swipe down to close
this panel and view your Home Screen again.
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