
18
Getting to know your P910c
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Screen areas
When the flip is closed, you use the keyboard and the Jog Dial.
When the flip is open the screen is touch-sensitive. The screen is
divided into a number of areas: see the figure and table below.
Item
Description
A
Application
picker
Displays six icons for quick and easy access to the
most common applications. These can be customized.
Chat Edit
Internet Edit
A
B
C
D
E
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E
F
C
B
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B
Menu bar
Usually contains two menus on the left, and a
folder
menu
on the right. The two left-hand menus contain:
• the
application menu
, whose name is always the
same as the application. It contains the system
services used by most applications, such as
Find
,
Send as
, and
Delete
.
• the
edit menus
contain editing items such as
Cut
,
Copy
,
Paste
,
Zoom
,
Preferences
and
Help.
With the flip closed, the menu bar often shows the
function of the
key.
C
Application
area
Applications use this central area of the screen to
display the essential information.
Many of the applications are based on two standard
view layouts: a
list view
and a
detail view.
D
Button bar
An application view displays a button bar that
contains useful controls and shortcuts. Not all
application views require a button bar.
E
Status bar
Displays device status information such as: signal
strength, battery and device information, settings for
sounds and time, on-screen keyboard, as well as
temporary indicators such as missed calls and unread
messages.
F
Title bar
Displays the name of the active application.