Acer XE.H60PN.006 manual Personalizing the Home screen, Adding or removing shortcuts or widgets

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Personalizing the Home screen

You may personalize your Home screen by adding or removing application shortcuts or widgets, and by changing the wallpaper.

Adding or removing shortcuts or widgets

To add shortcuts or widgets open the Add to Home screen: tap the plus sign next to Apps in the top-right corner of the Home screen. Alternatively, tap and hold anywhere on the Home screen.

Tap Widgets to see small applications that you can add to a Home screen. Widgets are small applications display constantly-updated information or quick shortcuts to applications or special functions.

Tap Applications to open a list of shortcuts to applications and settings you can drag to a Home screen.

Tap Wallpapers to change the current wallpaper. You can choose from a set of pre-formatted wallpapers, images stored in the Gallery, or Live wallpapers featuring animated or interactive backgrounds.

Tap More to add icons, shortcuts, ‘groups’ of contacts or links to specific settings.

To move any item on the Home screen, tap and hold the item until it is selected. You may drag the item to any free area on the screen. To move the item to a different home screen, drag it to the side of the screen, the Home screen will switch to the screen in that direction. Release the item when it is positioned correctly.

To remove an item from the Home screen, tap and hold the item until the trash icon appears in the top-right corner of the screen. Simply drag the item to the trash icon.

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