Setting Up Your Device 43

Display settings

To adjust brightness

1.Tap the Backlight icon ( ) on the Today screen, or tap Start > Settings > System tab > Backlight.

2.On the Brightness tab, move the slider right to increase the brightness, or left to decrease the brightness.

To set the backlight to dim after a time delay

1.Tap the Backlight icon ( ) on the Today screen, or tap Start > Settings > System tab > Backlight.

2.Tap the Battery power tab, or the External power tab.

3.Select the Turn off backlight if device is not used for check box, and specify the time delay.

To increase or decrease the size of text on the screen

1.Tap Start > Settings > System tab > Screen > Text Size tab.

2.Move the slider to increase or decrease the text size.

Button settings

To reassign programs or shortcuts to program buttons

Your device may come with programs already assigned to hardware buttons. You can customize these buttons to open the programs you use most, or to perform certain shortcuts such as changing the screen orientation, opening the Today screen, or opening Input Panel.

1.Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Buttons.

2.A list of buttons and their current assignments are displayed on the Program Buttons tab.

3.Tap the button you want to reassign. To help you identify the buttons, there are numbers and icons representing the original function of the button.

4.In the Assign a program box, tap the program or shortcut you want to assign.

5.Tap OK.

To adjust the speed for scrolling

Pressing and holding NAVIGATION up or down (Up/Down control) scrolls through the items in a list. Follow these steps to set the scrolling speed.

1.Tap Start > Settings > Personal tab > Buttons > Up/Down Control tab.

2.Do one of the following:

Under Delay before first repeat, move the slider to shorten or lengthen the time that elapses before scrolling begins.

To change the time it takes to scroll from one item to the next, under Repeat rate, move the slider to adjust the speed.

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HTC PDA Phone user manual Display settings, Button settings