72Managing Your Pocket PC Phone

5.1Personalizing Your Pocket PC Phone

Customize the Today screen

The Today screen shows your upcoming appointments, active tasks, and information about incoming messages. You can customize the Today screen on your device.

To customize the Today screen

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

2.On the Appearance tab, select the desired theme for the background of the Today screen.

3.On the Items tab, select the items you want to appear on the Today screen.

Tip To change the order of items displayed on the Today screen, tap the item, and tap Move Up or Move Down.

To add a custom background image

You can use one of your own pictures as the background image on the Today screen. Be aware that pictures can affect the readability of text on the Today screen.

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

2.Select the Use this picture as the background check box, and tap Browse to view a list of your picture files.

3.Tap the file name of the picture you want to use.

4.Tap OK.

To set options for displaying appointments on the Today screen

If you have a large number of appointments, you may want to specify the kind of appointments that are displayed on the Today screen.

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

2.Tap the Items tab.

3.Select Calendar and tap Options.

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