Home Screen; Using The Touchscreen; Status Bar - Alcatel OneTouch 983 Smart Manual

1.3

Home screen

You can bring all the things you use most frequently (applications,
shortcuts, folders and widgets) to your Home screen for quick access.
Press the Home key to switch to the Home screen.

Status bar

• Status/Notification indicators
• Touch & drag down to open the
notification panel.
Search bar
• Touch
Apps, Contacts, etc.
• Touch
Touch an icon to open an application, folder, etc.
Touch to access Browser
Applications tab
• Touch to open main menu.
• Touch and hold to display thumbnails of all your Home screens.
• Touch to access the dial screen.
• Touch to access Call log if you have missed call(s).
Home screen is provided in an extended format to allow more space for
adding applications, shortcuts, etc. Slide the Home screen horizontally left
and right to get a complete view of the Home screens. Small dots at the
lower left and right of the screen indicate which screen you are viewing.
Touch & hold the small dots and Application tab to display thumbnails,
touch the thumbnail to open it. Press Back key or touch an empty area
to return to the Home screen. You can customize the number of home
screens by Settings\Display\Home screen settings.
 to enter Search options: All, Web,
 to enter voice search screen.
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1.3.1

Using the touchscreen

Touch
To access an application, touch it with your finger.
Touch and Hold
To enter the available options for an item, touch and hold the item. For
example, select a contact in Contacts, touch and hold this contact, options
list will then appear on screen.
Drag
Place your finger on the screen to drag an object to another location.
Slide/Swipe
Slide the screen to scroll up and down the applications, images, web
pages... at your convenience.
Flick
Similar to swiping, but flicking makes it move quicker.
Rotate
Automatically change the screen orientation from portrait to landscape by
turning the phone sideways to have a better screen view.
1.3.2 Status bar
From the Status bar, you can view both phone status (to the right side)
and notification information (to the left side). When the Status bar is full,
" " icon will appear, touch to display hidden icons.
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