Customizing The Home Screen - Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual

Customizing the Home Screen

Customize the Home screen to suit your preferences.
Primary Shortcuts
Primary shortcuts display at the bottom of t he screen. You
can edit the Primary shortcuts, except for
Adding Shortcuts
Touch and hold a shortcut and drag it from the Primary
shortcuts to the Home screen or from the Home screen
to the Primary shortcuts.
Removing Shortcuts
Touch and hold the shortcut until Remove displays,
and then drag the shortcut to the Remove icon.
Widgets
Widgets are self-contained applications that you can place
on the Home screen for quick, direct access.
Adding Widgets
1. Touch and hold on a Home screen to display the
Home screen menu.
2. Touch Apps and widgets.
3. Touch the Widgets tab; then touch and hold a widget to
add it to the Home screen.
Removing Widgets
Application Shortcuts
Use Application shortcuts to launch applications from the
Apps.
Home screen.
1. Touch
2. Locate your desired application.
3. Touch and hold the icon. The new shortcut then hovers
4. While still holding the icon, position it on the current
Move and Delete Items
Touch and hold the widget until
Drag the widget to the Remove icon.
Apps to display all the currently available
applications.
over the current screen.
screen. Release the screen to lock the shortcut into its
new position.
Touch and hold the item you want to move or delete
and drag it to another location or to the Trash Can icon
at the bottom of the screen.
Understanding Your Phone
Remove displays.
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