Nokia N8 User Manual page 36

36 Personalisation
Add items to the home screen
Want to open your favourite applications directly from the home screen? You can create
shortcuts to your most used features. You can also add mini-applications (widgets), that
display helpful information, such as the current weather conditions.
Add a shortcut to the home screen
You can add shortcuts to applications, web bookmarks, or actions, such as writing a
message.
1 Tap and hold the home screen.
2 Select the shortcut widget and Settings.
3 Select the shortcut you want to define, and select
the desired item.
4 Select Exit > Done.
Tip: To remove a shortcut, replace it with another one.
Add a widget to the home screen
1 Tap and hold the home screen.
2 Select and the desired widget from the list.
3 Select Done.
Tip: To download more widgets, select Store.
Using the service or downloading content may cause transfer of large amounts of data,
which may result in data traffic costs.
Some home screen widgets may connect to the internet automatically. To prevent this,
select Options
>
Remove a widget from the home screen
1 Tap and hold the home screen.
2 Select the widget, and from the pop-up menu, select Remove.
3 Select Done.
Add your important contacts to the home screen
Add your most important contacts to the home screen, so you can quickly call or send
messages to them.
The contacts need to be stored in your device memory.
1 In the Favourite contacts widget, select
Widgets to offline
Application
mode.
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or Bookmark and