Samsung Galaxy Avant - Manual (Page 17)

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To delete a shortcut:
1. From the Home screen, touch and hold the desired shortcut. This unlocks it from its location on the current
screen.
2. Drag the shortcut over the Remove tab and release it.
Adding and Removing Primary Shortcuts
Note: You can change any of your primary shortcuts with the exception of the Apps shortcut.
To remove a primary shortcut:
► From the Home screen, touch and hold the primary shortcut you want to replace, then drag it to an empty
space on any available screen. The primary shortcuts are now updated to show an empty slot.
To insert a new primary shortcut:
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps.
2. Locate your desired application, then touch and hold the onscreen icon to position it in the desired
primary shortcut location. The new primary shortcut will now appear on both the Home and Extended
screens.
Adding and Removing Widgets
Widgets are self-contained applications that can be placed on any screen. Unlike shortcuts, widgets appear
as applications.
To add a Widget:
1. Navigate to a target screen containing an available open area, then press and hold Recent until the Edit
Home screen option appears (page 10).
2. Tap Widgets pages and then locate a desired Widget.
3. Touch and hold an available Widget until it detaches from the screen.
4. While still holding the Widget, scroll over the location of the available screen and let go of the Widget to
place it in the desired location.
To remove a Widget:
1. Touch and hold a Widget until it unlocks from the current screen.
2. Drag the widget over the
Remove tab and release it.
● As you place the Widget into the remove/trash, both items turn red.
● This action doesn’t delete the Widget, it just removes it from the current screen.
To place a widget onto a different screen:
1. Touch and hold the widget until it becomes transparent.
2. Slowly drag it past the edge of the screen until the adjacent page appears highlighted and it then snaps
onto the new page.
3. Drag the widget to its desired position on the new screen.
4. Repeat these steps to continue moving it to other screens.
Managing Wallpapers
Wallpapers consist of either Gallery images (user taken), Static Wallpaper gallery images (default wallpapers),
or Live wallpapers (animated backgrounds).
Note: Selecting animated Live wallpapers will require additional battery power.
To change the current Home screen wallpaper:
1. Navigate to an available screen containing an open area.
2. Press and hold
Recent to launch the Edit Home screen option page.
3. Tap Wallpapers g Home screen.
4. Scroll across the available wallpaper images and select a Wallpaper type:
● Tap More images to select from a user image stored in the camera image gallery, crop the image, and tap
Done.
● Tap a wallpaper to select it, and then tap Set wallpaper.
Note: Wallpapers supports the following image types: JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, and WBMP.
To change Wallpapers from Settings Menu:
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Wallpaper.
2. Choose from Home screen, Lock screen, or Home and lock screens.
Note: The Home and lock screens is an option that allows you to change both screens at the same time.
3. Select a wallpaper image and tap Done or Set wallpaper.
To change the current Lock screen wallpaper:
1. From the Home screen, tap Apps > Settings > Wallpaper > Lock screen.
2. Select a wallpaper image and tap Done or Set wallpaper.