Samsung SGH-T589HBBTMB - Manual (Page 31)

Understanding Your Phone 26
Function Keys
Your phone comes equipped with four main function keys that
can be used on any screen: Menu, Home, Back, and Search.
Menu Key
The Menu key ( ) activates an available menu function for the
current screen or application. When on the Home screen, the
following menu options are available:
• Add ( ) adds one of the following functions to a selected screen:
Widgets, Shortcuts, Folders, and Wallpapers.
• Wallpaper ( ) lets you to customize the current screen’s
wallpaper image by choosing from either Home screen Wallpaper, Live
Wallpaper or Wallpaper gallery).
– You can obtain images from either your Pictures folder, from any of the
available images within the device’s Wallpaper gallery, or from the
animated Live Wallpapers.
• Search ( ) displays the Google Search box that you can use to
search for a key term both on the phone and online.
• Notifications ( ) allows you to expand popup notifications area to
provide more detailed information about the current on-screen
notification icons.
• Edit ( ) allows you to add or remove extended screens from your
device. You can have up to eight extended screens.
• Settings ( ) provides quick access to the device’s settings menu.
– The Settings menu can also be accessed by pressing (Home) and
then tapping ➔ Settings.
Home Key
The Home key ( ) takes you back to your Home screen
(initially #3 of the 5 available screens).
ᮣ Press and hold to launch the Recent Apps/Task Manager
screen. For more information, refer to “Accessing
Recently-Used Applications” on page 34.
Back Key
The Back key ( ) returns you to the previously active screen.
If the on-screen keyboard is currently open, this key closes the
keyboard.