6 quick menu, 7 quicktasks, 8 htc home – HTC Touch HS S00 User Manual

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 Getting Started

Getting Started 

1.8 HTC Home™

HTC Home™ is a Today screen plug-in that gives you up-to-date local

information at a glance, such as time, day and weather information, and

shows new messages and missed calls. It also has a customizable launcher

where you can add your favorite applications for one-touch access and a

Profile selector where you can quickly change the profile or ring tone of

your device.
HTC Home has four components: Home, Weather, Launcher and Sounds.

At the bottom of HTC Home, there is a toolbar that allows you to switch

between these components.

HTC Home

Toolbar

Home

Weather Launcher Sounds

To switch between the different components of HTC Home

Do any of the following:

Touch the tabs in the toolbar using your finger.

Tap the tabs in the toolbar using the stylus.

Use the NAVIGATION CONTROL. If the toolbar is not selected, press

NAVIGATION up/down first to select the toolbar. Press NAVIGATION

left/right to select a tab and then press ENTER.

1.6 Quick Menu

The Quick Menu, located at the top right corner of the Today screen, shows

the currently running programs. You can quickly switch between running

programs, stop programs, and see how much program memory is being

used.

Tap this button to open

the Quick Menu.

• To switch to a running

program, tap the

program name.

• To stop running a

program, tap

.

Customize how programs

are closed. (See “Using Task

Manager” in Chapter 1.)

Stop all

currently

running

programs.

Shows the total program

memory usage (in

percentage). Tap to open

Memory settings.

1.7 QuickTasks

QuickTasks lets you quickly

access frequently-used tasks

by simply opening the front

panel of the device.
The QuickTasks screenn only

opens when you open the

keyboard while on the Today

screen.
You can disable the Quick

Tasks by tapping Start >

Settings > System tab

> Keypad QuickTasks

and clearing the Enable

QuickTasks when keypad is

opened check box.

Touch to activate the item

Note

QuickTasks will not open when the screen orientation is in Landscape mode.

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