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> Navigating On Your Device

> There are different ways you can navigate and interact with the interface of your device:

> | Finger-touch control

> | Stylus

> | Navigation Control

> Finger-touch Control

> A quick and easy way to interact with the home screen and the whole interface of your device is by touch. Use the following actions, or finger gestures, to navigate with your device:

> Touch or tap

> When selecting items on the screen, such as the Home screen tabs, Start menu, programs and settings icons, and large onscreen buttons, simply touch them with your finger. Apply some pressure with your finger pad when touching an item on the screen.

> “Tapping” is touching the screen lightly and quickly with your finger pad or fingertip. On screens that display smaller-size items, you can more accurately select an item by tapping it with your fingertip.

> Swipe

> “Swiping” is dragging your finger vertically or horizontally across the screen. The following are some instances when you would use swiping:

> | Flipping on the Home screen

> > Swipe your finger vertically to flip through favorite contacts, messages, music albums, photos, and more. For more information, see “Using the TouchFLO 3D Home Screen”.

> | Scrolling

> > When browsing the contacts list, Web pages, documents, and certain selection lists on the Home screen (such as the All Programs list), slowly swipe your finger vertically across the screen to scroll. This allows you to scroll by page and to view the content or available selections as you scroll.

> > People usually move their eyes and not a document when reading. For detailed instructions, see “Finger-scrolling”.

> Slide

> Sliding on the touch screen also involves dragging with your finger, but you need to press and hold your finger with some pressure before you start to drag. While dragging, do not release your finger until you have reached the target position.

> The following are some instances when you would use sliding:

> | Switching between Home screen tabs

> > Slide your finger left and right to switch between the Home screen tabs. For more information, see “Switching Between Tabs on the Home Screen”.

> | Advancing playback

> > In players that have a progress bar, such as the Home screen’s Sprint Music tab and Windows Media® Player Mobile, slide your finger horizontally on their progress bar to advance forward or move backward in the music or video you are playing. For more information about the Home screen’s Sprint Music tab, see “Sprint Music”. For more information about Windows Media Player Mobile, see “Using Windows Media Player Mobile”.

> Flick

> Flicking the screen is similar to swiping, except that you need to swipe your finger in light, quicker strokes. This finger gesture is always in a vertical direction, such as when flicking the contacts list. See “Finger-scrolling” for details.

> Finger-zooming and finger-panning

> In programs such as Album and Opera Mobile, you can use finger gestures when zooming and panning.

> Stylus

> You can use the stylus to navigate and interact with the touch screen. To use the stylus, pull it out from the stylus compartment at the bottom of the right panel of your device. If the backlight is off, removing the stylus automatically turns the backlight back on.

> The stylus is magnetic and sticks to the side when held close to the device. This prevents you from accidentally losing or misplacing the stylus.

> Basically, you tap with the stylus to open programs and select items on the screen, and you tap and hold on the screen to open a shortcut menu. You can also use the stylus the same way as what you do with finger gestures, such as swiping, sliding and flicking on the screen.

> Navigation Control

> On the Home screen and in many programs on your device, you can use the Navigation Control for directional control. Press the directional arrows to navigate up, down, left, and right on the screen. When an item has been selected on the screen, press the Enter key (the center button) to confirm your selection.

> The Navigation Control is also touch sensitive and can be used for zooming. Slide your finger clockwise around the Navigation Control to zoom in, counterclockwise to zoom out.

> Sliding your finger clockwise

> Sliding your finger counterclockwise

> The following programs allow you to use the Navigation Control for zooming:

> | Album

> | Camera

> | Opera Mobile

> | Word Mobile and Excel Mobile

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