Chapter 2 — About the User Interface and Applications
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About Screen Gestures
Use your fingers or the stylus to manipulate icons, buttons, menus, the
onscreen keyboard, and other items on the screen.
• To select or activate something, tap it.
• To type something, such as a name or password, touch where yo
u
w
ant to type. A keyboard appears that lets you type into the field.
Other common gestures include:
• Touch and hold: Touch and hold an item by touching it and lifting your
finger until an action occurs.
• Drag: Touch and hold an item for a moment. Without lifting your
finger, move your finger on the screen until you reach the target
position. For example, you can drag to reposition shortcuts on th
e
Home
screen.
• Swipe or slide: Quickly move your finger across the screen, without
pausing when you first touch. For example, you can slide a Home
screen left or right to view the other Home screens.
• Double-tap: Tap quickly twice on a web page, map, or other screen to
zoom in. Double-tap again to zoom out.
• Pinch: In some apps, you can zoom in and out by placing two finger
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o
n the screen at once and pinching them together (to zoom out) or
spreading them apart (to zoom in).
Search Starts a search on the computer or the
internet.
Volume Raises or lowers the volume of the
speaker.
Navigation and Function Buttons (continued)
Button Description Function
