BlackBerry Bold 9788 - Organizing applications on the Home screen

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Organizing applications on the Home screen

About organizing application icons

Application icons can appear on the Home screen or in folders on the Home screen. If you cannot see all your application icons,

they might be hidden. You can make all your application icons visible on the Home screen or in folders by selecting Show All

from the Home screen menu.
You can reorder application icons to change which icons appear first on the Home screen. You can also create and delete

folders, change the folder icon style for folders that you create, and move application icons into folders and out of folders.

Find or hide an application icon

Depending on your theme, you might not be able to hide some application icons.
On the Home screen or in a folder, do any of the following:

• To see all your application icons, press the

key > Show All.

• To hide an application icon, highlight the icon. Press the

key > Hide.

• To show all hidden application icons, press the

key > Show All.

• To stop hiding an application icon, highlight the icon. Press the

key > Hide. A check mark should not appear

beside the Hide field.

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Add, change, or delete a folder on the Home screen

On the Home screen, do one of the following:

• To add a folder, press the

key > Add Folder. Type a name for the folder. To change the folder icon style, click the

folder icon. Click a folder icon style. Click Add.

• To change a folder, highlight a folder. Press the

key > Edit Folder. Change the folder name or folder icon style.

Click Save.

• To delete a folder, highlight a folder. Press the

key > Delete.

Move an application icon

1. On the Home screen or in an application folder, highlight an application icon.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Perform one of the following actions:

• To move the application icon to a different location on the Home screen, click Move. On the trackpad, slide your finger

to the new location. Click the trackpad.

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• To move the application icon into an application folder, click Move to folder. Click an application folder.
• To move the application icon out of an application folder, click Move to folder. Click Home or an application folder.