Dell Venue Pro User Manual

Dell™ Venue Pro

COMMENT

User's Manual

Notes, Cautions, and Warnings

NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make

better use of your device.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates potential damage to hardware or loss

of data if instructions are not followed.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage,

personal injury, or death.

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October 2010 A00

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:

1) this device may not cause harmful interference and

2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause
undesired operation of the device.

FCC RF Radiation Exposure Statement:

For body worn operation, this phone has been tested and meets FCC RF exposure
guidelines when used with an accessory that contains no metal and that positions the
handset a minimum of 1.5 cm from the body. Use of other accessories may not ensure
compliance with FCC RF exposure guidelines.

Contents

1 Package Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2 Getting to Know Your Dell™

Venue Pro

3 Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue Pro

Getting Your Phone Ready for Use . . . . . . . . 11

Turning On Your Phone

Turning Off Your Phone

Turning On the Screen

First-Time Setup

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Physical QWERTY Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Start Screen

Touch Screen Gestures

Screen Orientation

Applications list

Status Bar

Wallpaper

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Navigating Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

On-Screen Controls

On-Screen Keyboard

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Your Dell™ Venue Pro

Setting Up E-mail and Social Networking
Accounts

Using E-mail

Calling

Managing Contacts Using the People
Application

Messaging

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6 Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using bing Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Browsing the Internet

Using Maps

Marketplace

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Games and Xbox LIVE

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4 Contents

8Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Pictures

Playing Music and Video Using Zune

Listening to FM Radio Using Zune

Calendar

Alarms

Calculator

Voice Recognition

Office

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9 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Index

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Contents 5

Package Contents

Check the contents of your package to verify that you have the
following:

NOTE: The contents of your package may vary based on your region.

U.S.A

Dell Venue Pro phone

Battery

Getting Started Guide

Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information

Warranty and Support Information

MicroUSB cable

Charger

US plug

Headset with microphone

Europe

Dell Venue Pro phone

Battery

Getting Started Guide

Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information

Warranty and Support Information

MicroUSB cable

Charger

UK plug

EURO plug

Headset with microphone

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Getting to Know Your Dell™

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Venue Pro

This section provides information about the features available on your
Dell Venue Pro phone.

Feature Function(s)

1 Earpiece Use to listen to phone conversations.

2 Back

3 Start

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Touch to:

• Return to the previous screen or web
page.

• Cancel an operation.

• Close an on-screen keyboard or a
menu.

• Touch to return to the Start screen
from anywhere on the phone,
including from a running application.

• Touch and hold for speech commands.

Feature Function(s)

4 Search button

5 Proximity sensor Detects and turns off the screen when

Touch to open the search box to find
items from the Internet, contacts from
the contact list, or applications from
Marketplace.

you bring the phone close to your ear to
make or receive calls, in order to prevent
unintentional touch on the screen.

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Feature Function(s)

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1 Power and sleep/wake button • Press and hold to turn on the phone.

• Press and hold to turn off the phone.

• Press to turn off the display.

• Press to wake up the phone from the
sleep mode.

2 Camera Capture photos and videos.

3 Speakers Audio output for video, music, and FM radio.

4 Micro USB connector • Connects to a USB cable to transfer files

to a computer.

• Connects to a charger to charge the
phone.

5 Back cover Secures the battery in place.

6 Camera flash For using flash while capturing photos and

videos.

7 Headphone connector Connects to headphones.

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Feature Function(s)

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1 Volume control buttons During a phone call or while playing

media such as music, FM radio, and
video:

• Press to increase or decrease the
volume by one level.

• Press and hold continuously to
increase or decrease volume level.

2 Camera button • Press to start the camera.

• Press to capture a photo or video.

• A half press of the button enables
auto-focus.

• When recording a video, press to
stop.

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Setting Up Your Dell™ Venue
Pro

This section provides information on setting up your Dell Venue Pro
phone for the first time.

Getting Your Phone Ready for Use

1 Remove the back cover

a Slide the back cover up towards

the top of the phone.

NOTE: Do not turn on the phone when the back cover is removed.

b Lift the back cover off the phone.

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2 Insert the SIM card

Align the angled corner of the SIM card with the angled corner in the card
holder and insert the card. If the card does not fit in the card holder easily,
check to ensure that you have aligned the corner on the card with the
corner on the card holder.

3 Insert the battery

Align the metal contacts on the battery with the contacts on the battery
holder and place the battery.

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4 Close the back cover

a Align the tabs on the back cover

with the slots on the phone.

b Place the cover onto the back of

the phone, and then slide the
cover towards the bottom of the
phone to secure the cover in
place.

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5 Charge the phone

NOTE: Charge the battery in an environmental temperature between

0°C and 45°C.

The battery is not fully charged when first unpacked.

a Connect the microUSB cable's connector into the connector on the

phone.

b Connect the cable's USB connector into the supplied USB wall charger

adapter.

c Connect the USB wall charger adapter into a power outlet and charge the

phone till the battery is fully charged.

NOTE: The phone is fully

charged within four hours when
connected to a power outlet.

NOTE: To charge your phone

using a computer, connect the
microUSB cable's connector to
the phone, and the cable's USB
connector to a USB port on the
computer.

Turning On Your Phone

NOTE: Use this phone in an environmental temperature between -10°C

and 55°C.

1 Press the power and sleep/wake button to turn on your phone.

2 The Windows Phone 7.0 operating system screen appears when

the phone goes through a cold boot process.

3 If your SIM card is locked by a Personal Identification Number

(PIN), type the PIN by touching corresponding number keys on
the on-screen keypad. Touch the enter button to confirm your
input.

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Turning Off Your Phone

Press and hold the power and sleep/wake button.

Turning On the Screen

If the device is on, but the screen is off, press the power and
sleep/wake button to turn on the screen.

First-Time Setup

After the first-time cold boot, touch the get started button to let the
phone take you through an initial setup process:

1 The phone detects whether an Internet connection is available.

NOTE: Connecting to the Internet requires an active Wi-Fi or mobile

data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA). See Connectivity settings
for more information on how to set up a data connection.

2 The phone asks whether to retrieve time zone, date, and time

information directly from the Internet server, or to set up time
zone, date, and time manually.

3 Download the Microsoft Software Agreement.

4 To connect your phone to Windows Live and use services

including Windows Live

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LIVE
Windows Live ID, or touch the create one button to register a new
Windows Live ID.

NOTE: Signing in to Windows Live also synchronizes all your Windows

Live e-mails and contacts on your phone.

5 The phone is ready for use when the Start Screen appears.

, touch the sign in button to sign in with your existing

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Messenger, Hotmail®, Zune®, and Xbox

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Physical QWERTY Keyboard

You can use the physical QWERTY keyboard to type text into a text
field in your phone.

To access the keyb oard

Slide the phone up to access the keyboard.

NOTE: The on-screen keyboard closes automatically when the physical

QWERTY keyboard is active.

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Keyboard controls

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1 Press to type alphabets in the text field.

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• Press the key to switch between the uppercase and lowercase

typing modes. in the status bar indicates that the lowercase

typing mode is active; indicates that the uppercase typing mode
is active.

• Press and hold the key to enable the Caps Lock mode, as the icon

indicates in the status bar. Press again to disable the Caps Lock

mode.

3 •Press the blue fn key to enable the blue numbers and symbols. The

icon will show up in the status bar to confirm this function is

enabled. The input mode will automatically switch to the alphabet
mode after you type a number or a symbol.

• To enable continuous number and symbol input, press and hold the

fn key. The icon will show up in the status bar to confirm this
function is enabled. Press the same key to disable this mode.

4

Press the key to add accents to vowels. Multiple presses cycle
through available accents. Press and hold the key to view the accent

picker, and touch the accent to type in the text field.

NOTE: The accent key only works when the cursor immediately follows

a vowel.

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5 •Press the space bar to type a space.

Ti le s

• Double-press the space bar to insert a period.

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Press the key to view the emoticon picker. Touch the desired
emoticon to type the emoticon in the text box.

7 •Press the sym key to open the on-screen symbol picker where you

can touch the numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks that you
want to type.

• When the symbol picker appears, touch or for more available
symbols.

•Press the sym key to close the on-screen symbol picker.

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• Press the key to enter a new line of text.

• Press the key to confirm your text input.

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• Press the key to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space.

• Press and hold the key to quickly delete typed text.

Start Screen

The Start screen is the starting point for
your phone activities, and is made up of
customizable “tiles”—shortcuts or links
that provide easy access to your favorite
or frequently used features, applications,
contacts, web pages, and media playlists.
Tiles are dynamic and updated in real
time to display notifications of new text
messages, e-mails, upcoming calendar
events, missed calls, and latest feed
updates on your social networks such as
Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Live.

To open the Start screen

From any phone activities, touch Start .

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To add a tile to the Start screen

You can “Pin” an application, media item, or favorite contact to add it
as a tile on the Start screen.

1 Touch and hold an application that you would like to pin as a tile

on the Start screen.

2 From the context menu that appears, touch pin to start, or pin

favorites to start.

NOTE: After you open a contact profile from the People application,

touch the pin icon in the application bar at the bottom to pin the
contact to the Start screen.

To reposition a tile on the Start screen

1 Touch and hold the tile until it stands out to become movable.

NOTE: When the moving mode is activated, you can touch another tile

to make it movable.

2 Drag or flick the tile to another location on the screen.

3 Release the tile in the desired location.

4 Touch the tile or the blank area on the screen to disable the

moving mode.

To remove a tile from the Start screen

1 Touch and hold the tile you want to remove.

2 Touch the unpin icon .

To navigate the Start screen

1 Flick or pan the Start screen upwards or downwards until it

displays the desired tile.

NOTE: To stop the Start screen from moving, touch anywhere on the

Start screen.

2 Touch the tile to open the associate application or feature.

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To change the tile color

You can change the tile color by changing the accent color.

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, select theme.

3 Tou ch th e Accent color text box.

4 Touch a desired color sample from the ACCENTS list.

To change the background color of the Start screen

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, select theme.

3 Tou ch th e Background list box.

4 From the Background list box, touch dark or light to change the

background color.

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Touch Screen Gestures

Your phone has a multi-touch sensitive screen. You can touch the
screen to navigate and control the phone. The following touch screen
gestures are supported on your phone:

Touch Gestures Allows you to:

Touch

Touch gently on the screen with your
fingertip.

• Select screen items including
buttons, icons, images, entries, and
options.

• Start applications.

• Input text using the on-screen
keyboard or numeric keypad.

• Stop any type of screen content
from scrolling, for example the
Applications list or a web page.

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Touch Gestures Allows you to:

Touch and h o l d

Touch and hold your finger on the
screen.

Flick or swipe

Slide a finger quickly in the direction
you want the screen content to move.

“Pin” an application, media item, or
favorite contact to the Start screen to
add it as a tile.

• To pin an item, touch and hold the
item until the context menu
appears, and then touch pin to
start or pin favorites to start.

• To remove a tile, touch and hold

the tile, and then touch .

Quickly scroll through different
screens of content: the Start screen,
Applications list, web pages, lists,
entries, photos, and so on.

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Touch Gestures Allows you to:

Pan

1 Touch a desired area on the screen.

2 Keeping your finger in contact with

the screen, move your fingertip
slowly in the direction you want the
screen content to move.

• Move a tile somewhere else on
Start at a controlled rate. Touch and
hold the tile, then move it wherever
you'd like.

• Scroll through lists, menus, or
pages.

Pinch or Zoom-Out Pinch

Move two fingers closer together on
the screen to zoom-out.

Zoom-out on websites, maps, or
pictures.

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Touch Gestures Allows you to:

Stretch or Zoom-In Stretch

Move two fingers away from each
other on the screen to zoom-in.

Double-tap

Tap the screen quickly twice. Toggle between the zoom-in and

Zoom-in on websites, maps, or
pictures.

zoom-out states of a screen view,
such as a picture or web page. The
application defines the zoomed-in
and zoomed-out scales and zooms in
or out accordingly.

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Screen Orientation

Your phone supports two types of orientation: portrait and landscape.
For optimal viewing experience, the screen rotates automatically to
portrait or landscape view depending on how you hold the phone.

Portrait orientation

In portrait-mode, the screen is vertically oriented where the height of
the screen is greater than the width.

Landscape orientation

In landscape-mode, the screen is horizontally oriented where the
width of the screen is greater than the height, and is suited for
browsing the Internet, watching videos, and playing games.

NOTE: The Start screen and Applications list always appear in portrait

mode. Landscape mode is not supported on certain applications or while
the physical QWERTY keyboard is open.

NOTE: Certain applications downloaded from the Internet may not

support automatic screen orientation to portrait or landscape.

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Applications list

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The Applications list contains the list of all the applications available on
your phone.

NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be

able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other
applications that are not pinned to your Start Screen, you will need to go
to the applications list to access them.

To display the Applications list

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Touch Start to open the Start screen.

2

Touch or flick the Start screen to the left to view the Applications list.

3

To return to the Start screen from the Applications list, touch or flick
the Applications list to the right.

To navigate the Applications list

1 Flick or pan the Applications list upwards or downwards until it

displays the desired application.

NOTE: To stop the Applications list from moving, touch anywhere on

the screen.

2 Touch the application to open it.

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Status Bar

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At the top of your smart phone screen, there is a thin bar known as the
Status bar. The Status bar displays icon indicators for current time,
battery power, signal strength, network connectivity, ringtone settings,
and other system information.

NOTE: The Status bar hides the icons after a short period of time. To

display the icons, touch the Status bar.

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Signal strength

Connected to a 3G (HSPA) data network

Connected to a Wi-Fi network

Silent mode is enabled

Battery status

Current time

SIM card is locked

Vibrate mode is enabled

Phone is charging

Airplane mode is enabled

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Wallpaper

The display turns off automatically after a time­out period of inactivity. The wallpaper then
appears after you wake up the display by pressing
the power and sleep/wake button, or when you
slide open the QWERTY keyboard.

The wallpaper helps prevent unintentional touch
on the screen, displays the date and time, missed
calls, new messages, upcoming events, and the
alarm set indicator.

To set the screen time-out period

1 Touch Start → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, touch lock & wallpaper.

3 Tou c h t he Screen time-out box and select the desired time period.

To hide the wallpaper

Flick the wallpaper up to view the last displayed screen. If the
wallpaper is locked by a password, type the password to unlock it.

To lock the wallpaper with a password

1 Touch Start → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, touch lock & wallpaper.

3 Tou c h o r d r ag th e Password toggle switch to turn on the password

function.

4 Type your password into both the New password and Confirm password

boxes.

5 Tou c h t he done push button.

To change the wallpaper

Using the Settings option

1 Tou ch St ar t

2 Under system, touch lock & wallpaper.

→ applications → Settings.

3 Tou ch change wallpaper.

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4 Flick to view a picture collection such as all or Wallpapers. Touch

the desired collection.

5 Touch the thumbnail view of a picture to display the picture.

6 Pan the picture using the cropping frame to decide which portion

of the picture you would like to use as the wallpaper. You can also
enlarge the picture using the stretch or zoom-in gesture, then
pan a desired area to crop as the wallpaper.

NOTE: The cropping tool is not available for the Wallpapers pictures in

their original size.

7 Tou ch th e crop button to set the picture as wallpaper.

Using the Pictures option

1 Tou ch St ar t

→ applications → Pictures.

2 Flick to view a picture collection such as all or Wallpapers. Touch

the desired collection.

3 Touch the thumbnail view of a picture to display the picture.

4 Touch or touch and hold the picture to view the context

menu. Touch use as wallpaper.

5 Pan the picture using the cropping frame to decide which portion

of the picture you would like to use as the wallpaper. You can also
enlarge the picture using the stretch or zoom-in gesture, then
pan a desired area to crop as the wallpaper.

NOTE: The cropping tool is not available for the Wallpapers pictures in

their original size.

6 Tou ch th e crop button to set the picture as wallpaper.

To set the time and date

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, touch date & time.

3 To set the date and time automatically according to the carrier

network, touch or flick the Set automatically toggle switch to
enable the function.

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To set the date and time manually, touch or flick the Set

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automatically toggle switch to disable the function, then type the

date and time values into the respective text boxes.

4 Touch or flick the 24-hour clock toggle switch to enable or

disable the 24-hour format.

Navigating Applications

An application is a piece of software which allows you to perform a
specific task. Your phone is preloaded with a variety of applications,
and additional ones can be downloaded from the Marketplace.

Panoramic Screen

Many of the applications on your phone are presented as a panorama,
which move in a continuous loop and extend horizontally beyond the
physical borders of the display. You can browse through the content
by flicking or panning the screen horizontally.

Panoramic screen layers

When you flick or pan the panoramic screen, the four layers forming
the panoramic screen move horizontally at different speeds:

1 Panorama title

The panorama title is the title of the overall panoramic application. It lets
you identify the application in use.

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2 Panorama section

Panorama sections are the contents, options, or controls grouped
according to their specific functionality within the panoramic
application.

3 Background image

The background image is the lowest layer of the panoramic screen,
giving the screen a magazine-like feel.

4 Section title

The section title is used to identify each section within the application.

On-Screen Controls

Application Bar

The application bar displays frequently used task buttons. The bar is
aligned along the bottom of the screen.

Application bar menu

The application bar displays the sequential dots if additional tasks
or commands are organized into an application bar menu.

• To bring up the application bar menu, touch or drag the
sequential dots

up, or touch, flick, or drag the left or right end

of the application bar.

• To close the application bar menu, you can:

– Touch, flick, or drag the top right or top left corner of the

application bar menu.

– Touch outside the application bar menu.

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Context Menu

Contains specific commands for items selected. Touch and hold an
item such as a picture or contact to display the context menu.

To close the context menu, touch the item, the back button , or
anywhere outside the context menu.

Push Button

Touch a push button to initiate or quit an action.

Toggle Switch

Touch and drag a toggle switch to toggle between two possible
choices, mostly for enabling or disabling a feature or state.

NOTE: You can change the toggle switch color by changing the accent

color. For information on changing the accent color, see To change the
tile color.

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Check Box

Allows you to select one or more options from a multi-selection list.
Touch the check box or the accompanying text label to select or clear
an option.

Radio Button

Represents a set of related, but mutually exclusive options. Touch a
radio button or the accompanying text label to select only one option
at a time.

Slider Track

Controls music or video playback using a slider track. Touch or drag
the track or the progress indicator inside the track.

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Text Box

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Allows you to type or edit text into your phone. Touch the text box to
activate the on-screen keyboard and to type the text.

Using the Cursor

To move the cursor between letters

1 Touch and hold anywhere within the text box, until the cursor stands

out and turns blue. Without lifting your finger, drag the blue cursor to
another location in the text box.

2 Release the cursor in the desired location.

To highlight a word or move the cursor between words

1 Touch the space where you want to place the cursor. The cursor then

moves to that space.

2 Touch a word you want to highlight. The cursor becomes a color

marker to highlight the word.

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List Box

Displays a list of choices. Touch a desired item and the list box
highlights the item selected from the list.

On-Screen Keyboard

To open the on-screen keyboard

You can type text using the on-screen keyboard. When you touch a
field that requires text input, the on-screen keyboard appears. The
keyboard automatically rotates to either the portrait or landscape
mode based on the orientation of your phone.

To close the on-screen keyboard

• Touch anywhere outside the text box.

• Slide out the physical QWERTY keyboard.

• Touch the back key .

Keyboard layouts

NOTE: Depending on the current input text, the on-screen keyboard is

deployed in several context specific layouts to provide appropriate typing
aides.

Input Text Keyboard layout

Text message QWERTY layout with the emoticon

and line feed keys

Web address QWERTY layout with the .com and

enter keys

E-mail address QWERTY layout with the .com and

@ keys

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Input Text Keyboard layout

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Search QWERTY layout with a search key

Phone number 12-number keypad layout

Keyboard controls

1 Touch to type the letter shown on the key into the text box where the

cursor appears.

2

• Touch to switch between the uppercase and lowercase typing
modes.

• Touch twice to enable the Caps Lock mode. Touch the same key
to disable the Caps Lock mode.

3 •Touch &123 to enable the numbers and symbols input mode.

•Touch abcd to switch back to the alphabet input mode.

4

Touch to view the emoticon picker. Touch a desired emoticon to

type in the text box. When the emoticon picker appears, touch or

to see other available emoticons.

5 •Touch space to include a space.

•Touch space twice to insert a period that immediately follows the text
typed in the text box.

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6

• Touch to start a new line of text.

• Touch to confirm your text input.

7

• Touch to delete a typed character, symbol, or a space.

• Touch and hold to quickly delete typed text.

To configure the keyboard settings

1 Touch the Start → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, select keyboard.

3 Touch the settings you want to enable or disable.

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NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be

able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other
applications that are not pinned to your Start Screen, you will need to go
to the applications list to access them.

Setting Up E-mail and Social Networking
Accounts

NOTE: To proceed with your account settings, you require an active Wi-

Fi or mobile data network connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA) to be
able to connect to the Internet. For more information about configuring
your phone for Internet connectivity, see Connectivity settings.

To sign in with your existing account

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile → flick to what’s new, or touch

Start → applications → Settings→ email & accounts.

2 Tou ch set up account or add an account.

3 Select the account you want to use for Windows Live, Outlook,

Google, or Facebook. If the account type is not displayed, touch
other account or advanced setup to create a new one.

4 Type your account e-mail address and password into the text

boxes.

5 Tou ch th e sign in button to sign in.

NOTE: You can also touch the Email setup tile from the Start screen to

sign in with an existing e-mail account. The tile then becomes the one
for that account.

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To configure your account settings or to create a new account

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, select email & accounts→ add an account→

advanced setup.

3 Type the user name and password, and touch Next. To configure

an Exchange server account for your push mail, touch Exchange
ActiveSync. To configure other types of accounts which allow
you to view e-mail using a web browser, touch Internet email
account.

4 Type all the information required to set up your account, such as

your account name, password, and server address.

NOTE: Contact your service provider’s technical support if you are not

sure what data is required to set up your account.

5 When setting up an Internet e-mail account, flick down to the

bottom and touch advanced settings to set how often the
account downloads or syncs your email, contacts, and other
content.

6 Tou ch th e sign-in button to enable your account using the new

settings.

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Using E-mail

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2

1

5 6

NOTE: You require an active Wi-Fi or mobile data network connection

(GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA) to be able to send and receive your e-mail.
For more information about configuring your phone for Internet
connectivity, see Connectivity settings.

Once you have successfully set up your e-mail account on your
phone, the Start screen displays the tile for that account. For example,
the Hotmail tile is the starting point for your Hotmail account.

To open your e-mail account

When a new e-mail arrives, your e-mail tile such as on the Start
screen displays the number of new messages to alert you. Touch the
e-mail tile to open your email inbox. All your received e-mails are
delivered to your inbox.

1 Flick to or touch the label title to view the e-mails marked with that

label.

2 • Touch the e-mail thread to read the content inside.

• Touch the left end margin of the e-mail thread to select the e-mail,

then touch to delete e-mail, or touch to move it to another
folder.

NOTE: To clear a selected e-mail thread, touch the check box.

3

Touch to open the editing screen to compose and send a new e­mail.

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4

1

2

Touch to select multiple e-mails to delete or move to another
folder.

5

Touch to select another e-mail folder and view the e-mails inside.

6

Touch to sync your e-mail account and download new e-mail to
your phone.

To read e-mai ls

1 Touch the e-mail tile for example on the Start screen.

2 Touch the e-mail thread to read the content.

1 Touch the contact name to open the profile of the contact who has

been saved on your phone. You can touch send email and select an e-
mail account you want to use to e-mail the contact.

2 Touch the buttons from left to right to: Reply to or forward the e-mail;

delete the e-mail; read the newer e-mail; read the older e-mail.

To quickly find an e-mail

Other than flicking the list of e-mails, touch search and type the
name of the sender in the text box, keyword of the e-mail subject, or
the content you are looking for. The screen displays the matching e­mail and highlights the text that matches the text you have entered in
the text box.

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To compose and send an e-mail

3

2

1

4

6

5

7

1 Touch the e-mail tile on the Start screen.

2 Tou ch th e new button to send a new message.

3 You may do either:

•In the To: text box, touch , and then choose a contact.

• Touch in the To: text box, and type the contact's e-mail address.

Your phone will offer suggestions as you type.

4 Touch in the Subject: text box and type a subject.

5 Touch below the Subject: text box, compose your message, and

then touch send .

NOTE: To send an e-mail to multiple contacts, separate their e-mail

addresses with a semicolon while typing.

1 Type the email address, subject, and content.

NOTE: To send an e-mail to multiple contacts, separate their e-mail

addresses with a semicolon while typing.

2

Touch to open a list of contacts with e-mail addresses, and select the
name of the contact you want to send the e-mail.

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3 To uc h t h e send task button to send the e-mail.

4 Tou c h t he attach task button to attach files stored on your phone (such

as pictures and documents).

5 Tou c h t he close task button to:

• Save: save the e-mail to your drafts folder.

• Discard: Delete the e-mail.

• Cancel: Return to the e-mail composing screen to continue editing.

Touch or drag the application bar upward to choose from these options:

6priority: Set e-mail priority.

7show cc & bcc: Send the e-mail to others as a carbon copy (Cc) or blind

carbon copy (Bcc).

Calling

To call by dialing

1 Tou ch St ar t → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications

→ Phone.

2 Touch from the application bar at the bottom to access the

on-screen keypad.

3 Type the phone number to call using the on-screen dialpad.

4 Tou ch th e call push button to call the typed number.

To call a contact

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People to open the People application.

2 Flick to the all section to view all the contacts saved on your

phone. Flick the list of contacts and touch the name of the
contact you would like to call.

NOTE: To quickly locate a contact without flicking the list, touch an

alphabet tile along the left side of the contacts list, then from the
alphabet board that opens, touch the alphabet that the contact name
starts with.

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NOTE: To select a contact from previous calls, flick to the recent section

and touch a contact tile.

3 From the profile screen of the contact, touch the call [number,

mobile, work, home, etc.] to call the contact.

To manage missed, outgoing, and received calls

1 Tou ch St ar t → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications

→ Phone.

2 Flick the call history to locate a call displayed either with a phone

number or with a contact’s name.

3 You can choose to do the following:

• Touch to call back the contact or phone number.

• Touch and hold a contact name or phone number, then touch

delete item to erase the call from the call history.

• Touch the contact or phone number to open the profile screen,

then:

a Touc h t he call [number, mobile, work, home, etc.] to call

back.

b Tou ch text number [mobile] to send a text or multimedia

message to the caller.

c Touch send email to e-mail the caller.

d Touch from the application bar to add the phone number

as a new contact or as an existing contact’s new number;
touch to edit the caller’s contact information if the caller is

already a contact saved in the People application.

• To erase all calls from the call history, touch

or drag the

application bar upwards→ delete all.

To answer a call

Tou ch

To cancel dialing or end an active call

the

answer

button

to answer an incoming call.

Tou ch th e

end call

push button

.

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To reject an incoming call

2

1

4

6

9

3

5

7

8

10

Tou ch

the

ignore button.

To listen to your voicemail

1 Tou ch St ar t → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications

→ Phone.

2 Touch the voicemail icon on the application bar at the

bottom.

NOTE: If no voicemail number is stored on your SIM card, you will be

asked to create one. See To adjust call settings for information on how to
save your voicemail number.

To manage ongoing calls

1

2 Touch to open the call history.

Tou ch

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to end a call.

3

4

Touc h

Touc h

to open or close the call control area.

to open or close the on-screen keypad to dial another call.

5

Touch to turn the loudspeaker on or off.

6

Touc h

7

Touc h

8

Touc h

placed on hold automatically. Touch to open the keypad and dial
manually.

9

10

Touc h

WARNING: Ensure that you turn off the speakerphone before

you hold the phone close to your ear as this could damage your
hearing.

to hold an active call or resume a held call.

to turn the microphone on or off.

to make another call from the call history. The first call is

•Touch this area
and active calls.

•Touch this area
screen from anywhere else.

to swap between held

to view the active call

to connect both held and active calls to conduct a

conference call.

To adjust call settings

You can change call settings to suit your personal needs, or enable the
call services available from your network service provider.

1 Tou ch St ar t → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications

→ Phone.

2 Tou ch

My phone number You can store your own phone number here.

Voicemail number Touch the button to edit and save your voicemail

or drag the application bar upwards→ call settings.

number, which you can dial by touching the

voicemail icon from the application bar.

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Show my caller ID to Touch the list box and select to show your caller ID

to everyone, no one, or only your contacts as you
call them.

Call forwarding Forward incoming calls to a designated phone

number when your phone is busy, unreachable, or
does not answer.

1 Touch or drag the toggle switch to enable Call

forwarding.

2 Touch the phone number button, then type the

number to forward calls to.

NOTE: Your network service provider must support

call forwarding service.

• Call barring: Blocks certain types of incoming or

outgoing calls.

International assist This feature allows you to acquire automatic

assistance while making international calls or calling
abroad. Touch or drag the toggle switch to turn the
feature on or off.

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SIM security Protect your SIM card against unauthorized use with

a personal identification number (PIN). After a PIN is
enabled to lock your SIM, you will need to type the
PIN each time you turn on the phone in order to
unlock your SIM.

NOTE: The SIM card is permanently locked if you

type the incorrect PIN for three consecutive times.
You must type the Personal Unblocking Key (PUK) to
unlock the SIM card. Contact your service provider to
obtain the PUK.

NOTE: You can make emergency calls without

unlocking the SIM.

To enable SIM PIN:

1 Touch or drag the toggle switch to turn on SIM

security.

2 Type PIN into the phone then touch enter.

• To change SIM PIN:

1 Tou ch t he change SIM PIN button.
2 Type the current SIM PIN then touch enter.
3 Type the new SIM PIN twice then touch enter.

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Managing Contacts Using the People
Application

Tou ch S ta rt → People tile , or touch Start → applications

→ People to open the People application, where you can

manage your contacts and communicate with them through calls, text
messages, e-mails, and Internet social networking websites such as
Windows Live, Facebook, and others.

To add a new contact manually

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 Flick to the all section, and touch .

3 Touch and fill the contact information you need. Flick the screen

to find more items to fill.

4 Touch on the application bar to save the contact.

To add a new contact from the application bar of the Phone application:

1 Tou ch St ar t → Phone tile , or touch Start → applications

→ Phone.

2 Do either of the following:

• Touch to view the People application, and then touch to
add a new contact.

• Touch , type the phone number, and touch save to save the
number to a new or an existing contact.

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To find a contact

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 Flick to the all section containing all the contacts, or to the recent

section to find the contact tiles from the call history.

3 Flick the contacts and touch a desired entry to view the contact

profile.

To quickly locate a contact

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 Do either of the following:

• Touch an alphabet tile along the left side of the all contacts list.

From the quick jump grid that opens as an alphabetical board,
touch the alphabet that the contact name starts with. The screen
displays the contacts whose names start with the selected
alphabet.

• Touch search and type the name of the contact to search in
the text box. The screen displays the matching contact names
and highlights the letters that match your typing.

To call, e-mail, or send a message to a contact

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 Locate the contact that you want to call, mail, or send a message

(for more information, see To quickly locate a contact).

3 Touch the name or number of the desired contact.

4 You could either:

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• Touch the call [number, mobile, work, home, etc.] to call the

contact.

•Touch text number [mobile] to send a text or multimedia

message to the contact.

•Touch send email to send an e-mail to the contact.

To pin a contact to the Start screen

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 Do either of the following:

•From the recent or all section, touch and hold a contact to view

the context menu, then touch pin to start.

•From the recent or all section, touch a contact to open the

contact profile, then touch the pin icon in the application bar.

To link conta cts

You can link another contact to the current one you are viewing. If the
contact has a linked contact, the phone number or e-mail of the linked
contact will appear in the profile of the current contact.

NOTE: Linked contacts will not appear in the contacts list.

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 Locate the contact that you want. (for more information on

locating a contact, see To quickly locate a contact).

3 Touch the name or number of the desired contact.

4 Touch in the application bar.

5 Tou ch choose a contact to open the list of contacts.

6 Touch the contact that you want to link to the current contact.

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To edit a c ontact

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 To edit a contact:

•From the all section or the recent section, touch and hold a
contact to view the context menu, then touch edit.

• If you have opened a contact profile, touch .

To delete a contact

1 Tou ch St ar t → People tile , or touch Start →

applications → People.

2 To delete a contact:

•From the all section or the recent section, touch and hold a
contact to view the context menu, then touch delete.

• If you have opened a contact profile, touch
application bar up and touch delete.

To import contacts from your accounts

After you set up an e-mail or social networking
account on your phone, your contacts and friends
from that account are imported automatically into
your People application.

To view feeds from a social networking account

After you set up an account such as Windows Live
or Facebook, your friends’ messages and wall posts
appear in time order in the what’s new section in
the People application, their pictures are displayed
in the Pictures application, and your own feeds
pop up in your Me tile.

or drag the

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To post a quick message to your account

To post a quick message to let your friends know your current status:

1 Tou ch th e Me tile.

2 Touch the quick message area located to the right of your profile

picture.

3 Type your message into the text box.

4 Tou ch th e post button.

To import contacts from your SIM card

1 Put your old SIM card into your new phone.

2 From the People application, flick to the all section, or touch Start

→ applications → Settings→ flick to applications→

people.

3 Tou ch import SIM contacts.

Messaging

To compose, send, and read text and multimedia messages, touch

Start →

Messaging. The Messaging screen opens with a list of message

conversations representing all the received and sent messages.

To compose and send a text message

1 Tou ch th e Messaging tile on the Start screen.

2 Tou ch th e new button in the messaging screen.

3 Enter the name of the recipient in the To: field using one of the

• Type the contact's name, mobile number, or e-mail address.

• Touch , then flick to see the desired contacts, and touch to

Messaging tile , or touch Start → applications →

following methods:

Select the desired contact in the list that appears.

select the contact.

To add more recipients, touch .

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4 Touch the message box to compose your message.

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2

4

NOTE: To add an attachment, touch and then select any file saved

on your phone.

5 Tou ch send to send the message.

1 Type a mobile phone number or a contact name saved on your phone.

As you type a contact name, matching contacts with their mobile
numbers appear below the To: line. Touch a matched contact to enter
the contact's mobile number, or continue typing the full name then
touch the enter key.

NOTE: To send e-mail to multiple contacts, separate them by typing a

semicolon.

2 Touch to send the text message.

3 Touch to attach files such as pictures and documents stored on your

phone.

4 Touch to compose your message.

5 Touch to open a list of contacts, and select the one you want to send

the message.

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NOTE: To start a text conversation similar to online instant messaging,

you can continue to compose and send messages to the same
recipient(s). All of the sent and received messages between you and
recipient(s) appear in the form of conversation logs.

Receiving messages

When a new message arrives, a notification bar showing the sender
and part of the message text appears at the top of the screen, and the

Messaging tile

shows the number of new messages to remind

you.

To read a text message

Messages sent and received from the same contact or phone number
are grouped into a conversation, in which you can see all of the
messages exchanged between you and the contact.

You can:

• Touch the notification bar at the top of the screen to display the

messages exchanged between you and the sender, the latest one
at the bottom.

• Touch the Messaging tile

to open a list of conversations

sorted by the contact name or phone number of the sender.
Touch a conversation to view all the messages exchanged
between you and the sender.

If the message contains:

• Web address—touch it to open the Internet Explorer browser and

see the web site.

• Phone number—touch it to open the Phone application and call

the number.

• E-mail address—touch the e-mail address to open the e-mail

application and compose an e-mail to send to the address.

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To forward the message

1 Tou ch St ar t → Messaging tile , or touch Start →

applications → Messaging.

2 Touch a conversation to view the messages exchanged with a

contact.

3 Touch and hold a message text box .

4 Tou ch forward from the context menu that appears.

5 Type the receiver’s name, mobile phone number, or e-mail

address in the To: text box.

6 Tou ch send to forward the message.

To reply to a text or multimedia message

1 Tou ch St ar t → Messaging tile , or touch Start →

applications → Messaging.

2 Touch a conversation to view the messages exchanged with a

contact.

3 Type your reply message into the Type a message text box at the

bottom.

4 Tou ch send to send your message to the sender.

To delete a message or a message thread

1 Tou ch St ar t → Messaging tile , or touch Start →

applications → Messaging.

2 Touch a conversation to view the messages exchanged with a

contact.

3 To delete a message within a conversation, touch and hold a

message text box . From the context menu that
appears, touch delete→ delete button to confirm deletion.

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4 To delete all the messages with the contact, touch or drag

the application bar upward to bring up the application bar menu.
Tou ch delete conversation→ delete button to confirm deletion.

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Internet

1

2

4

5

6

3

a

b

NOTE: To connect to the Internet using your phone, you require an

active Wi-Fi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA). For
more information about configuring your phone for Internet
connectivity, see Connectivity settings.

Using bing Search

You can use the bing search Box to find websites and other Internet
content such as news feeds.

From anywhere on your phone touch

search to find content. The

bing

search screen opens with the

search box at the top.

1 a Type the keyword or full text in the search box. As you are typing,

search suggestions that fully or partially match the text being typed

2

appear below the search box.

b Flick the search results and touch a desired one, or type your search

subject then touch the enter button on the keyboard.

a Touch to search using speech commands.
b Say the name or keyword of the subject you are looking for.
c Tou ch go to start searching.

3 This bing picture changes each time you restart the search application.

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4

5 The matching web links and news feeds are displayed in separate

6 Touch a desired link to open the browser and view the content.

a Touch the displayed information to start the browser and view web

content, or to start the Maps application to locate a place
associated with the information.

b Touch the square to display information relevant to the current bing

picture.

sections. For example, touch or flick to web to view matching web links;
touch or flick to news to view matching news feeds.

Browsing the Internet

To open the browser

Tou ch

Start

→

Internet Explorer tile , or touch Start →

applications → Internet Explorer.

NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be

able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other
applications that are not pinned to your Start Screen, you will need to go
to the applications list to access them.

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To use the browser

1 7

32 4

8

9

10

11

12

5

6

NOTE: For information on the touch gestures used for viewing a web

page, see Touch Screen Gestures.

1 Touch to reload the current page.

2

Touc h th e add button to add the current web page to your favorites
list.

3

Touc h th e favorites button , and flick to view your favorites list or the
history of last visited web pages. Touch a web page link to open the web

page.

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4

Tou c h t he tabs button to view thumbnails of all the browser
windows. The number of available browser windows is displayed on the

tabs button.

• To switch from one browser window to another, touch the thumbnail
of the browser window you want to view. The window is then
displayed in full screen.

• To close a browser window, touch on the browser window.

• To open a new browser window:

a To u ch th e new button .
b To manually add a new web page, touch the add button then

enter the name and URL address of the web page. To add a new
page from the favorites list, touch the favorites button then
select a web page from the list.

c A new browser window opens and leads you to the new web page.

NOTE: To create a new browser window, you can also touch and hold

a link on a web page to view the context menu, and then select open in
new tab from the menu. The web page of that link opens in a new

window.

5 Touch or drag the application bar up to open the application bar

menu for additional menu items.

6 Touch and hold an image on a web page, then select save picture to

download it to the Pictures application on your phone, or select share
to send the image using text messaging or e-mail.

7 Touch the web address text box, and enter the address of a web site you

would like to view.

8forward: Touch to move to the next page.

9share page: Send the address of this web page to others using text

messaging or an e-mail account.

10 find on page: Find text within a web page. Enter the search text into the

text box. Touch the previous or next button to go to the previous or next
matching item.

11 pin to start: Touch to pin the current web page as a tile on the Start

screen. You can touch the web page tile from the Start screen to open
the Internet Explorer browser with that page.

12 settings: Touch to configure the browser settings such as to delete

history of visited web pages.

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Using Maps

Maps helps you find your current location, view real-time traffic
situations, and get directions to your destination. You can also locate
addresses or places of interest on a map.

NOTE: To connect to the Internet using your phone, you require an

active Wi-Fi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA). For
more information about configuring your phone for Internet
connectivity, see Connectivity settings.

NOTE: The Maps application does not completely cover every location.

To enable location source

To obtain directions to desired places and find your current location
using Maps, you need to enable the location sources:

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, touch location→ touch or drag the toggle switch

to turn on Location services.

Tou ch St a rt

3

→

applications

→

Maps

.

4 On the Maps screen, touch or drag the application bar upward

to open the application bar menu→ settings→ touch or drag
the toggle switch to turn on Use my location.

To move around a map

1

Tou ch St a rt

→

applications

→

Maps

.

2 Flick or drag the map in any direction on the screen to view the

desired area.

3 If you spot a place of interest while navigating the map, touch and

hold the place to display the address.

NOTE: For information on the touch gestures used for viewing a map,

see Touch Screen Gestures.

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To find a location on the map

6

7

8

10

3

4

1

5

9

2

1

Tou ch St a rt

→

applications

→

Maps

.

2 On the Maps screen, touch search .

3 To search by typing, type the name of the place you want to find

.

in the search box and touch

You can enter an address, a city

or country, or a type of business or organization such “restaurant”

or “school”. To search by voice, touch then say your
destination.

NOTE: As you enter the information, previous searches or matching

locations appear below the search box. You can touch a place name or
address to show the location on the map.

Map viewing controls

1

Touch to obtain directions (see To get directions to your
destination).

2

Touch to see your current location on a map.

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3

Touch to locate a place of interest on the map.

4 The map displays colored lines along the roads where real-time traffic

data can be collected. Green lines indicate good traffic speeds, yellow
ones indicate slower speeds, and red ones indicate congested traffic.

5 The place you found on the map is marked. Touch the name of the

place to view the address, details, and reviews for the place if the
information is available (see To view the details of a place).

Touch or drag the application bar up to view the application bar menu:

6 Remove marked locations from the map.

7 Displays the map in non-real-time satellite view.

8 Display or hide colored lines that indicate traffic conditions around the

area.

9 Opens the list of places found on the map.

10 Opens the settings menu to turn the Use my location mode on or off, or

delete map viewing history.

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To view the details of a place

6

4

3

1

5

2

1 Tou ch St ar t →

applications

→ Maps.

2 Find a desired location on the map (see To find a location on the

map).

3 Touch the name of the place.

1 Touch to open the map displaying the location of the place.

2 Touch to obtain directions (see To get directions to your destination).

3 Touch to pin the map of the place on the Start screen.

4 Touch to send the address using text messaging or e-mail.

5 Touch to view the rating, call the contact number, or visit the website of

the place if available.

6 Flick to or touch the reviews section title to view reviews for the place.

Flick to or touch the nearby section title to view recommended places
around the area.

To get directions to your destination

1 Tou ch St ar t →

2 When viewing a map or when a place is found:

applications

→ Maps.

• Touch the directions button .

• Touch the name of the place on the map→ directions.

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3 Type the starting point in the Start text box and your destination

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2

5

4

in the End text box.

NOTE: By default, your current location is the starting point, and the

place you found on the map is your destination.

1 • The map moves and displays matching locations along the route as

you scroll the list of directions below.

• Touch the map to fully display it.

2 Scroll the list of directions or touch a location to view the route on the

map.

3 Your starting point is marked as A.

4 Choose how you want to get to your destination: driving or walking.

5 Your destination is marked as B.

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Marketplace

Use Marketplace to download music and install applications and
games on your phone.

CAUTION: Applications downloaded from the Internet can be from

unknown sources. To protect your phone and personal data, download
applications only from trusted sources such as Marketplace.

NOTE: Applications downloaded from Marketplace may not support

automatic screen orientation to portrait or landscape.

To open Marketplace

Tou ch S ta rt → Marketplace tile , or touch Start →

applications → Marketplace. The Marketplace main screen
opens with featured music or applications for direct access.

To install applications or games from Marketplace

1 Tou ch St ar t → Marketplace tile , or touch Start →

applications → Marketplace.

2 From the Marketplace main screen, touch apps.

3 Flick the screen contents to find your desired category or

application.

NOTE: You can touch search to find an application.

4 Touch the desired application to read the introduction, user

ratings, and reviews of the application.

5 On the application details screen, touch the install button to start

download and installation. Touch buy if it is a paid application.

NOTE: Touc h share to send the application information using

messaging or e-mail.

6 Follow the instructions on the screen to create your Marketplace

account using your Windows Live ID, or sign in with your account
if you already have one.

NOTE: Skip this step if you have already signed in to your account.

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7 Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed with the

installation.

To download music from Marketplace

The Marketplace downloader allows you to browse, search, purchase,
download, and play music available from its music store.

1 Tou ch St ar t → Marketplace tile , or touch Start →

applications → Marketplace.

2 From the Marketplace main screen, flick to the featured artists or

albums, or touch music to find out more choices.

3 Flick to the category such as new releases or touch a genre in

which you can find your desired album, single, or artist.

NOTE: You can touch search to find an artist, album, or single.

4 After you find an album or a single, touch the cover image of the

album to open the playback screen and play the sample clips of

all songs inside the album, or touch

next to the single to play

the clip of the selected single.

NOTE: From the playback screen, touch or , or flick the album

image to play the previous or next song.

NOTE: Touch the artist name next to the album cover image to find

more albums by the artist.

NOTE: The playback progress of the selected album or single with the

artist’s picture also appears in the Zune application, see Playing Music
and Video Using Zune for how to control playback.

5 To download an album, touch the price tag right below the album

image. To download a single, touch the entry of the single.

NOTE: Music downloads require a payment.

6 Tou ch buy to confirm your purchase for the download.

7 Follow the instructions on the screen to create your Marketplace

account using your Windows Live ID, or sign in with your account
if you already have one.

NOTE: Skip this step if you have already signed in to your account.

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8 Follow the instructions on the screen to complete downloading.

Games and Xbox LIVE

All of the games you downloaded from Marketplace are stored in the
Games application. You can also play on-line games on Xbox LIVE
using an Internet connection.

To open Games

Tou ch S ta rt → applications → Games.

To start a game

From the Games main menu, flick to the collection section, then
touch the game you want to play.

NOTE: Touc h Get more games to find games you can download from

Marketplace or play on Xbox LIVE.

To play on-line games on Xbox LIVE

1 From the Games menu, flick to the Xbox LIVE section.

2 Tou ch Join Xbox LIVE to play with friends to first set up your

Xbox LIVE account with your Windows Live ID. Touch I already
have an Xbox LIVE account and sign in with your existing account

to start playing.

NOTE: For information on playing games on Xbox LIVE, see

WindowsPhone.com.

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Customizing Your Dell™ Venue
Pro

You can customize how your phone works to suit your individual
needs.

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.

2 Flick to the system section to choose from the following settings.

Display settings

theme • Background: Change the background color to

Light or Dark.

• Accent color: Change the color of the tiles and

the toggle switches. Touch a desired color
sample from the ACCENTS list.

lock & wallpaper • change wallpaper: Change the wallpaper that

appears when the display wakes up.

1 Touch the thumbnail view of a picture to

display the picture.

2 Pan and scan the picture using the cropping

frame to decide what portion of the picture to
use as the wallpaper. You can also use the
stretch or zoom-in gesture to enlarge the
picture, then pan and scan a desired area to
crop as the wallpaper.

NOTE: The cropping tool is not available for the

Wallpapers pictures in their original size.

3 Touch the crop button .

• Screen time-out: Set how long the screen

remains on after the last operation. The screen
automatically turns off after an inactivity
timeout selected here has passed. To disable
this feature select never.

NOTE: If you select never, the screen remains on

indefinitely and quickly consumes battery power.

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lock & wallpaper • Password: Lock the wallpaper with a password.

1 Touch or drag the toggle switch to turn on

Password.

2 Type a password of at least 4 digits into the

New password text box.

3 To u ch th e Confirm password text box and type

the same password into it.

4 Tou ch th e done button to enable the password

lock.

NOTE: To disable the password lock, touch the

Password

brightness • Automatically adjust: Touch or drag the toggle

switch to let the phone adjust screen
brightness automatically based on the
surrounding light conditions.

• To Manually adjust screen brightness:

1 Tu r n o f f Automatically adjust.

2 To u ch th e Level list box and select the desired

brightness level.

toggle switch, then type the password.

Sound and ringtone settings

ringtones & sounds • Ringer: Touch or drag the toggle switch to

turn the ringtone and alert sounds on or off.

• Vibrate: Touch or drag to set the vibrate

mode.

• You can select the ringtone and alert sounds,
and decide whether to play a sound for
reminders, notifications, key presses, and lock
and unlock actions.

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Connectivity settings

airplane mode Turning on the airplane mode disables all mobile,

Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connections. This feature is
useful when wireless connectivity is strictly
prohibited, such as on an airplane.

• To enable the airplane mode, touch or drag

the toggle switch to set Status to On.

• To disable the airplane mode and restore all

network connections, set Status to Off, and
enter your SIM PIN.

Wi-Fi • To connect your phone to the Internet using

Wi-Fi networking:

1 Tu rn o n Wi-Fi networking. Your phone scans

for available Wi-Fi networks.

2 Touch a Wi-Fi network to connect to. To

connect to a secure network protected by a
password, enter the password to obtain
authorized access to the network. The next
time your phone connects to the same
network, you will not be asked to enter the
password again, unless you reset your phone
to its factory settings.

3 Once your phone connects successfully to a

network, connected appears below the

network name, and the Wi-Fi icon appears
in the system tray.

NOTE: To connect to Wi-Fi, you need access to

a wireless point or “hotspot” within a distance of
up to 300 feet (100 meters). The range and
quality of the Wi-Fi signal is affected by the
number of connected devices, infrastructure,
and objects through which the signal passes.

• To delete a network profile from a Wi-Fi
network:

1 Touch or touch and hold a connected

network.

2 To uc h delete from the context menu, or touch

the delete icon from the application bar.

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cellular • To connect to the Internet using GPRS, EDGE,

3G, or HSPA data connection, touch or drag
the toggle switch to turn on Data connection.

• Data roaming options: Touch to select
between the roam and don't roam options.

–roam: Your phone will continue to receive

data using other networks available in the
location. Your mobile operator may charge
you extra for this option.

–don't roam: Data connection will be turned

off when you are outside your home
network area.

• If you are outside your home network or want
to register to a different network, set Network
selection to:

–automatic: Let the phone automatically

select a new network.

–tap to select: Select a network manually

from the network list.

• To add the access point for a new mobile
network operator:

1 To u ch th e add apn button to open the APN

SETTINGS menu.

2 Type the network's access point name in the

APN text box, your user name, and the

password if required.

NOTE: Your phone has the ability to maintain a

constant Internet connection over Wi-Fi or
mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or
HSPA). However, Wi-Fi connection has priority
over mobile data connection if both are available.
If a Wi-Fi connection is currently available, the
phone automatically uses the Wi-Fi connection
to access the Internet. The Internet connection
over GPRS, EDGE, 3G, or HSPA becomes
temporarily inactive, until the Wi-Fi connection
ends.

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Bluetooth Bluetooth lets your phone connect wirelessly

within a short range to other Bluetooth-enabled
devices for data exchange.

• To pair and connect a Bluetooth device:

1 Touch or drag the Status toggle switch to turn

on Bluetooth. Your phone becomes
discoverable and starts to scan for nearby
available Bluetooth devices.

2 From a list of detected devices, touch the one

you want to sync your phone.

3 Enter the same authentication password on

both your phone and the device. Ensure that
you read the documentation of the pairing
device to check if it requires a default
password.

NOTE: Pairing is a one-time process. Once your

phone successfully pairs with another device,
your phone recognizes that device without
having to re-enter your password.

• To end a Bluetooth connection, touch a
connected device to disconnect.

• To terminate a pairing partnership:

1 Touch and hold a paired device.

2 To uc h delete to erase all pairing information

with that device. You need to enter the
password again if you want to restore a
Bluetooth connection with that device.

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To set the date, time, and language

date & time • To let your phone automatically display the

network-provided date, time zone and time,
turn Set automatically on.

• To manually adjust the date, time, and time
zone:

1 Tu rn Set automatically off.

2 To enter the hour, minute, month, day, and

year, touch, flick, or drag the desired number
to the middle of the screen, then touch the

done button.

3 Select a city or region that represents the time

zone for your phone.

4 To display time in the 24-hour or 12-hour

format, toggle 24-hour clock on or off.

region & language • If you have a preferred region variant for your

display language, touch the Region format
box and pick a language variant from the list of
choices.

• To set the date format used for displaying the
date on the wallpaper, touch the Short date or
Long date boxes and pick a format from a list
of choices.

• To decide what day of the week your calendar
starts with, touch the First day of week box
and pick a day from the list.

• If you have a preferred region variant used for
displaying the browser and search application
language, touch the Browser & search
language box and pick a language variant
from the list of choices.

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Disability settings

ease of access

Teletypewriter (TTY/TTD) mode: Enable this mode

to let the user with speech or hearing disabilities
conduct phone conversations by typing.

Hearing Aid Compatible (HAC) mode: Enable this
mode to minimize interference from the phone with
the user’s hearing aid, and optimize audio output for
the hearing aid.

NOTE: Enabling the HAC mode will disable the

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi transmitter functions.

To check for operating software version and storage spaces

1

Tou ch St a rt

→

applications

→

Settings

.

2 Under system, touch about.

To reset your phone to the default state

CAUTION: The following steps will restore your phone to the default

state and erase all data and downloaded applications stored on it.
Ensure that you back up all the required data before you reset the
phone.

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Settings.

2 Under system, touch about.

3 Tou ch th e reset your phone button.

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Applications

Camera button

NOTE: If you have an application tile on your Start Screen, you will be

able to access that application simply by touching the tile. For all other
applications that are not pinned to your Start Screen, you will need to go
to the applications list to access them.

Camera

To star t the c amera

• You can turn on the camera feature by pressing the camera
button on the side of the phone, or by touching Start →

applications → Camera.

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On-screen camera controls

21 3 4

1 Touch to select from the following flash modes:

Auto flash is enabled.

Flash is disabled.

Flash is enabled.

2 Touch to zoom out.

3 Touch to zoom in.

4 Touch to switch between the camera mode and camcorder mode.

To capture pictures

1 Ensure that the camera mode is enabled as indicated.

2 Focus on the object in the viewfinder screen. If necessary, touch

+ or - to zoom in or zoom out the viewfinder.

3 To start the auto-focus mode, half-press and hold the camera

button.

4 Press the camera button all the way down and release to capture

the picture.

NOTE: To achieve optimal focus such as for taking a close shot, half-

press and hold the camera button to use the auto-focus mode. Then
without releasing the camera button press it again to take a picture.

To manage captured pictures

1 After a picture is captured, it stays on the screen. Flick the picture

to view the other pictures captured most recently. If you restart
the camera which opens with the viewfinder, flick the viewfinder
to view the captured pictures.

2 Touch or flick the sequential dots

up, or touch and hold a

desired picture to view the application bar menu, where you can
perform the following tasks:

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add to favorites Add this picture to the favorites section in the

Pictures application.

delete Delete this picture from your phone.

upload to SkyDrive Upload the picture to the online storage of your

Windows Live SkyDrive account, where you can
access and share your pictures with friends over
the Internet.

share... Send the picture to someone using e-mail or

messaging.

use as wallpaper Display the picture as the wallpaper.

1 Drag the picture to where you want it in the

cropping frame, or enlarge a desired area of
the picture.

2 Touch to crop the picture as the

wallpaper.

To capture videos

1 Ensure that the camcorder mode is enabled as indicated.

2 Frame your subject on the viewfinder.

3 Press the camera button to start recording.

4 Press the camera button to stop recording.

To manage captured videos

1 Flick the viewfinder away to view captured videos.

2 To play a video, touch on the frozen image of the video.

NOTE: For information on controlling video playback, see To control

video playback.

3 Touch or flick the sequential dots up, or touch and hold a

desired video. From the application bar menu that appears,
choose the action you want to do with the video:

delete Delete this video from your phone.

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Pictures

Tou ch St ar t → applications → Pictures.

Use the pictures application to view pictures captured using the phone
camera, downloaded from visited websites, or posted by your on-line
friends to your web accounts such as Hotmail.

To view p i ctures

1 Flick to browse the thumbnails of the pictures just added, or

touch all, date, or favorites to view the pictures inside the
selected category.

2 Flick to the picture thumbnail and touch it to display the full

picture.

3 When a picture is displayed in full screen:

• Flick the picture to view the next or previous picture.

• Zoom the picture in or out: Stretch your fingers on the screen

to enlarge the picture, or pinch the picture by bringing your
fingers closer together to reduce the picture. You can also
double-tap the picture to switch between fixed zoomed-in
and zoomed-out views.

• When a picture view is being enlarged, flick or drag the

enlarged picture across the screen until the required portion
appears.

NOTE: You can touch the screen to stop a moving picture where

you want it.

4 When a picture is displayed, touch and hold the picture to view

the context menu and choose from the actions on page 78.

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Playing Music and Video Using Zune

NOTE: Zune will only work on PCs that support Windows 7, XP, or Vista.

The Zune software is a media player platform developed by Microsoft.
It combines the Zune Marketplace to provide music, TV shows,
movies, podcasts, and music videos available for download to your
phone.

The Zune application on your phone is part of the Zune platform. You
can use Zune to play music sample clips from Marketplace, as well as
local audio and video files saved on the microSD card in your phone.
Before opening Zune, ensure that you have copied the music files and
videos to the microSD card in your phone.

To download music and videos to your phone, download them from
Marketplace, or connect your phone to your computer to sync music
and videos:

1 To sync multimedia files between your phone and your computer,

you must install Zune on your computer. On your computer, go
to connect.microsoft.com/windowsphone. Click the link to
download and install the Zune software onto your computer.

2 Connect your phone to your computer using the USB cable that

ships with your phone.

3 From the Zune software, click Collection, and find the music or

videos you want to sync to your phone.

4 Drag the items to the phone icon on the Zune software.

To start the Zune application

Tou ch S ta rt → Music + Videos tile , or touch Start →

applications → Music + Videos. The Zune main screen opens
with categories of music and videos. If available, the artist of the song
you selected to play appears as the background wallpaper.

To access music using Marketplace

From the Zune main screen, touch marketplace, which takes you to
the music collections available for download from Marketplace.

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To play music

1 Tou ch St ar t → Music + Videos tile , or touch Start →

applications → Music + Videos.

2 From the Zune main screen, touch music under zune.

3 Flick to the category such as artists or albums to find your song.

4 Touch a desired song to open the music playback screen and play

the song.

To control music playback

• Touch to restart playback; touch and hold to rewind

playback; touch twice to play the previous song.

• Touch to play the next song; touch and hold to fast­forward.

• Touch to pause playback.

• Touch to resume playback.

To play a video

1 Tou ch St ar t → Music + Videos tile , or touch Start →

applications → Music + Videos.

2 From the Zune main screen, touch videos under zune.

3 Flick through the categories such as all, tv, music, movies, or

personal to find your video.

NOTE: Videos captured using your phone are grouped in the personal

section.

4 Touch a desired video to open the video playback screen and play

the video.

To control video playback

• Touch the screen to view the playback control.

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• Touch and to rewind or fast-forward playback; touch and

hold or to rewind or fast-forward playback with preview.

• Touch to pause playback.

• Touch to resume playback.

NOTE: Press the volume up button or volume down button to adjust

playback volume.

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Listening to FM Radio Using Zune

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2

3

4

5

1 Tou ch St ar t → Music + Videos tile , or touch Start →

applications → Music + Videos.

2 Flick to the zune section and touch radio.

NOTE: Your phone uses headphones as an FM radio antenna. To listen

to FM radio, connect headphones to your phone.

1

Touc h
your favorites list.

2 • Drag the frequency line to manually tune to a desired station.

• Flick the frequency line to start automatic scan for available stations.

• Touch the current frequency to view the context menu. You can pin
the current station to the Start screen to create a shortcut tile for the
station, select the region where you can find your desired station, or
choose to listen to the radio through the loudspeaker or headphones.

3

Touc h

4

Touc h

5 A dot marks the frequency of a station that is added to your favorites list.

to add the current station or touch to remove it from

to open your favorites list and select a station to listen to.

to pause or touch to resume playback of the radio.

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Calendar

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Use the calendar to schedule and manage your events and
appointments. You can also send meeting notices to others using e­mail.

To open the calendar

Tou ch S ta rt → applications → Calendar

To use t he cal endar

Tou ch S ta rt → applications → Calendar

.

.

1 Flick to day to view the daily calendar.

2 • Touch an appointment to view the details. The color bar indicates the

duration of the event.

• Touch and hold an appointment and from the context menu that
appears, choose to edit or delete the appointment, or reply to the
attendees of the appointment.

3 Touch an empty time slot to create a new appointment.

4

Touch to display today on the calendar.

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5 Touch to enable or disable the Windows Live calendar, and choose the

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2

4

display color for the color bar and text of an appointment.

6

Touch to create a new appointment.

7

Touch to display the monthly calendar view.

8 Flick to agenda to view the list of appointments in time order.

9 • Touch an appointment to view the details.

• Touch and hold an appointment and from the context menu that
appears, choose to edit or delete the appointment, or reply to the
attendees of the appointment.

The calendar view

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Calendar

.

2 Tou ch month to view the calendar.

1 Touch the year or month here and enter the year and month that you

want to display on the calendar.

2 Flick the calendar area to display the desired year and month.

3 Touch a date box to display the daily calendar of the selected date, or

display the agenda that lists the appointments starting with or after the
selected date.

4 The current date is marked with a color box.

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To view appointment details

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6

32 4 5

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Calendar

.

2 Touch an appointment on the calendar to view the details.

1 Flick to view the details or the attendees of the appointment.

2 Touch to edit the appointment.

3 Touch to delete the appointment.

4 Tou c h a nd s el ec t reply to e-mail the meeting organizer of this

appointment; select reply all to e-mail all the attendees.

5 Touch to send an e-mail to the attendees informing them that you will

be late for the appointment.

6 Indicates this is a recurring appointment.

Event reminders

If you set a reminder for an event, the upcoming appointment tile

appears in the notifications area of the status bar when

the reminder time arrives.

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Alarms

Tou ch St ar t → applications →

Your phone can work as an alarm clock. You can set as many alarms as
you require.

To set an alarm

1 From the application bar touch .

2 Enter the following settings:

Time Set the alarm time.

Repeats Select the days you want the alarm to ring.

NOTE: If you did not select any days for the

alarm, only once appears to hint that your
alarm will only go off once.

Sound Select the alarm ringtone.

Name Give the alarm a name for a special event.

3 Touch to set the alarm.

Alarms

.

To enable or disable an alarm

Touch or drag the toggle switch next to a set alarm to enable or
disable the alarm.

To delete an alarm

1 Touch a set alarm to open the edit screen.

2 From the application bar touch .

Calculator

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Calculator. The calculator

panel opens.

2 Perform calculations by touching the corresponding buttons on

the calculator panel.

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Voice Recognition

From anywhere on your phone, touch and hold Start to view the
voice recognition application, which lets you use speech commands
to call people, start applications, and search the Internet without using
your hands.

• To call the mobile of someone named John, use this speech
command Call <Name>, mobile, and say “Call John, mobile” to
your phone.

• To start an application, like Calendar, say “Open Calendar.”

• To search for something, tell the phone what you want, like “Find
movie theaters” and the bing search application will start
searching.

• If you are not sure about what speech command to use, say
“What can I say”.

NOTE: To configure voice recognition settings, touch Start →

applications

→

Settings.

Under

system

, touch

speech

.

Office

Tou ch S ta rt → applications → Office.

The Microsoft Office application combines the features of the
Microsoft Office suite.

For detailed information on using the Microsoft Office features, touch
to open the Explore OneNote/Word/Excel/PowerPoint files from the
Microsoft Office main screen, or visit WindowsPhone.com.

NOTE: The files created using the Microsoft Office application are

pinned to the Microsoft Office main screen for direct access.

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OneNote

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OneNote Mobile lets you take notes with pictures or voice memos
using your phone. You can also sync your notes to your Windows Live
SkyDrive account and Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, so that you
can use your phone and your computer to access the same files you
created.

To create a new note

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 From the Microsoft Office main screen, flick to the OneNote

section and touch new note.

Editing tools and commands for a note

1 Enter your note title here.

2 Enter your note in this editing area.

3 Apply the auto-numbering format to the paragraph where the cursor

appears.

4 Attach a picture to the note.

5 Record and attach an audio file to the note.

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Tou ch
bulleted lists, increase or decrease indent, or apply text formats.

7 The attached picture.

8

Touch to play the attached audio recording.

or drag the application bar to undo or redo actions, apply

The note is saved automatically when you touch Back or Start .

To open a note

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 Flick to the OneNote section.

3 Touch the tile of the note, or touch all and then touch the

note.

To delete a note

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 Flick to the OneNote section.

3 Tou ch all.

4 Touch and hold the note to delete, until the context menu

appears.

5 On the context menu, touch delete.

Documents

You can create, view, and edit Microsoft Word (.doc), and Microsoft
Excel (.xls) files, and view Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) slides using your
phone.

To create a new Word document

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 From the Microsoft Office main screen, flick to the Documents

section and touch new document→ Word document.

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Editing tools and commands for a Word document

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1 • Touch text and type using the on-screen keyboard or the physical

keyboard.

• Double-tap, pinch, or stretch on the editing screen to zoom text in or
out.

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• undo — undo the previous step or action.

• redo — redo the previous step or action.

• send... — send the document using your e-mail accounts.

• save — save a document with changes.

• save as... — save the document with another name.

3

Touc h
styles. Touch a section name to jump to that paragraph.

4

Touc h

immediately followed by a cursor. Type your comment in the comment
text box that opens.

or drag the application bar upward to:

to view an outline of the paragraphs using particular heading

to make a comment on the text marked by a color box or

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5

Tou ch
search box. The screen will mark the matching text by a color box.

to find text in the document. Type the text to find in the

Tou ch

6

Tou ch
going to type.

7 To move the cursor, touch where you want it to move, or touch and

hold the editing screen until the cursor marker appears, then drag it to
the location you want to place the cursor.

To send a Word document in e-mail

to find the next matching text.

to apply a text format to highlighted text or the text you are

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 Flick to the Documents section.

3 Touch and hold the document you want to send as an

attachment in email.

4 On the context menu that appears, touch send.

5 Touch the e-mail account you want to use.

6 Add the recipient and any other information to your e-mail, and

then touch send .

To delete a Word document

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 Flick to the Documents section.

3 Touch and hold the document to delete, until the context menu

appears.

4 On the context menu, touch delete.

To create an Excel workbook

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 From the Microsoft Office main screen, flick to the Documents

section and touch new document→ Excel workbook.

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Editing tools and commands for an Excel worksheet

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1 To enter numbers and text into a selected cell using the on-screen

keyboard or the physical keyboard:

a Touch the formula bar next to fx.
b Type a number or text, and then touch Enter .

2 Touch a cell to select it.

3

Touc h

to view another spreadsheet.

4 Touch or drag the application bar upward to:

• sort... — Sort a list of cells by a selected column.

• apply filter — Apply filters to selected cells or columns.

• format cell... — Apply formats to selected cells or columns.

• undo — Undo the previous step or action.

• redo — Redo the previous step or action.

• send... — Send the document using one of your e-mail accounts.

• save — Save a document with changes.

• save as... — Save a document as another one with a new file name.

5

Touch to add a comment in a selected cell. Type your comment in

the comment text box that opens.

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6

Touch to find text in the document. Type the text to find in the
search box. The screen will mark the cell containing matching text by

the color frame. Touch

7 Double-tap, pinch, or stretch on the spread sheet to zoom it in or out.

8 Touch and hold a cell and from the context menu that appears, you can:

• select cells — Select cells by dragging the color frame.

• view cell text — View the text inside a selected cell.

• freeze pane — Freeze the rows above a selected cell.

To send an Excel workbook in e-mail

to move to the next matching cell.

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 Flick to the Documents section.

3 Touch and hold the Excel workbook you want to send as an

attachment in email.

4 On the context menu that appears, touch send.

5 Touch the e-mail account you want to use.

6 Add the recipient and any other information to your e-mail, and

then touch send .

To delete an Excel workbook

1 Tou ch St ar t → applications → Office.

2 Flick to the Documents section.

3 Touch and hold the Excel workbook to delete, until the context

menu appears.

4 On the context menu, touch delete.

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To view a PowerPoint file

4

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2

5

1

Touch a PowerPoint file that you can access on your phone. The
PowerPoint application opens automatically.

1 • You can flick to the slide you want to view.

• Double-tap the picture to switch between fixed zoomed-in and
zoomed-out views.

• Stretch or pinch on a slide to zoom it in or out.

2 To uc h th e outline button and then touch a heading that leads you to a

desired slide.

3 Touc h th e notes button and type your notes for the current slide.

4 Tou c h t h e edit button to open the editing screen.

5 Touch or flick the application bar upward to save the file or send it by e-

mail.

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To edit a PowerPoint file

3

4

5

6

2

1

7

1 Touch the text box to open the slide composing screen and edit the text

within the text box.

2 Touch the heading or body text to move the text box to the text you

want to edit.

3 To uc h t h e edit button to open the slide composing screen and edit the

text within the text box.

4 Tou c h t he next button to move the text box to the text you want to edit.

5 Tou c h t he notes button and type your notes for the current slide.

6 Tou ch th e done button to close the editing screen.

7 Touch or flick the application bar upward to:

• move slide: Rearrange the order of slides.

1 Touch a heading that leads a slide you want to move.

2 Drag the highlighted heading to where you want it in the list of

headings.

3 To u ch th e done button. The slides will be rearranged according to

the new order of the headings.

• hide/unhide slide: Hide or display the current slide.

SharePoint

Microsoft Office SharePoint is a server program that is part of the
Microsoft Office system. SharePoint allows you to view, edit, and
download documents stored on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010. For
information on using SharePoint, visit WindowsPhone.com.

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Troubleshooting

Problem Possible causes Possible solutions

Call-related problems

SIM card error

Poor reception

SIM card malfunction or
damage.

The SIM card is inserted
improperly.

Dirt or dust on the SIM
card’s metal contacts.

The network signal is too
weak at your current
location, for example, in a
basement or near a tall
building. Wireless
transmissions can not
effectively reach it.

The network is busy at the
current time (for example,
during peak times, there
may be too much network
traffic to handle additional
calls).

Take the SIM card to your
service provider for testing.

Insert the SIM card properly.

Use a soft, dry cloth to
clean the SIM card’s metal
contacts.

Move to a location where
you can receive proper
network signal.

Avoid using the phone at
such times, or try again after
waiting a short time.

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You are too far away from a
base station for your service
provider.

You can request a service
area map from your service
provider.

Problem Possible causes Possible solutions

You cannot make
outgoing calls

You cannot answer
incoming calls

The SIM card is not installed. Install a valid SIM card in

your phone.

Poor signal. Move to an open space, or if

you are inside a building,
move closer to a window.

Your phone is in airplane
mode with no wireless
connectivity.

Poor signal. Move to an open space, or if

Your phone is in airplane
mode with no wireless
connectivity.

1 To u c h Star t →

applications .

2 Tou c h Settings.

3 Under system, touch

airplane mode.

4 Touch or drag the toggle

switch to turn off the
airplane mode.

you are inside a building,
move closer to a window.

1 To u c h Star t →

applications .

Unable to add contacts
to the phone

Echo or noise

Noises during a call

Memory for storing
contacts is already full.

Poor network trunk quality
on the part of your service
provider, or poor local
telephone line quality.

You may be near a strong
electromagnetic source
(such as a TV, a microwave
oven, etc.) during a call.

2 To uc h Settings.

3 Under system, touch

airplane mode.

4 Touch or drag the toggle

switch to turn off the
airplane mode.

Delete unnecessary contact
information from the
phone.

Hang up and dial again. You
may be switched to a
better-quality network trunk
or phone line.

Move to another location to
reduce the interference
effects.

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Problem Possible causes Possible solutions

You cannot enable
certain call features

PIN Code is blocked

System problems

Battery does not charge

Your service provider does
not support these features,
or you have not applied for
services that provide these
features.

You have entered an
incorrect PIN code three
consecutive times.

The battery or battery
charger is damaged.

The phone’s temperature is
below 0°C or higher than
45°C.

Poor contact between the
battery and charger.

Contact your service
provider.

Contact your service
provider. If the service
provider provides the SIM
card's PUK code, use the
PUK code to unlock the SIM
card.

Contact the dealer.

Adjust the battery charging
environment to avoid
extreme temperatures.

Check all connectors to
ensure that all connections
have been properly made.

Unable to turn the
phone on.

The battery is empty. Charge the phone.

Battery contacts are not
clean.

Seek your dealer's help to
clean the contacts.

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