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Customizing the home screen, 26 customizing the home screen, Rearranging icons – Apple iPad iOS 5.1 User Manual

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Customizing the Home screen

You can customize the layout of app icons on the Home screen—including the icons in the Dock
along the bottom of the screen.

Rearranging icons

You can create additional Home screens and arrange your apps over multiple Home screens.

Rearrange icons:

1

Touch and hold any app on the Home screen until it jiggles.

2

Arrange the apps by dragging them.

3

Press the Home button to save your arrangement.

Move an icon to another screen

While arranging icons, drag an icon to the right edge of the screen until a
new screen appears. You can return to a previous screen and drag more
icons to the new screen.

Create additional Home screens

While arranging icons, swipe to the rightmost Home screen, then drag an
icon to the right edge of the screen. You can create up to 11 Home screens.
The dots above the Dock show the number of screens you have, and which
screen you’re viewing.

Go to a different Home screen

Flick left or right, or tap to the left or right of the row of dots.

Go to the first Home screen

Press the Home button .

Reset the Home screen to its
original layout

In Settings, go to General > Reset, then tap Reset Home Screen Layout.
Resetting the Home screen removes any folders you’ve created and applies
the default wallpaper to your Home screen.

When you connect iPad to your computer using the Dock Connector to USB Cable, you can
rearrange the icons on the Home screen, as well as the order of the screens, in iTunes. Select iPad
in the iTunes sidebar, then click the Apps tab.

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