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Customizing the Home Screen

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You can add/delete shortcut buttons displayed in the Home screen according to your application or a preferred arrangement. You can also change the order that they are displayed in.

Adding Buttons to the Home Screen

You can add shortcut buttons to the Home screen for frequently used functions such as ⋖Copy⋗, ⋖Fax⋗, and ⋖Scan⋗. For example, you can carry out tasks more quickly and efficiently by assigning a sequence of settings (e.g. "Scan both sides of a document, save it as a highly compressed PDF file and send it via e-mail") to a single button.

Caution

The settings to be added as a shortcut button must be registered beforehand as Favorite Settings. For details, see the "e-Manual" (HTML manual) in the DVD-ROM supplied with the machine.
You can register up to 11 shortcut buttons.

1. Press and tap ⋖Home Screen Settings⋗.

If the logon screen appears, enter the correct ID and PIN using the numeric keys, and then press . For details, see the "e-Manual" (HTML manual) in the DVD-ROM supplied with the machine.

2. Tap ⋖Select Button to Display⋗.

3. Select the function with the Favorite Settings you want to add as a button.

4. Select the check box for all settings to be displayed in the Home screen and tap ⋖Apply⋗.

Clear the check box for the name of the button you want to remove and then tap ⋖Apply⋗. Once you remove a registered button, a space appears where the button was displayed in the Home screen. If necessary, delete the space.

5. Read the message that is displayed, and tap ⋖OK⋗.

A button for the newly selected settings is added to the Home screen.

If the Home screen is full and no more settings can be registered, Delete registered buttons and spaces in ⋖Home Screen Settings⋗.

Changing the Arrangement of Buttons

To make the buttons easier to use, you can rearrange the buttons however you like. For instance, you can put the most frequently used functions first, or arrange the function buttons together with shortcut buttons for Favorite Settings.

1. Press and tap ⋖Home Screen Settings⋗.

If the logon screen appears, enter the correct ID and PIN using the numeric keys, and then press . For details, see the "e-Manual" (HTML manual) in the DVD-ROM supplied with the machine.

2. Tap ⋖Set Display Order⋗.

3. Select the button to move.

The selected button is highlighted. Tap the selected button again to deselect it.

4. Tap ⋖Previous⋗ or ⋖Next⋗.

The button moves as many times as you tapped.
Long touching ⋖Previous⋗/⋖Next⋗ to move the button continuously.

5. Tap ⋖Apply⋗.

Inserting a Blank

To make the Home screen easier to view, you can insert spaces instead of buttons.

1. Press and tap ⋖Home Screen Settings⋗.

If the logon screen appears, enter the correct ID and PIN using the numeric keys, and then press . For details, see the "e-Manual" (HTML manual) in the DVD-ROM supplied with the machine.

2. Tap ⋖Insert and Delete Blank⋗.

3. Select the button where you want to insert a blank, and tap ⋖Insert⋗.

A space is inserted before the selected button.

Deleting Spaces

To delete a space, select the space to be deleted and tap ⋖Delete⋗.

4. Tap ⋖Apply⋗.

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