13) Paste Copied Text via Pre

Choose from two ways to paste copied text on your Pre. After selecting and copying the text that you want to paste, navigate to wherever you want to put the text, tap the display's upper left corner to bring up the menu and then choose Edit. On the Edit screen, choose Paste and your selected text pastes.

You can alternatively use a keyboard shortcut to paste copied text. Once you've highlighted and copied the text you want, press and hold one finger on the Pre gesture area and tap the "V" key.

14) Customize Your Pre's Quick Launcher

By default, your Pre's Quick Launcher, which appears on the bottom of your display and provides fast access to your most frequently used apps, holds the Phone app, Messages, Contacts, Calendar and the "full" Launcher. The full Launcher lets you view all available applications, not just your favorites.

Palm Pre Moveable Quick Launcher

You can customize the Quick Launcher to include any four apps that you want; however, you cannot move the fixed full Launcher icon. To personalize your Quick Launcher, open up the full Launcher, touch and hold your finger on one of the icons in the Quick Launcher and then drag it out, into the full Launcher screen. You'll then have one less icon in your Quick Launcher, and you can fill the empty space with any app you want. Just tap and hold an app and drag it down into the Quick Launcher.

15) Rapidly Switch Between Active Apps via "Advanced Gestures"

You can quickly jump between open Pre apps without entering "card view" by activating the Switch Applications option in the Advanced Gestures menu. First, open up Screen & Lock, found on one of the full Launcher screens.

Within Screen & Lock, slide the Switch Applications option from off to on, beneath the heading Advanced Gestures. Now, slide a finger or thumb from left to right over the length of the Pre's gesture area while in an application to return to a previous program. And slide your finger right to left over the full gesture area to hop to the next open app.

16) Add Web Page Icons to Your Pre Launcher

You can add quick-launch icons for your favorite Web pages to your Pre's Launcher screens. Simply surf on over to your desired page, tap the upper left corner of your screen until the Web menu appears and then choose Page. Two more options will appear beneath Page; pick Add to Launcher to create a custom icon for that site. Your new icon now appears in the Pre Launcher.

Custom Palm Pre Web Launcher Icons

17) Assign a Speed Dial Key to Contacts

To assign speed dial keys to specific contact, open the Pre Contacts app and tap the contact for whom you'd like to add to speed dial. With that contact open, tap the upper left corner of your display to open the menu and then pick Set Speed Dial. Your Pre will then list all the available numbers for that contact. Select the one you wish to assign to speed dial, and on the following screen you'll see a list of available keyboard keys. Pick one, and you'll be able to press and hold that specific key to quick dial your contact number.

18) Grab a Pre Screen Shot

To snap a quick screen grab of your Pre's display, simultaneously press the Orange key, SYM and the letter "P." The image is then available within your Pictures icon, under the "screencaptures" heading. You can save screen shots as wallpaper or e-mail them to others.

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