Nokia Lumia 520 - Personalise the start screen

Personalise the start screen
Make your start screen yours – choose your background photo, pin your favourite apps and much

more to the start screen, or change the tile size and layout as you like. To get the most out of the

space on the start screen, group apps into folders.
1. To add a background photo, on the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, and tap

ALL SETTINGS > start+theme > choose photo.

2. Tap a photo, crop it as you like, and tap .

Tip: Why not match your background and tile colours with your background picture? Tap

Background or Accent colour. To share your theme and other settings to all your Windows

devices, on the start screen, swipe down from the top of the screen, tap ALL SETTINGS > sync

my settings, and switch theme to On

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Change the tile layout

If your phone has only 2 columns of tiles on the start screen by default, you can add a third one.

Switch Show more Tiles to On

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You can now move and resize the tiles to benefit from the new column.
Move a tile

Tap and hold the tile, drag and drop it to the new location, and tap the screen.

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Resize or unpin a tile

To resize, tap and hold the tile, and tap the arrow icon.
The tiles can be either small, medium, or wide. The bigger the tile is, the more info it can show.

To unpin the tile, tap and hold the tile, and tap .
Group tiles into folders

Tap and hold the tile, and drag and drop it on top of the tile or folder you want to group it with. To

open an app from the folder, tap the folder, then tap the app you want. To change the name of the

folder, tap and hold the name, and type in the name you want. To remove a folder, unpin the tiles in

it.

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