That’s a great tip. Yes, there is a pattern to the layout of your apps, 
depending on your model of phone or iPad. It might be 4 by 4 or 4 by 5 or even 
4 by 6. So, use the slide gesture to explore screen icon layouts before you 
start moving them around too.


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> On Mar 30, 2016, at 5:15 PM, Kevin Shaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Here’s another tip on moving apps across pages.
> 
> When you find the app you want to move, double-tap and hold in the middle of 
> the screen or wherever you feel comfortable  so you’ve got enough screen 
> space to move to the edge and switch pages.  Remember that VO will remember 
> the position of the last item you tapped on, so if you have an app on the 
> edge you’d like to move to another page, this may be an easier method to give 
> yourself some runway. I find that moving an app on he far left or right of 
> the screen tends to just hold it there. Also, wait for the little beep that 
> sounds after VO announces it has made a new folder. if it’s helpful, remember 
> too that icons are laid out on the home screen in a grid, unlike a Windows or 
> Mac laptop where icons can be dragged to any location. 
> 
> Kevin
>> On Mar 30, 2016, at 2:04 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Kelby,
>> 
>> Moving apps is not random, but it requires a light touch, if you have a good 
>> special awareness of how you move your finger when you drag an app it is 
>> much easier and mostly it requires practice. Try to start small when you 
>> practice and just see if you can move an app one or two spots to the left or 
>> right or up or down or maybe see if you can move the top left app (in row 1) 
>> down into row 2 and on second or third position from the left. Voiceover 
>> gives some feedback as you move it, it will say if you are on another app 
>> and it will say stuff like "On so and so app, will create folder with so and 
>> so app". Here is an example:
>> 
>> Assume you have the calculator app in row 1 on the very left and right next 
>> to it you have the clock app. Now if you double tap and hold on calculator, 
>> it will say "Moving  Calculator". If you now drag your finger to the right 
>> just a bit it should say "On Clock, will create folder with clock". If you 
>> let go at this point a folder will be created and I think it will probably 
>> be called "Utilities" since folders are typically named according to the 
>> category of whatever app you are moving. If, for example, you move 
>> Calculator on Camera it will create a Utility folder, but if you move Camera 
>> on Calculator it will create a Photography folder. You can edit folder names 
>> to whatever you want them to be called by opening a folder, double tap and 
>> hold on an app like you want to move it, then swipe left to the folder name 
>> which now is in an edit field, you can double tap on it to put focus in the 
>> edit field, you can then delete what's there and type something new or there 
>> is also a Clear All button next to I t which wil clear the field.
>> As far as moving apps from one page to another this I find is easiest if the 
>> app is already on the edge, for example, if you want to move an app from 
>> page 1 to page 2 it might work better if you move the app fiurst to the 
>> third or last position in the row, then start again and drag it right to the 
>> edge of the screen. Voiceover will say "Moving to Page 2" there will be a 
>> sound and then you let go and it should have wrapped around. If you continue 
>> to hold it will keep wrapping to Page 3, Page 4 etc.
>> 
>> Hope this helps a bit, like I said, practice and you'll get it. You can also 
>> move apps with a Bluetooth keyboard, but somebody else may have to explain 
>> that since I just never bother.
>> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Sieghard
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
>> Of Kelby Carlson
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 10:47 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Moving Apps from One Page to Another
>> 
>> 
>> How do you do this? It seems to be totally random when the page will shift 
>> and when it won't.
>> 
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