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BlackBerry Theme Builder overview
- Customizable screen elements
- Quickstart screen
- Theme layout types
- BlackBerry Theme Builder workspace
  - Inspector
  - Toolbar
- Align objects
- Selecting multiple objects
Configuring the BlackBerry Theme Builder
- Change the screen that appears when the BlackBerry Theme Builder starts
- Configure properties for a theme
- Change the applications that you use for editors
- Change transparency settings
- Show or hide BlackBerry Theme Builder tools
- Show or hide the faceplate
- Change the faceplate
- SVG preview
  - Turn on the SVG preview
  - Turn off the SVG preview
Creating and changing theme projects
- Create a theme
  - Best practice: Naming a theme project
- Open a theme project
- Update a theme project created with an earlier version of the BlackBerry Theme Builder
- Save a theme project
- Changing theme layouts and screen sizes
  - Change the layout type
  - Convert a theme to a different screen size
Working with images
- Work with images
- Change all images
- Best practice: Creating effective designs
- Creating background images for dynamically sized screen elements
- Creating images with multiple states
  - Banner images with multiple states
  - Message list images with multiple states
  - Phone images that show multiple states
- Best practice: Creating images
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Torch 9800 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Style 9670 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Bold 9780 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Bold 9700 smartphone and BlackBerry Bold 9650 smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Storm 9500 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Curve 9300 and BlackBerry Curve 9330 smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 Series smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Tour Series, BlackBerry Curve 8900, and BlackBerry Curve 8910 smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Curve 8300, and BlackBerry 8800 Series smartphones
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Curve 8350i smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Pearl 8220 smartphone
- Image sizes for the BlackBerry Pearl 8100 Series smartphone
- Using catalogs to manage theme images and colors
  - Create a catalog
  - Add items to a catalog
  - Add an image or color from a catalog to a theme
  - Delete items from a catalog
  - Open a catalog
  - Change a catalog
  - Delete a catalog
Changing fonts for themes
- Font settings
- Change fonts for multiple screens
- Change text settings for an element
- Best practice: Using fonts effectively in themes
Using colors
- Change the color of a theme element
Customizing the Home screen
- Change the Home screen wallpaper
- Add an animation to the Home screen
- Create a slide show for your wallpaper
- Create a wallpaper that changes on specific dates or time
- Change the font settings for the Home screen
- Customizing a Today theme Home screen
  - Change the images on the Home screen for Today applications
  - Specify the applications that appear on the Home screen with a Today layout
- Customizing a Zen theme Home screen
  - Change the images on the Home screen for a Zen layout type
  - Specify the applications that appear on the Home screen with a Zen layout
- Customizing a Home screen with a BlackBerry 6 theme layout
- Customizing a Home screen with a Custom or Custom 6 theme layout
Designing banners
- Change the background image for a banner
- Change the size of a banner
- Add or remove banner items
- Change the text settings for banner elements
- Move the banner elements
- Change the underlay image for the Profiles icon
- Change the image for banner elements
Customizing external flip screens
- Customize the external Home screen
- Customize the external phone screen
- Customize indicators on the external screen
Customizing BlackBerry devices with touch screens
- Change BlackBerry device elements in portrait or landscape mode
- Design a Home screen that is different in landscape mode
- Keep focus on an object
- Change background images for the Shortcut bar
- Change navigation images for the Shortcut bar
Customizing the Application List screen
- Change the background image for the Application list screen
- Change the appearance of the tray
- Change the font for the calendar
- Change the icon for a BlackBerry device application
- Change multiple application icons at one time
- Add a link to the Application list screen
Customizing UI controls and application lists
- Show or hide UI controls
- Change the images for UI controls
- Change the text settings for UI controls
- Change colors for UI controls
Customizing the message list
- Change the text settings for the date
- Change the background image for the date bar
- Change images for the message list
- Change the color for messages sent with high importance
Customizing the Phone screens
- Change the background image for the Phone screens
- Change the text color for the phone screens
- Change images for the phone screens
- Add a ring tone
- Phone hotlist settings for touch screen devices
- Active Call screen settings for BlackBerry devices with a touch screen
- Incoming Call screen settings for BlackBerry devices with a touch screen
Customizing the Lock screen
- Change the background image for the Lock screen
- Change the text settings for the Lock screen
- Change the lock image
- Move or resize the Lock screen elements
- Layer the Lock screen over the banner
- Add an animation to the Lock screen
Customizing global UI elements
- Change images for global UI elements
- Change colors for global UI elements
- Apply screen transitions
Testing your theme
- Using the BlackBerry Smartphone Simulator to test your theme
- Test your theme on a device
Managing themes on the BlackBerry device
- Delete a theme from the BlackBerry device
Making themes available to BlackBerry device users
- Considerations for exporting themes
- Add a theme to a .zip file to upload to BlackBerry App World
- Install a theme directly on the BlackBerry device
- Export a theme for distribution over the wireless network
- Export a theme for distribution using the application loader tool of the BlackBerry Desktop Manager
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Create a slide show for your wallpaper............................................................................................................ 62

Create a wallpaper that changes on specific dates or time.............................................................................. 63

Change the font settings for the Home screen................................................................................................. 63

Customizing a Today theme Home screen....................................................................................................... 64

Change the images on the Home screen for Today applications.............................................................. 64

Specify the applications that appear on the Home screen with a Today layout....................................... 64

Customizing a Zen theme Home screen........................................................................................................... 64

Change the images on the Home screen for a Zen layout type................................................................. 64

Specify the applications that appear on the Home screen with a Zen layout........................................... 65

Customizing a Home screen with a BlackBerry 6 theme layout....................................................................... 65

Change the image of the Search icon........................................................................................................ 65

Change the background color of the Notification bar............................................................................... 66

Change the focus color of the Notification bar......................................................................................... 66

Change the icons for unread items............................................................................................................ 66

Change the font settings for unread items................................................................................................ 66

Change the appearance of a Today item for a BlackBerry 6 theme layout............................................... 67

Customizing a Home screen with a Custom or Custom 6 theme layout........................................................... 68

Specify the applications that appear on the Home screen with a Custom layout..................................... 68

Move the application icons on the Home screen with a Custom layout................................................... 68

Layer the Home screen over the banner................................................................................................... 69

Customize the cursor navigation path on a Home screen with a Custom layout...................................... 69

Retain navigation history........................................................................................................................... 69

Specify the default navigation links........................................................................................................... 69

8 Designing banners............................................................................................................................................ 71

Change the background image for a banner.................................................................................................... 71

Change the size of a banner.............................................................................................................................. 72

Add or remove banner items............................................................................................................................ 72

Change the text settings for banner elements................................................................................................. 72

Move the banner elements.............................................................................................................................. 73

Change the underlay image for the Profiles icon.............................................................................................. 73

Change the image for banner elements........................................................................................................... 73

9 Customizing external flip screens..................................................................................................................... 74

Customize the external Home screen............................................................................................................... 74

Customize the external phone screen.............................................................................................................. 74

Customize indicators on the external screen................................................................................................... 74

10 Customizing BlackBerry devices with touch screens........................................................................................ 76