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  4. Change BlackBerry Work for iOS settings

Change 
BlackBerry Work for iOS
 settings

  1. In the 
    BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher
    , tap The Settings icon.
  2. To change general settings, complete one of the following tasks:
    General Settings
    Steps
    View the version number and license agreement.
    Tap 
    About
    .
    Change your password or turn on or turn off 
    Touch ID
    . (
    Touch ID
     must be installed on your device and allowed by your administrator.)
    Tap 
    Change Password
    .
    Edit your account information.
    Tap 
    Account
    .
  3. To change Application settings, complete one of the following tasks:
    Application Settings
    Steps
    View or change your Mail settings.
    Tap 
    Mail
     and view change any of the following:
    • Tap 
      Shared Mailboxes
       to add a mailbox that has been shared with you. For more information on shared mailboxes, see  Adding a shared mailbox in BlackBerry Work.
    • Badge Count
       sets the message status type—
      Unread Mail
       or 
      New Mail
      —that is shown in the BlackBerry Work badge count on the iOS desktop.
    • Conversation View
       lists email messages by common subject.
    • User tag when editing adds your username in brackets at the start of any inline edits in reply email.
    •  Signature
       changes how you sign your outgoing email messages.
    • Default Classification
       changes the default classification for your compose Email screen to the setting of your choice, 
      if your administrator has enabled this feature
       (otherwise this setting is not displayed). If the administrator sets a default, it takes precedence over your default.
    • Default Caveat
       changes the default caveat for your compose Email screen to the setting of your choice, 
      if your administrator has enabled this feature
       (otherwise this setting is not displayed). If the administrator sets a default, it takes precedence over your default.
    • Auto Advance
       chooses which screen to display after you delete: 
      New Mail
       or 
      Mail List
      .
    • Show Avatar
       enables/disables display of a contact's photo or initials, if a photo is unavailable.
    • Use Custom Fonts
       enables you to choose font size, style, and color for new mail and replies and forwarded mail.
    • Auto BCC
       changes whether you want to auto BCC yourself when you send messages.  
    • Compose Font Selection
       specifies the default font to use when composing an email.
    • Reply Font Selection
       specifies the default font to use when replying to an email.
    • Sync
       to change the synchronization interval between your device and office desktop. You can select a sync window of 1 or 3 days, 1 or 2 weeks, or 1 month back. You also have the option of No Sync Limit.
    • Download Entire Message
       to view messages offline. If this setting is turned off, only the header and 20KB (default) of a message are downloaded. Your administrator may adjust the default download size. Note that turning on this setting increases data and battery consumption.
    • Empty "Deleted Items" folder
       to permanently remove deleted messages.
    View/change your Calendar settings.
    Tap 
    Calendar
    • Under 
      Calendar Accounts
      , tap 
      My Calendars
       to choose a high color for appointments and birthdays on your personal calendars. Tap 
      Shared Calendars
       to do the same for your shared calendars
    • Under 
      Conferencing
      , tap 
      Conference details
       to configure default conference settings and so that you can quickly add them when creating new events.
    • Under 
      Passcode
      , slide the switch to turn on Use "Locations" numbers, which allows use of the number and passcode specified in the Location field of the meeting as the default numbers to use to call in.
    • Under 
      Week View
       you can select to display a seven-day or five-day week (the five-day week omits Saturday and Sunday), the starting day of the week, and you can choose to show long events as all-day events.
    • Under 
      Start Week On
      , choose the first day of the week on the displayed calendars, or choose "Device System Settings" to use the Calendar settings you have specified in your iOS settings.
    • Under 
      Tasks
      , slide the switch to turn on Preview Tasks in Calendar, if you have BlackBerry Tasks installed.
    • Under 
      Events
      , slide the switch to turn on Show Long Events as All Day. Events lasting 24 hours or longer will be displayed as all-day events.
    View/change your Contacts settings.
    Tap 
    Contacts
    .
    • Sync to Device
       – Enables/disables synchronization of your contacts to the "BlackBerry" group in native contacts on the device. Your IT administrator may not allow all fields to sync.
    • Contact List Sort Order
       – Lets you set the sort order of names in your contacts to either 
      Last, First
       or 
      First, Last
      .
    • Contact List Display Order
       – Lets you set the display order of names in your contacts to either 
      Last, First
       or 
      First, Last.
    • Sync Contact Groups
       - Syncs any contact groups you have created in Outlook. This may impact data usage and sync performance.
    View/change your Docs settings.
    Tap 
    Docs
    .
    • Recent Files Cache
       - Slide the switch for Auto Cache Size Adjustment to cause recent files cache size to be automatically adjusted using no more than 30% of the free device space. The cache size and current free space is displayed in this window. Tap Clear Recent Files Cache to clear the cache.
    • Quick Save Location
       - Choose a quick-save location to save email or calendar attachments to a Docs folder in the background. In order to take Office Online actions directly for an attachment, select your quick-save location in a valid server-based folder.
    • Cellular Data
       - Slide the switch for Use Cell Data to turn off cell data, restricting automatic uploads and updates of offline files to Wi-Fi only.
    Set the intensity of the 
    Launcher
    .
    Tap 
    Launcher
    .
  4. To change Tools settings
    Tools
    Steps
    Turn on an automatic reply to incoming messages while you're away.
    Tap 
    Out of Office
    .
    1. Slide the 
      Out of Office
       switch to ON.
    2. Slide the 
      Time Period
       switch to ON to set when this auto-reply 
      Starts
       and when it 
      Ends
      .
    3. Tap inside the message block create/edit your out-of-office reply.
    4. Turn on 
      Outside my company
       to set a different reply to incoming messages from outside your organization, then tap either 
      Contacts Only
       to only respond to senders in your Contacts or tap 
      Anyone
      , if you wish to make no distinction.
    5. Tap in the optional message block for external replies to create/edit a message to external senders, or press to display the clipboard menu and paste in copied text.
    Turn on Battery Saver.
    Battery Saver reduces power consumption by disabling some app features. When it is turned on, the Download Entire Message Content, Show Avatar, Sync Contact Groups, and Show Presence switches are unavailable.
    1. Tap 
      Battery Saver
      . 
    2. Tap 
      Sync Mode
       and select 
      Auto-Sync
       or 
      Manual Sync
      . If you select Manual Sync, synchronization occurs only when you log in or out or when you manually request synchronization.
    3. To turn off the Download Entire Message Content setting, turn off the 
      Download Entire Message Content
       switch.
    4. To turn off the Show Avatar setting, turn off the 
      Show Avatar
       switch.
    5. To turn off the Sync Contact Group setting, turn off the 
      Sync Contact Group
       switch.
    6. To turn off the Show Presence setting, turn off the 
      Show Presence
       switch.