Blackberry BlackBerry Curve Tips And Tricks

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BlackBerry

Curve

™

BlackBerry

Curve

™

Tips and Tricks

BLACKBERRY BASICS

TO:

DO:

Move the cursor

Roll the Trackball.

Exit a screen or move back a

Press the Escape key.

page in the browser

Move to a list item or menu item

Type the first letter of the item.

Select or clear a check box

Press the Space key.

View available values in a field

Press the Alt key.

Switch applications

Hold the Alt key and Press the Escape key.

Continue to hold the Alt key and highlight

an application. Release the Alt key.

Return to the Home screen

Press the End key.

Delete a highlighted item

Press the Backspace/Delete key.

PHONE

Answer a call

Press the Send key.

Insert a plus sign (+) when typing

Hold 0.

a phone number

Add an extension to a

Press the Alt key and the X key, Type the

phone number

extension number.

Assign a speed dial number

On the Home screen or on the Phone screen,

to a key

hold the key.

Turn on the speakerphone

Press Speakerphone key.

off during a call

Turn off the speakerphone off during a call Press Speakerphone key.

Type a letter in a phone number field

Press Alt key and the letter key.

Check your voicemail

Hold 1.

Move to the top of the Phone screen

Press the Space key.

View the last phone number

Press the Space key and the Enter key.

you called

Press the Send key to dial the number.

View your contact list on the

Hold the Send key.

Phone screen

MESSAGES

WITHIN A MESSAGE

Reply to a message

Press R.

Reply to all

Press L.

Forward a message

Press F.

File a highlighted email message

Press I.

View email address of a contact

In a message, highlight the contact. Press Q.

To view the display name again, Press Q.

IN A MESSAGE LIST

Open a highlighted message

Press the Enter key.

Compose a message from a message list

Press C.

Mark a message as opened or unopened

Press Alt key and U.

View received messages

Press Alt key and I.

View sent messages

Press Alt key and O.

View voicemail messages

Press Alt key and V.

View SMS text messages

Press Alt key and S.

View call logs

Press Alt key and P.

View all your messages again

Press Escape key.

MOVING AROUND A MESSAGE LIST

Move up a screen

Press the Shift key and the Space key.

Move down a screen

Press the Space key.

Move to the top of a message list

Press T.

Move to the bottom of a message list

Press B.

Move to the next date

Press N.

Move to the previous date

Press P.

Move to the next unopened item

Move to the next related message

Move to the previous related message

TYPING

Insert a period

Capitalize a letter

Type an alternate character on a key

Type an accented or special

character

Type a number in a number field

Type a number in a password field

Turn on NUM lock

Turn off NUM lock or CAP lock

Turn on CAP lock

Switch typing input languages

Insert an 'at' sign (@) or a period (.)

Type a symbol

Highlight a line of text

Highlight text character by

character left or right.

Cancel a text selection

Cut highlighted text when typing

Copy highlighted text when typing

Paste highlighted text when typing

BROWSER

Insert a period (.)

Insert a slash mark (/)

Open the browser options

Stop loading a web page

Hide the browser

Close the browser

ON A WEB PAGE

Move to a specific web page

Return to the home page

Open the bookmark list

Add a bookmark

View a list of web pages you've

recently visited

Refresh a web page

View the address for a link

View the address for a web page

Save a web page to a message list

Follow a highlighted link

Hide the banner

View the banner again

View a thumbnail version of a web page

NAVIGATING WITHIN A WEB PAGE

Move up a screen

Move down a screen

Move to the top of a web page

Move to the bottom of a web page

Search for a contact in a list of contacts Type the contact name or initials separated by a space.

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Press U.

Press J.

Press K.

Press Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized.

Hold letter key until capitalized letter appears.

Hold Alt key and the character key.

Hold letter key and roll trackball to the left or

right. For example, to type ü, hold U and roll the trackball

to the left until ü appears. Release letter key when

accented or special character appears.

Press a number key. You do not need to Press the Alt key.

Hold the Alt key and Press a number key.

Press Alt key and the Left Shift key.

Press the Shift key.

Press Alt key and the Right Shift key.

On the Language screen, verify that the Use Input

Language Shortcut field is set to Yes. Hold the Alt key

and Press the Enter key. Continue to hold the Alt key

and Highlight a language. Release the Alt key.

In an email address field, Press the Space key.

Press the Symbol key. Type the letter that appears below

the symbol.

Press the Shift key and roll the trackball.

Hold Shift key and roll the Trackball.

Press the Escape key.

Press Shift key and the Backspace/Delete key.

Press the Alt key and click the trackball.

Press the Shift key and click the trackball.

In the Go To dialog box, Press the Space key.

In the Go To dialog box, Press the Shift key and the

Space key.

In the browser, Press O.

Press Escape key.

Press D.

Hold Escape key.

Press G.

Press H.

Press K.

Press A.

Press I.

Press R.

Highlight a link. Press L.

Press P.

Press S.

Press the Enter key.

Press U.

Press X. To return to the normal view, press any key.

Press the Shift key and the Space key.

Press the Space key.

Press T.

Press B.

Search for text in a message

Press S.

Search for text in an attachment

Press F.

or web page

Search for text in a presentation

Verify that you're viewing the attachment

presentation in 'text view' or in 'text and

slide view'. Press F.

ATTACHMENTS

Search for text in an attachment

Press F.

Move to the last cursor position after

Press G.

closing and reopening an attachment

IN A SPREADSHEET

Move to a specific cell

Press G.

View the content of a cell

Press the Space key.

Switch worksheets

Press V. Highlight a worksheet. Press the Enter key.

View hidden columns or rows

Press H.

Hide the columns or rows again

Press H.

IN A PRESENTATION

Switch presentation views

Press M.

Move to the next slide

Press N.

Move to the previous slide

Press P.

Move to the last cursor position

Verify that you're viewing the presentation in 'text

after closing and reopening a

view' or in 'text presentation attachment and slide

view'. Press G.

CAMERA

Take a picture

Press the Right Convenience key.

Zoom in on a subject

Press the Volume up key or roll the trackball up.

Zoom out from a subject

Press the Volume down key or roll the

trackball down.

Change the flash mode for a picture

Press the Space key.

Change the size of the viewfinder

Press the Symbol key.

MEDIA PLAYER

Pause a video or song

Press the Mute key.

Resume playing a video or song

Press the Mute key.

Play the next song in a category

Press N.

Play the previous song in a category

Press P.

Rotate a picture

Press R.

Zoom in on a picture

Press I.

Zoom out from a picture

Press O.

Return to the original picture size

Press W.

CALENDAR

Note: For shortcuts to work in Day view, in the calendar options, set the Enable Quick Entry

field to No.

Schedule an appointment

Press C.

Change to Agenda view

Press A.

Change to Day view

Press D.

Change to Week view

Press W.

Change to Month view

Press M.

Move to the next day, week or month

Press the Space key.

Move to the previous day, week or month Press the Shift key and the Space key.

Move to the current date

Press T.

Move to a specific date

Press G.

PUSH TO TALK (PTT)

Access the PTT contact list

Press the PTT key (left convenience key)

Initiate a PTT call Within the PTT

Press and hold the PTT key for the

Contact List

Selected contact

Talk via PTT

Press and hold the PTT key while connected

to a contact

Alter your Availability in PTT

Press the Menu key and select My Availability.

Roll the trackball and click to select.