After learning these techniques, you'll wonder how you ever got by without them. Each tip takes only a second or two to learn and put to use, and they'll save precious time, provide valuable information about your device and make your smartphone run faster and more smoothly.So sit back, whip out that BlackBerry and pay attention.
TYPING SHORTCUTS:
*To capitalize a letter with one click, hold down the letter key.
*To insert a period, click the Space key twice.
*Turn CAP Lock on by pressing the ALT key followed by the right Shift key. Turn it off by pressing either Shift key.
*Turn Number Lock on by pressing the ALT key followed by the left Shift key. Turn it off by pressing either Shift key.
*Type an accented letter or special character by holding the corresponding letter and scrolling left or right with the trackball.
*Insert the current date into a message or document by pressing the L key followed by the D key and SPACE key.
*Insert the current time into a message or document by pressing the L key followed by the T key and Space key.
*Switch text input languages on your BlackBerry at any point by hit the ALT button and Enter key at the same time, use your trackball to scroll to the new language you'd like to use, then click the trackball to confirm the new selection.
MESSAGING (E-mail and SMS)
*In e-mail inbox, press the S key to search for a sender or a word within a subject line, and any mail folder regardless of message was sent or received.
*Within inbox, access the complete list of messages sent by hitting the ALT key followed by the O key.
*Within inbox, access the complete list of messages received by hitting the ALT key followed by the I key.
*Within inbox, access the complete list of SMS text messages received by hitting the ALT key followed by the S key.
*Within inbox, access phone log by hitting the ALT key followed by the P key.
*Within inbox, access voicemail log by hitting the ALT key followed by the V key.
*To delete all messages sent or received before a specific date, highlight that date with the cursor, hit the BlackBerry Menu key, select Delete Prior and confirm selection.
*To enable automatic spell checking of e-mail messages, click the Options icon on BlackBerry home screen. Then click Spell Check and select the Spell Check E-Mail Before Sending option.
*To do a manual spell check, click the BlackBerry Menu key within a composed message and select Check Spelling.
*When a message is being spell checked, suggested fixes to unrecognized words can be ignored by clicking the escape key.
*Heavy BlackBerry users know the pain of trying to catch up on an e-mail thread with multiple responses. For easier navigation of a conversation threads, open the first message and then hit the J key to jump to the next response, and so on. You can also return to an earlier message in the thread by hitting the K key. (Note: If the subject line of the thread has been modified, you may not be able to find all responses using this shortcut.)
*You can simply close a message, and when you're free again, just hit the G key after reopening it, and you'll be brought to the exact spot where you stopped reading.
PHONE FUNCTIONS
*Multitask while on phone calls by hitting the BlackBerry menu key during a call and then selecting Home Screen. You'll then have access to e-mail and other documents--though most BlackBerrys don't allow for simultaneous voice and data transfer, so Internet access is unavailable while on calls.
*Find specific contacts from your BlackBerry home screen by pressing keys for first and last initials, with a space between them. If more than one contact has the same initials, scroll to the appropriate contact.
*Rapidly switch back and forth between BlackBerry applications by holding down the ALT key and then click ESCAPE. While holding down ALT, you can then scroll left or right between apps, and you need only release the ALT key to select a program.
*To reboot without removing the battery, simply hit ALT, RIGHT SHIFT and DELETE.
*To pull up the Help Me screen, navigate to your home screen and then press ALT, either SHIFT key and the letter H. To return to your Home Screen, hit ESCAPE or open the MENU and select Close.
*You can access a variety of helpful Home Screen shortcuts. o do so, click your Phone icon on the Home Screen or hit the green phone button on your device. Then press your Menu key, pick Options, then General Options and change the Dial From Home Screen field from "Yes" to "No." Now you'll need to hit your Phone icon or click the green phone button to dial a number and place a call, but you'll have access to all of the following shortcuts from your Home Screen via a single click of the corresponding letter key: WAP Browser -- W, Alarm -- R, Tasks -- T, Calculator -- U, Options -- O, Address Book -- A, Search -- S, Notes -- D, Profiles -- F, Help -- H, Lock keypad -- K, Calendar -- L, Messages -- M, Browser -- B, BlackBerry Messenger -- N, Saved messages -- V, Compose -- C.
*To put device into Standby Mode so keys cannot be pressed while it's not in use, hold down the Mute key for a second or two. Undo Standby Mode by holding Mute for another couple of seconds.
*Access your BlackBerry address book while on a call by simply clicking the green Send key to open up the phone application and call log. When your call log is on screen, hold down Send again for a couple of seconds until the address book information appears.
*To automatically add an extension to a phone number, type in the appropriate ten digits and then hit the ALT and X keys, followed by the numbers in the extension. Then click the Send button.
*While in a message or text file, you can copy text in two different ways. First, you can simply hold the Shift button while scrolling the trackball over the text you wish to copy, and then hit the BlackBerry Menu key and choose Copy from the associated dropdown menu. You can also copy text by hitting ALT and clicking the track ball before scrolling over the text you wish to copy and then hitting Menu and choosing Copy. To paste text once it's copied, you can either click Menu again and choose Paste, or you can simply hit Shift and click the trackball wherever you want the text to appear.
BLACKBERRY BROWSER
*Bring up the Enter Web Address field from any Web page by pressing the G key.
*Insert a period in Web address by clicking the Space key.
*Insert a back slash in Web address by clicking either the Left Shift or Right Shift keys and then hitting Space.
*Add an item to bookmarks list by clicking the A key.
Bring up your bookmark list by clicking the K key.
*Refresh a Web page by clicking the R key. To stop a page refresh, hit your Escape key.
*Display a list of the last 20 pages visited by hitting the I key.
*Open browser options with the O key.
*To jump instantly to the very top or bottom or a Web page within your BlackBerry browser, simply click the "T" button to move all the way up or the "B" key to shift to the bottom.
*To jump down a page length in the BlackBerry Browser, simply hit the Space key. Do so repeatedly to quickly move down a page. On the flip side, you can "page up" by holding a Shift key and then clicking Space.
*The simplest and fastest way to surf to your home page via BlackBerry Browser: click your "H" key while on another page. (Note: Modify your BlackBerry home page by hitting Menu--directly to the left of your trackball--and choosing Options, then Browser Configuration. On the following screen, scroll down to the Home Page Address field and enter in the correct URL for your new home page.
*Open up your BlackBerry Browser Options by hitting the "S" key while on any Web page.
*To zoom in on a page while using the BlackBerry Browser, click "I." to zoom back out, hit "O."
*To instantly view your BlackBerry browsing history, click the "Y" key while surfing the Web.
*To rapidly determine the URL for a Web page you're visiting, click the "P" key.
*To quickly exit your browser, either hit your BlackBerry Escape key--located directly to the right of your trackball--or click the "D" key. (Note: This shortcut did not work on our Curve 8900 running OS v5.0.0.90.)
*To alternate Between "Column" and "Page" Views in BlackBerry Browser, click your "Z" button.
*Click the "U" key while on any Web page to hide the BlackBerry Browser Banner.
*While on a Web page, just click your BlackBerry's P key at any time to see that specific page's Web address and title.
SPREADSHEET ATTACHMENTS
*Change the size of a column by pushing the W key.
*Go to a specific cell by pressing the G key.
*View contents of a cell by pressing the Space key.
*Search for text by clicking the F key, and then type the desired word.
*Switch to a different worksheet by pressing V and selecting the desired sheet.
PRESENTATION ATTACHMENTS
*Skip to the next slide by pressing the N key.
*Return to the previous slide by clicking the P key.
*Start slideshow by pushing the S key.
*Stop slideshow by clicking the Escape key.
*Switch to a new view of the slideshow by clicking the M key.
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