BlackBerry Tips
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General Tips
Turn on the backlighting
Press Power button
Switch to another program
Hold the Alt key and press the Escape button. Continue to hold the Alt key and select a program. Release the Alt key to switch to that program.
Exit a screen or dialog box
Press the Escape button.
Insert a period
Press the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized.
Insert the at sign (@) and periods in an Email field
Press the Space key.
Type an accent or special character
Hold the letter key and roll the trackwheel.
Capitalize a letter
Hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears.
Move the cursor in a different direction
The Alt key and roll the trackwheel.
Change an option field
Hold the Alt key. Click a value.
Move to an item in a list or menu
Press the first letter of the item.Select a check box
Press the Space key. To clear the check box, press the Space key again.
Select a line of text
Press the Shift key and roll the trackwheel.
Move down a screen
Press the Space key
Move up a screen
Press the Shift key + the Space key.
Increase the brightness of backlight
Press power button
Reboot
Remove battery
Save battery
Turn off BlackBerry handset in fringe or no-coverage areas
Attachments
Pan horizontally across an image
Hold Alt key and roll Trackwheel
Zoom in on an image
Press 3. To continue zooming, hold Shift and roll Trackwheel
Zoom out of an image
Press 9. To continue zooming, hold Shift and roll Trackwheel
Rotate an image
Press Period (.) key
BlackBerry Tips and Tricks
Move icon on Home screen
Select the icon, Press Alt and click Trackwheel, Click Move Application. Position icon, Click Trackwheel again to set icon
Vertically scroll between icons
Hold Alt+roll Trackwheel
Return to the Home screen from other screens
Press End or Escape
Lock your BlackBerry device
Set password. Click Lock.
Lock the keyboard
Click Keyboard Lock
Phone Tips
Open the Phone screen
Press Send
Change volume during call
Roll Trackwheel
Insert an extension
Press ALT+8, type the extension #
Show the last number typed
Press Spacebar + Enter
Access your voice mail
Hold 1
Type letters in a phone number
Hold Alt and type letters
Mute call
Press Mute key
To turn mute off
Press Mute key again
Turn on Speakerphone
Press Speakerphone key
Browser
Toggle full-screen mode/normal mode
Press U
Add a bookmark
Press A
Open bookmarks
Press K
Refresh a web page
Press R
Return to the last page viewed
Press Escape
Display list of useful bookmarks
Press Front Convenience key
View address of current web page
Press Trackwheel, Click Page Address
View list of the last 20 pages visited
Press Trackwheel, Click History
Save a web page to Messages list
Press S
Go to home page
Press H
View, copy or send the address for a link
Press L
Move a page down
Press Spacebar
Move a page up
Press Shift+Spacebar
Stop a web page from loading
Press Escape button
Open browser options
Press O
Typing
Capitalize a letter
Hold letter key
Insert a period
Press Spacebar twice
Type alternate character
Hold Alt+character key
Type a symbol
Press Symbol+click symbol
Type accented/special character
Hold key+roll Trackwheel
Insert currency symbol
Press Currency key
Select text by character
Hold Shift + roll Trackwheel
Select whole lines
Press Shift once + roll Trackwheel
Turn on CAP-Lock
Alt+Right Shift (CAP)
Turn on NUM-Lock
Alt+Right Shift (123)
Turn off NUM/CAP-Lock
Press Right Shift or Left Shift
Insert "@" into an email field
Press Spacebar
Messages
Mark a message opened/unopened
Press Alt+U
Move down a page in a message
Press Spacebar
Move up a page in a message
Press Shift+Spacebar
Reply to a message
Press R
Forward a message
Press F
Reply-to-all
Press L
View SMS messages
Press Alt+S
View voice mail messages
Press Alt+V
Calculator
Display calculation results
Press Enter
Clear screen
Press Y
Clear last entry
Press T
Add
Press O
Subtract
Press I
Multiply
Press A
Divide
Press G
Find square root
Press V
Find percent
Press B
Add a number to memory
Type number, press L
Recall memory
Press J
Replace memory
Type number, press K
Clear memory
Press H
Metric conversions
Type number, click Trackwheel
Navigating Screens
Move down a screen
Press Spacebar
Move up a screen
Press Shift+Spacebar
Move to item in list or menu
Type the first letter of item
Select multiple items/icons
Hold down Shift +roll Trackwheel
Organizer / Calendar
Find a contact in address book
Type contact's name or initials (separated by a space)
Jump to next day in calendar
Press Spacebar
Jump to previous day in calendar
Press Shift+Spacebar
Change to Agenda view
Press A
Change to day view
Press D
Change to week format
Press W
Change to month format
Press M
Move to current date
Press T
Move to specific date
Press G
Create an appointment
Press C
Move to the next day, week or month
Press Spacebar
Move to the previous day, week or month
Press Shift+Spacebar
Move cursor horizontally in Week view
Hold Alt + roll Trackwheel
Move cursor vertically in Month view
Hold Alt + roll Trackwheel
General Tips
Delete prior messages
Click a date field, click Delete Prior
Save battery
Set your BlackBerry device to turn on and off automatically. Click Options. Click on Auto on/off. Configure settings as needed
Attachments
Move to specific cell
Press G
Display the contents of specific cell
Press Spacebar






