Blackberry Tips
For the 5810, 6710 and 6750 Blackberry Series
You can find more tips in the online Handheld User Guide.
- Press ALT while rolling the trackwheel to scroll horizontally in any screen where you
can type or view text.
- When typing text, press and hold a letter while rolling the trackwheel to scroll
through the accents, symbols, or marks associated with that character. When the desired
character appears, release the letter key.
- Press ESCAPE to exit any menu, dialog box, or screen.
- Press the first letter or an item in an options list or menu to move directly to that
item.
- To find a contact in the To or Find screens, type the first letters of a name, or the
initials separated by a space.
- To copy and paste text, press ALT and click the trackwheel. Roll the trackwheel to
select text. To copy the selected text, press ALT and click the trackwheel. To paste the
selected text, place the cursor in an editable field, and then press SHIFT and click the
trackwheel.
- Press and hold a letter to capitalize it (you must have Key Rate enabled).
- Press SPACE twice to insert a period when typing text (the letter following the
period will be capitalized automatically).
- Press the SPACE key to insert the "@" and "." characters in an
Email field.
- Press R in an open message or in the Messages application to reply to the sender.
- Press F in an open message or in the Messages application to forward the message.
- Press L in an open message or in the Messages application to reply to all recipients.
- Press ENTER to move down a page in an open message. Press ALT + ENTER to move up a
page.
- Press ALT + RIGHT SHIFT to turn on CAP-lock mode. Press SHIFT again to turn it off.
- Press ALT + O to view outgoing messages. Press ALT + I to view incoming messages.
- Press T to go to the top of a list or an open received message. Press B to go to the
bottom.
- Press N to go to the next date on the Messages screen. Press P to go to the previous
date and press U to go to the next unread item.
- Press number keys, without using ALT, to insert numbers in the Phone, Work, Home,
Mobile, PIN, and Fax fields.
- In the Calendar's Day view, press SPACE to go to the next day. Press SHIFT+SPACE to
go to the previous day.
- In the Calendar's Week view, hold ALT and roll the trackwheel to scroll horizontally
through the days.