BlackBerry Bold 9000 Tips and Tricks

BlackBerry Basics
Move the cursor : Roll Trackball
Exit a screen or move back a page in the browser : Press Escape key
Move to a list item or menu item : Type first letter of the item
Select or clear a check box : Press Space key
View available values in a field : Press Alt key
Switch applications : Hold Alt key and press Escape key Continue to hold Alt key and select application Release Alt key
Return to Home screen : Press End key
Delete highlighted items : Press Backspace/Delete key
Phone
Answer a call : Press Send key
Insert (+) into a phone number : Hold O
Add an extension to a phone number : Press Alt key + X key and type the extension number
Assign a speed dial number to a key : On the Home screen or on the Phone screen, hold down key
Turn speakerphone on or off during a call : Press Speakerphone key
Type a letter in a phone number field : Press Alt key + the letter key
Check your voicemail : Hold 1
Move to the top of the Phone screen : Press Space key
View the last phone number you called : Press Space key + Enter key Press Send key to dial the number
View your contact list on the Phone screen : Hold Send key
Message
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 contact Press Q. To view display name again, press Q
In a message list
Open a highlighted message : Press Enter key
Compose a message from a message list : Press C
Mark a message as opened or unopened : Press Alt key + U
View received messages : Press Alt key + I
View sent messages : Press Alt key + O
View voicemail messages : Press Alt key + V
View SMS text messages : Press Alt key + S
View call logs : Press Alt key + P
View all your messages again : Press Escape key
Moving around a message list
Move up the screen : Press Shift key + Space key
Move down the screen : Press 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 : Press U
Move to the next related message : Press J
Move to the previous related message : Press K
Attachment
General Tips
Search for text in an attachment : Press F
Move to the last cursor position after closing and reopening an attachment : Press G
In a spreadsheet attachment
Move to a specific cell : Press G
View the content of a cell : Press Space key
Switch worksheets : Press V
Highlight a worksheet : Press Enter key
View hidden columns or rows : Press H
Hide the columns or rows again : Press H
In a presentation attachment
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 after closing and reopening a presentation attachment : Verify that you’re viewing the presentation in text view or in text and slide view Press G
Camera and Video
Take a picture : Press the Right Convenience Key
Zoom in to a subject : Press the Volume Up key
Zoom out from a subject : Press the Volume Down key
Change the flash mode for a picture : Press the Space key
Change the size of the viewfinder for a picture : Press the Symbol key
Pan up in a picture : Press 2
Pan down in a picture : Press 8
Pan right in a picture : Press 6
Pan left in a picture : Press 4
Return to the center of a picture : Press 5
Zoom in to a picture : Press 3
Zoom out from a picture : Press 9
Zoom in as much as possible to a picture : Press 1
Zoom out from a picture as much as possible : Press 7
Media
Move to the controls at the bottom of the screen when you are viewing a list of songs : Press the Space key
Play the next song in a playlist : Press and hold the Volume Down key
Play the previous song in a playlist : Press and hold the Volume Up key
Pause or resume playing a video or song : Press 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
Browser
General Tips
Insert a period (.) in the Go To dialog box : Press Space key
Insert a slash mark (/)in the Go To dialog box : Press Shift key + Space key
Open the browser options : In the browser, press O
Stop loading a web page : Press Escape key
Hide the browser : Press D
Close the browser : Hold Escape key
On a web page
Switch between Column view and Page view : Press Z
Zoom in to a web page : Press I
Zoom out from a web page : Press O
Turn on support for JavaScript : Press J
Move to a specific web page : Press G
Return to the home page : Press H
Open the bookmark list : Press K
Add a bookmark : Press A
View a list of web pages you’ve recently visited : Press Y
Refresh a web page : Press R
View the address for a link : Highlight a link Press L
View the address for a web page : Press P
Save a web page to a message list : Press S
Follow a highlighted link : Press Enter key
Hide the banner : Press U
View the banner again : Press U
View a thumbnail version of a web page : Press X To return to the normal view, press any key
Navigating within a web page
Move up a screen : Press Shift key + Space key
Move down a screen : Press Space Key
Move to the top of a web page : Press T
Move to the bottom of a web page : Press B
Calendar
NOTE: For these tips to work in Day view, in the calendar options, set 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 Space key
Move to the previous day, week or month : Press Shift key + Space key
Move to the current date : Press T
Move to a specific date : Press G
Typing
Insert a period : Press Space key twice – the next letter is capitalized.
Capitalize a letter : Hold letter key until capitalized letter appears
Type an alternate character on a key : Hold Alt key and press character key
Type an accented or special character : Hold letter key and roll trackball 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
Type a number in a number field : Press a number key
Type a number in a password field : Hold Alt key and press a number key
Turn on NUM lock : Press Alt key + Left Shift key
Turn on CAP lock : Press Alt key + Right Shift key
Turn off NUM lock or CAP lock : Press Shift key
Switch typing input languages : On the Language screen, set Use Input Language Shortcut field to Yes . Hold Alt key and press Enter key Highlight a language.Release Alt key
Insert a period or at sign (@) into an email address : Press Space key
Type a symbol : Press Symbol key and type the letter that appears below the symbol
Highlight a line of text : Press Shift key and roll Trackball
Highlight text character by character : Hold Shift key and roll Trackball left or right
Cancel a text selection : Press the Escape key
Cut highlighted text when typing : Press Shift key + Backspace/Delete key
Copy highlighted text when typing : Press Alt key and click Trackball
Paste highlighted text when typing : Press Shift key and click Trackball
Search
Search for a contact in a list of contacts : Type the contact name or initials separated by a space
Search for text in a message or memo : Press S
Search for text in an attachment or web page : Press F
Search for text in a presentation attachment : Verify that you’re viewing the presentation in text view or in text and slide view Press F
Maps
Zoom in on a map : Press I
Zoom out from a map : Press O
View or hide status information at top of map : Press U
View or hide tracking information at the bottom of map : Press the Space Key
Move to the next direction on a route : Press N
Move to the previous direction on a route : Press P