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Jul 12, 2011

Tips and Tricks for the BlackBerry Bold 9000

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
Article By uk.blackberry.com

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