Friday, October 29, 2010

BlackBerry Tips & Tricks


Originally posted June 16, 2010
Here are some helpful tips to making the most of your BlackBerry smartphone!







Messaging Tips
  • Create a custom icon for BlackBerry Messenger v5.0 contacts
  • Highlight the contact, press menu and show on home screen
  • Delete multiple emails
  • Highlight any email and hold down caps while scrolling up or down (then delete)
  • To move to the last cursor position after you close and reopen a received email message or PIN message, press G
  • In a message press the Shift key and the Space key to move up a screen. Press the Space key to move down a screen
  • View the email address of a sender
  • Highlight the sender name in an email and press Q
  • Don't want to receive SMS or MMS messages?
  • Go to Options>Security Options>Firewall. Check off SMS and MMS
  • To view received messages press Alt I. To view sent messages press Alt O. Hit the back button to view all messages again
Typing Tips
  • Type "B" to go to the bottom or "T" to go to the top of your Messages list, or Space to skip a page
  • Hold the ALT key and press the Right Shift key to lock caps when typing. Press the Right Shift key again to unlock
  • To insert a period, press the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized.
  • To type accented/special characters, press and hold the letter key and slide your finger left or right on the track pad/trackball
  • To capitalize a letter, press and hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears
  • To reply to all in an email message or a PIN message, press L.
  • Hold the ALT key and press the Left Shift key to lock numbers when typing. Press the Left Shift key again to unlock
  • To insert an at sign (@) or a period (.) in an email address field, press the Space key
Other Helpful Tips
  • Ever have to dial a 1-800 number with letters using your BlackBerry?
  • Hold ALT while typing the letters and dial
  • To zoom in before taking a picture, press the Volume Up key. To zoom out press the Volume Down key
  • Having trouble reading the text on your BlackBerry? Change the font!
  • Options >Screen>Keyboard>Font Family
  • When updating BlackBerry App World make sure to perform a reboot of your BlackBerry
  • While listening to music in the media player hit N for the next track or P for the previous track
With thanks to BlackBerry Help for the daily updates. Follow them on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BlackBerryHelp.

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