The first and most basic of all shortcuts is the Convenience Key. This is the one key that you hold the power to. You have the option to change this to whatever you find to be the most useful - to lock your keys, activate the camera, compose an email - you name it. To change this option, go to Options > Screen/Keyboard and set it under Convenience Key.
Many people have asked how to easily create multiple signatures for emails or SMS. The simplest way is by creating an Auto Text entry with your preset signature. To do this, go to Options > Auto Text. Select "New". Under "Replace", type a shortuct (ie. sig, zz - something quick and easy). Under "With" type your desired signature ("Sent by Adam") then choose save and you're set! Now in your SMS just type your shortcut and hit Space and you're signature will appear.
Standby Mode
One of the greatest tips to save on battery life and keep from calling people with yourr device in your pocket (hey, we've all done it) is to put your device into standby mode. To do this, simply hold the Mute key on top of your device for 3 seconds. Your
In a message list:
C - Compose Message
ALT+U - Mark Message As Opened/Unopened
ALT+I - View In box
ALT+O - View Outbox
ALT+V - View Voice mail
ALT+S - View SMS
ALT+P - View Call Log
To view all your messages again, press the Escape key
SHIFT+SPACE - Move to the top of a screen
SPACE - Move to the bottom of a screen
T - Go to top of a message
B - Go to bottom of a message
N - Move to the next date
P - Move to the previous date
U - Move to the next unopened item
J - Move to the next related item
K - Move to the previous related item
F - Search for text in an attachment/web page
G - Move to the last cursor position in a message after closing and reopening an attachment
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Typing Shortcuts
To insert a period, press the Space key twice. The next letter is capitalized
To capitalize a letter, hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears
Alt + Left Shift - NUM Lock
Alt + Right Shift - CAPS Lock
To turn off NUM lock or CAP lock, press the Shift key
To insert an at sign (@) or a period (.) in an email address field, press the Space key
To highlight a line of text, press the Shift key and roll the trackball
To highlight text character by character, hold the Shift key and roll the trackball left or right
To cancel a text selection, press the Escape key
To cut highlighted text when typing, press the Shift + Backspace/Delete key
To copy highlighted text when typing, press the Alt key and click the trackball
To paste highlighted text when typing, press the Shift key and click the trackball
Browser Shortcuts
To insert a period in the Go To dialog box, press the Space key
To insert a slash mark (/) in the Go To dialog box, press Shift+Space
To open the browser options, in the browser, press O
To stop loading a web page, press the Escape key
To hide the browser, press D
To close the browser, hold the Escape key
To view the address for a link, highlight a link. Press L
To move forward a screen, press the Shift key and the Space key
To move to a previous screen, press the Space key
G - Move to a specific page
H - Return to the home page
K - Open bookmarks
A - Add a bookmark
I - View recent web pages
R - Refresh page
P - View page address
S - Save web page
U - Hide browser banner
X - View thumbnail version of a page
T - Move to the top of a page
B - Move to the bottom of a page
Media Shortcuts
Mute Key - Pause/Resume a video/song
R - Rotate pictures
I - Zoom In
O - Zoom Out
W - Original Size
Calendar Shortcuts
C - schedule an appointment
A - Change to Agenda view
D - Change to Day view
W - Change to Week view
M - Change to Month view
Space - Move to the next day/week/month
Shift+Space - Move to the previous day/week/month
T - Move to the current date
G - Move to a specific date
An easy way to access the default applications is through keyboard shortcuts as well. To use these, you
must have Dial From Home Screen set to "Off". (Phone > Options > General Options). You will now have to
use the Send key to access your phone and make a call, but you will have the following shortcuts available:
W - WAP Browser
R - Alarm
T - Tasks
U - Calculator
O - Options
A - Address Book
S - Search
D - Notes
F - Profiles
H - Help
K - Lock keypad
L - Calendar
M - Messages
B - Browser
N - Black Berry Messenger
V - Saved messages
C - Compose
Other helpful shortcuts:
ALT+Shift+H - Access Help ME! screen (status info etc.)
ALT+LGLG - Access Event Log
ALT+Right Shift+
You can change the display of the 'signal strength' on your screen to read in real numbers. While at the home screen, hold down the ALT key while you type NMLL. The bars should change to numbers. For the 'signal strength', if you are in the 100 area (that means -100 dBm), you will be transmitting at maximum power. Anything at -90 to -50 is a very good signal
On top of the Auto Text there are also some short codes for common device information that you can type into SMS or email messages that will return a value:
myver - Device Model/Version
mypin - Device PIN
LD - Local Date
LT - Local Time
Once you get the hang of it, using these shortcuts will make you much quicker on the draw and help your harness the full abilities of your device. They will not only save you time, but help you easily navigate through all aspects of your device.
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