BlackBerry Bold 9000 Short Cut Keys

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