Monday, October 12, 2009
These are some tips and tricks for BlackBerry Curve 8300. You can read a quick review for Blackberry Curve 8300 here.
| BlackBerry Basic | |
| TO | DO |
| Move the cursor | Roll the Trackball |
| Exit a screen or move back a page in the browser | Press the escape key. |
| Move to a list item or menu item | Type the first letter of the item. |
| Select or clear a check box | Press the Space key. |
| View available values in a field | Press the alt key |
| Switch applications | Hold the alt key and press the escape key |
| Continue to hold the alt key and | |
| highlight an application | |
| Release the alt key | |
| Return to the Home screen | Press the end key. |
| Delete a highlighted item | Press the backspace/Delete key |
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| Phone | |
| TO | DO |
| Answer a call | Press the Send key |
| Insert a plus sign (+) when typing a phone number | Hold 0. |
| Add an extension to a phone number | Press the alt key and the X key, Type the extension number |
| Assign a speed dial number to a key | On the Home screen or on the Phone screen, hold the key. |
| Turn on the speakerphone during a call | Press Speakerphone key |
| Turn off the speakerphone during a call | Press Speakerphone key |
| Type a letter in a phone number field | Press alt key and the letter key |
| Check your voicemail | Hold 1 |
| Move to the top of the Phone screen | Press the Space key |
| View the last phone number you called | Press the Space key and the enter key. |
| Press the Send key to dial the number | |
| View your contact list on the Phone screen | Hold the Send key. |
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| Message | |
| Within a Message | |
| TO | DO |
| 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 the contact. |
| Press Q | |
| To view the display name again, press Q | |
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| In a Message List | |
| TO | DO |
| Open a highlighted message | Press the enter key |
| Compose a message from a message list | Press C |
| Mark a message as opened or unopened | Press alt key and U |
| View received messages | Press alt key and I |
| View sent messages | Press alt key and O. |
| View voicemail messages | Press alt key and V |
| View SMS text messages | Press alt key and S. |
| View call logs | Press alt key and p |
| View all your messages again | Press escape key. |
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| Moving Around in Message List | |
| TO | DO |
| Move up a screen | Press the Shift key and the Space key |
| Move down a screen | Press the 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 |
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| Typing | |
| TO | DO |
| 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 the character key |
| Type an accented or special character | Hold letter key and roll trackball to the 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. You do not need to press the alt key. |
| Type a number in a password field | Hold the alt key and press a number key |
| Turn on NUM lock | Press alt key and the Left Shift key. |
| Turn off NUM lock or CAP lock | Press the Shift key. |
| Turn on CAP lock | Press alt key and the right Shift key |
| Switch typing input languages | On the Language screen, verify that the Use Input Language Shortcut field is set to Yes. Hold the alt key and press the enter key. Continue to hold the alt key and Highlight a language. |
| Release the alt key | |
| Insert an ‘at’ sign (@) or a period (.) | In an email address field, press the Space key |
| Type a symbol | Press the Symbol key. Type the letter that appears below the symbol |
| Highlight a line of text | Press the Shift key and roll the trackball. |
| Highlight text character by character | Hold Shift key and roll the Trackball |
| left or right | |
| Cancel a text selection | Press the escape key |
| Cut highlighted text when typing | Press Shift key and the backspace/Delete key |
| Copy highlighted text when typing | Press the alt key and click the trackball. |
| Paste highlighted text when typing | Press the Shift key and click the trackball. |
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| Search | |
| TO | DO |
| 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 | Press S |
| Search for text in an attachment or web page | Press F |
| Search for text in a presentation | Verify that you’re viewing the attachment presentation in ‘text view’ or in ‘text and slide view’. Press F |
| | |
| Attachment | |
| TO | DO |
| Search for text in an attachment | Press F |
| Move to the last cursor position after closing and reopening an attachment | Press G |
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| In a Spreadsheet | |
| TO | DO |
| Move to a specific cell | Press G |
| View the content of a cell | Press the Space key. |
| Switch worksheets | Press V |
| Highlight a worksheet. | |
| Press the enter key | |
| View hidden columns or rows | Press h |
| Hide the columns or rows again | Press h |
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| In a Presentation | |
| TO | DO |
| 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 | Verify that you’re viewing the in ‘text view’ or in ‘text presentation attachment and slide view’. Press G. |
| | |
| Browser | |
| TO | DO |
| Insert a period (.) | in the Go To dialog box, press the Space key |
| Insert a slash mark (/) | in the Go To dialog box, press the Shift key and the 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 | |
| TO | DO |
| 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 I |
| 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 the enter key |
| Hide the banner | Press U |
| View the banner again | |
| View a thumbnail version of a web page | Press X. To return to the normal view, press any key. |
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| Navigating Within a Web Page | |
| TO | DO |
| Move up a screen | Press the Shift key and the Space key. |
| Move down a screen | Press the Space key |
| Move to the top of a web page | Press T |
| Move to the bottom of a web page | Press b |
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| Camera | |
| TO | DO |
| Take a picture | Press the right Convenience key. |
| Zoom in on a subject | Press the Volume up key or roll the trackball up |
| Zoom out from a subject | Press the Volume down key or roll the trackball down. |
| Change the flash mode for a picture | Press the Space key |
| Change the size of the viewfinder | Press the Symbol key. |
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| Media Player | |
| TO | DO |
| Pause a video or song | Press the Mute key |
| Resume playing a video or song | Press the 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 |
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| BlackBerry Maps1 | |
| TO | DO |
| Zoom in on a map | Press I |
| Zoom out from a map | Press O |
| View status information at the top of a map | Press U |
| Hide status information at the top of a map | Press U again |
| To view tracking information at the bottom of a map | Press the Space key |
| To hide tracking information at the bottom of a map | Press the Space key again. |
| To move to the next direction on a route | Press n |
| To move to the previous direction on a route | Press p |
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| Calendar | |
| Note: For shortcuts to work in Day view, in the calendar options, | |
| set the enable Quick entry field to no | |
| TO | DO |
| 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 the Space key. |
| Move to the previous day, week or month | Press the Shift key and the Space key. |
| Move to the current date | Press T |
| Move to a specific date | Press G |
