- 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
- Hold Alt key and press Escape key
- Return to Home screen
- Press End key
- Delete highlighted items
- Press Backspace/Delete key
Phone
- Answer a call
- Press Send key
- Add an extension to a phone number
- Press Alt key + X key and type the
extension number
- Press Alt key + X key and type the
- Assign a speed dial number to a key
- On the Home screen or on the
Phone screen, hold down key
- On the Home screen or on the
- 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
- Press Space key + Enter key
- 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, highlight contact
In a message list
- Open a highlighted message
- Press Enter key
- 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 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
Attachment
General Tips
- Search for text in an attachment
- Press F
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
- Press V
- 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
- Verify that you’re viewing the
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
- Zoom in to a picture
- Press 3
- Zoom out from a picture
- Press 9
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
- Rotate a picture
- Press R
- Zoom in on a picture
- Press I
- Zoom out from a picture
- Press O
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
- 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
- Refresh a web page
- Press R
- View the address for a link
- Highlight a link
Press L
- Highlight a link
- View the address for a web page
- Press P
- 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
- Press X
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
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.
- Press Space key twice – the next
- Capitalize a letter
- Hold letter key until capitalized letter
appears
- Hold letter key until capitalized letter
- 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
- Hold letter key and roll trackball
- 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
- On the Language screen, set Use Input
- 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
- Press Symbol key and type the letter
- 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
- Hold Shift key and roll Trackball
- Cancel a text selection
- Press the Escape key
- Cut highlighted text when typing
- Press Shift key + Backspace/Delete
key
- Press Shift key + Backspace/Delete
- 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 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 tracking information at the bottom of map
- Press the Space Key
To learn more about making the most of your BlackBerry smartphone, view the BlackBerry 101 interactive demo.