Tips for Using the Handheld (BlackBerry 6710™)
See the RIM Installation and Getting Started Guide and T-Mobile's Welcome Guide for more tips.
- Press ALT while rolling the trackwheel to scroll horizontally in any screen where you can type or view text.
- Find special characters while typing text by pressing and holding a letter while rolling the trackwheel to scroll through the accents, symbols, or marks associated with that character. When the desired character appears, release the letter key.
- Press ESCAPE to exit any menu, dialog box, or screen.
- Press the first letter or an item in an options list or menu to move directly to that item.
- Type the first letters of a name, or the initials separated by a space to quickly find a contact in the To or Find screens.
- Copy and paste text by pressing ALT, then clicking the trackwheel. Roll the trackwheel to select text. To copy the selected text, press ALT and click the trackwheel. To paste the selected text, place the cursor in an editable field and then press SHIFT and click the trackwheel.
- Press and hold a letter to capitalize it. You must have Key Rate enabled.
- Press SPACE twice to insert a period when typing text (the letter following the period will be capitalized automatically).
- Press SPACE to insert the "@" and "." characters in an e-mail field.
- Press R in an open message or in the Messages application to reply to the sender.
- Press F in an open message or in the Messages application to forward the message.
- Press L in an open message or in the Messages application to reply to all recipients.
- Press ENTER to move down a page in an open message. Press ALT + ENTER to move up a page.
- Press ALT + RIGHT SHIFT to turn on CAP-lock mode. Press SHIFT again to turn it off.
- Press ALT + 0 to view outgoing messages. Press ALT + 1 to view incoming messages.
- Press T to go to the top of a list or an open received message. Press B to go to the bottom.
- Press N to go to the next date on the Messages screen. Press P to go to the previous date. Press U to go to the next unread item.
- Press number keys without using ALT to insert numbers in the Phone, Work, Home, Mobile, PIN, and Fax fields.
- Press SPACE to go to the next day in the Calendar's Day view. Press SHIFT + SPACE to go to the previous day.
- Hold ALT and roll the trackwheel to scroll horizontally through the days in the Calendar's Week view.
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