Tips and Tricks for the BlackBerry 8800 Series

Learn all the tips and tricks for your BlackBerry® 8800 Series smartphone. Select an application or topic below to get started.

• Search
• Attachments
• Browser
• Media player
• BlackBerry Maps
• Calendar
• BlackBerry Basics
• Phone
• Messages
• Typing

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

Attachments

• Search for text in an attachment

• Press F

• Move to the last cursor position after closing and reopening an attachment

• Press G

• Move to a specific cell

• Press G

• View the content of a cell

• Press Spacekey

• 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

• 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

Browser

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

Media player

• Pause or resume playing a video or song

• Press Mute Key

• 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

BlackBerry 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

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

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

Messages

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

To learn more about making the most of your BlackBerry smartphone, view the BlackBerry 101 interactive demo.