Become a pro with your BlackBerry® smartphone by using tips and tricks to quickly complete tasks.

To get shortcuts unique to your smartphone, select your smartphone or smartphone series from the list below:

Search

• 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
• Search for text in a message
• Press S
• Search for a contact in a list of contacts
• Type the contact name or initials separated by a space Search for text in an attachment or on a web page
• Press F

BlackBerry Basics

• Move to a list item or menu item
  Type the first letter of the item
• Move back a screen
  Press the Escape key
• Return to the Home screen or application list
  Press the End key
• Switch applications
  Press and hold the (insert BB data flow symbol key) key

Phone

• Check your voice mail
  Hold 1
• View your contact list in the phone application
  Press the Send key

Answer a call

• Press the Send key
• Add an extension to a phone number
• Turn on the speakerphone during a call
  Press the Speakerphone key
• Turn off the speakerphone during a call
  Press the Speakerphone key again
• Type a letter in a phone number field
  Press the Alt key and the letter key
• Press the Alt key and the X key
  Type the extension number

Moving around a message list

• Move to the next date
  Press N
• Move to the previous date
  Press P
• Move to the top of a message list
  - Press T
• Move to the bottom of a message list
  - Press B
• Move to the next related message
  Press J
• Move to the previous related message
  Press K
• Move to the next unopened item
  Press U
• Move up the screen
  Press Shift key + Space key
• Move down a screen
  Press Space key

Attachment

• In a spreadsheet
• Switch worksheets
  Press V
• View the content of a cell
  Press Space key
• Move to a specific cell
  Press G
• Hide the columns or rows again
  Press H
• View hidden columns or rows
  Press H
• Highlight a worksheet
  Press the Enter key

You do not need to press the Alt key

• Type a number in a text field
  Hold Alt key + press the number key
• Turn off CAP lock
  Press the Shift key
• Turn off NUM lock
  Press the Shift key
• Turn on CAP lock
  Press the Alt key + the Right Shift key
• Turn on NUM lock
  Press Alt key + Left Shift key

Insert symbols

• 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

On a web page

• Switch between Column view and Page view
  Press Z
• Zoom out from a web page
  Press O
• Zoom in to a web page
  Press I
• Move to a specific web page
  Press G
• Turn on support for JavaScript
  Press J
• Add a bookmark
  Press A
• Return to the home page
  Press H
• Refresh a web page
  Press R
• View a list of web pages you™ve recently visited
  Press Y
• Follow a link, highlight or pause on the link
  Press the Enter key
• Open the bookmark list
  Press K

Work with text

• Highlight text character by character
  Hold Shift key + roll Trackball
  left or right
• Highlight a line of text
  Press Shift key + roll Trackball up or down
• Cancel a text selection
  Press the Escape key
• Paste highlighted text when typing
  Press Shift key + click Trackball
• Copy highlighted text when typing
  Press Alt key +click Trackball
• Cut highlighted text when typing
  Press Shift key + Backspace/Delete
  key

Calendar

• NOTE: For shortcuts to work in Day view,
  in the general calendar options, change the Enable Quick Entry field to No
• Schedule an appointment
  Press C
• Change to Week view
  Press W
• Change to Day view
• Press D
• Change to Agenda view
  Press A
• Move to the next day, week or month
  Press Space key
• Change to Month view
  Press M
• Move to a specific date
  Press G
• Move to the current date
  Press T
• Move to the previous day, week or month
  Press Shift key + Space key

Insert a period

• Capitalize a letter
  Hold the letter key until the capitalized letter
  appears
• Type an accented or special character
  Hold the letter key + roll the 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 an alternate character on a key
  Hold the Alt key + the character key
• Press the Space key twice “ the next
  letter is capitalized.
• Type a number in a number field
  Press a number key

Navigating a web page

• Move up a screen
  Press Shift key + Space key
• Move to the bottom of a web page
  Press B
• Move to the top of a web page
• Press T
• Move down a screen
  -Press Space Key

In a presentation

• Move to the previous slide when viewing a presentation in slide view
  Press P
• Move to the next slide when viewing a presentation in slide view
  Press N
• Switch presentation views
  Press M

Camera and Video

• NOTE: Depending on your BlackBerry® device,
  the camera or video camera feature might not be supported
• Change the flash mode for a picture or to turn on low-light mode for a video
• Take a picture
  Press the Right Convenience Key
• Press the Space key

Media

• Resume playing a video or song
  Press the Mute key
• Play the next song in a playlist
  Press and hold the Volume Up key
• Play the previous song in a category
  Press P
• Play the previous song in a playlist
  Press and hold the Volume Down key
• Pause a song or video
  Press the Mute key
• Play the next song in a category
  Press N
• Pan down in a picture
  Press 8
• Pan up in a picture
  Press 2
• Pan left in a picture
  Press 4
• Pan right in a picture
  Press 6
• Zoom to the original picture size
  Press 7
• Return to the center of a picture
  Press 5
• Zoom in to a picture
  Press 3
• Fit a picture to the screen size
  Press 1
• Zoom to the original picture size
  Press 7
• Rotate a picture
  Press L
• Zoom out from a picture
  Press 9

Browser

• Close the browser
  Hold the Escape key
• Stop loading a web page
  Press the Escape key
• Insert a slash mark (/)in the web address field
  Press the Shift key + Space key
• Insert a period (.) in the web address field
  Press Space key

Message

• Forward a message
  Press F
• Reply to all in an email message or a PIN message
  Press L
• Reply to a message
  Press R

In a message list

• View SMS text messages
  Press Alt key + S
• View call logs
  Press Alt key + P
• View sent messages
  Press Alt key + O
• View voicemail messages
  Press Alt key + V
• Open a highlighted message
  Press the Enter key
• View received messages
  Press Alt key + I
• Compose a message from a message list
  Press C
• Mark a message as opened or unopened
  Press Alt key + U

Battery Power Tips

Applications

• When exiting, be sure to close the app, not leave it running in the background (close with ESC key, not red End key).

Indicators

• Set Audible notification to Off (Profiles).
• Turn off coverage LED (Profiles).

Screen/Keyboard

• Reduce Backlight Timeout (Options “ Screen/Keyboard).
• Reduce Backlight Brightness (Options “ Screen/Keyboard).
• Holster smartphone (turns off LCD automatically). Set Auto Off LCD
• Set Audible Roll to mute (Options “ Screen/Keyboard).
• Key Tone Off (Options “ Screen/Keyboard).

Network Connections

• Turn off unused connections when not in use, i.e. GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
• Use Auto On/Off.
• Use single mode only (1XEV, 2G only, 3G only).

Camera

• Turn off flash (Camera “ Options).
  
• Set picture size to Small (Camera “ Options).
  
• Set Color Effect to Normal (Camera “ Options).
• Set Picture Quality to Normal (Camera “ Options).

Charging

• Charge Blackberry as much as possible. If full charge, unplugged charger. Don’t charge your Blackberry along the night.
• Use wall chargers as the preferred charging method. Use the specified charger only.

Media

• Reduce ring tones volume
  
• Use headphones
  
• Turn off equalizer settings (Media “ Options).
  

Browsing

• Turn Repeat Animations to a lower setting (Browser “ Options “ General Properties).
• Close browser when finished using (close with ESC key, Don’t use End key).

Keyboard Shortcuts

• When watching video, hit SYM to toggle full screen mode
• To reboot Blackberry without taking out battery, simultaneously press ALT, SHIFT (the right bottom one) and DEL
• To display system log, press and hold ALT while typing lglg. However, I must admit I don’t know what to do with the log content
• To insert current time, type lt and hit SPACE
• To end a sentence with period, hit SPACE twice
• Set up abbreviations for common phrases at: Options | Auto Text
• Instead of hitting the SHIFT key, press and hold the letter you are typing for a little while and it will become uppercase
• To insert current date, type ld and hit SPACE