Tips and Tricks for the BlackBerry Bold 9000

We had cover below topic for the blackberry customers.

• BlackBerry Basics
• Phone
• Message
• Attachment
• Camera and Video
• Media
• Browser
• Calendar
• Typing
• Search
• Maps

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

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 list

• 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

Moving around a message list

• 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

Attachment

General Tips

• Search for text in an attachment

• Press F

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

• Press G

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

• 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

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

• Return to the center of a picture

• Press 5

• Zoom in to a picture

• Press 3

• Zoom out from a picture

• Press 9

• Zoom in as much as possible to a picture

• Press 1

• Zoom out from a picture as much as possible

• Press 7

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

• 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

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

• Switch between Column view and Page view

• Press Z

• 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

• View a list of web pages you’ve recently visited

• Press Y

• 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

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

• 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.

• 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

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

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

• View or hide tracking information at the bottom of map

• Press the Space Key

• Move to the next direction on a route

• Press N

• Move to the previous direction on a route

• Press P