Blackberry Bible (Hints, Tips and Tricks) Shortcuts Cont'd

I'm going to continue in this post with shortcuts you can use on your blackberry smartphone to ease use of the phone (and also amaze you a bit). Without much ado, lets proceed:


Typing Shortcuts:

1) To capitalize a letter with one click, hold down the letter key.
2) To insert a period (full stop), click the Space key twice.
3) Turn CAPS Lock on by pressing the ALT key followed by the right Shift (next to the "sym" button) key. Turn it off by pressing either Shift key.
4) Turn Number Lock on by pressing the ALT key followed by the left Shift key (before the "0" button). Turn it off by pressing either Shift key.
5) Type an accented letter or special character by holding the corresponding letter and scrolling left or right with the trackball/trackpad.
6) Insert the current date into a message or document by pressing the L key followed by the D key
and Space key.
7) Insert the current time into a message or document by pressing the L key followed by the T key and Space key.

Messaging (E-mail and SMS):

1) In e-mail inbox, press the S key to search for a sender or a word within a subject line, and any mail folder regardless of message was sent or received.
2) Within inbox, access the complete list of messages sent by hitting the ALT key followed by the O key.
3) Within inbox, access the complete list of messages received by hitting the ALT key followed by the I key.
4) Within inbox, access the complete list of SMS text messages received by hitting the ALT key followed by the S key.
5) Within inbox, access phone log by hitting the ALT key followed by the P key.
6) Within inbox, access voicemail log by hitting the ALT key followed by the V key.
7) To delete all messages sent or received before a specific date, highlight that date with the cursor, hit the BlackBerry Menu key, select Delete Prior and confirm selection.

Phone Functions:

1) Multitask while on phone calls by hitting the BlackBerry menu key during a call and then selecting Home Screen. You'll then have access to e-mail and other documents--though most BlackBerrys don't allow for simultaneous voice and data transfer, so Internet access is unavailable while on calls.
2) Find specific contacts from your BlackBerry home screen by pressing keys for first and last initials, with a space between them. If more than one contact has the same initials, scroll to the appropriate contact.

BlackBerry Browser:

You have to enable shortcuts in your browser for these to work. Just open your browser, press the blackberry icon button to open a list of options; scroll to and select "options" and then select "Enable Keyboard Shortcuts"
1) Bring up the Enter Web Address field from any Web page by pressing the G key.
2) Insert a period in Web address by clicking the Space key.
3) Insert a back slash in Web address by clicking either the Left Shift or Right Shift keys and then hitting Space.

4) Add an item to bookmarks list by clicking the A key.
5) Bring up your bookmark list by clicking the K key.
6) Refresh a Web page by clicking the R key.