*The Definitive Shortcut User Guide to the BlackBerry*

[Blade_27]

Soft Reset: Alt, right shift & Delete

To type a letter {vanity number} in a phone number field, press and hold the Alt key. Spell the number you wanna dial.

Holding "ALT" & pressing "BN" "M" "L" "L" will toggle the signal strength display between a numerical display & a 5 bar indicator.

1 Bar: -102 to -120 dBM
2 Bars: -93 to -101 dBM
3 Bars: -87 to -92 dBM
4 Bars: -78 to -86 dBM
5 Bars: -40 to -77 dBM

A numerical display of 1 milliwatt {if you should chose} gives a more accurate level of signal strength in decibels. In numerical form the display will always be a negative number because signal strength will always be under a full milliwatt.

In The Message Field

To reply to a message, press the exclamation point (!) key.
To forward a message, press the period (.) key.
To move to the last cursor position after you close and reopen a received email message or PIN message, press 5.
In a message list
To open a highlighted message, press the Enter key.
To compose a message from a message list, press the comma (,) key.
To view received messages and received call logs, press the Alt key and 3.
To view call logs, press the Alt key and the period (.) key.
To view voice mail messages, press the Alt key and 7.
To view SMS text messages, press the Alt key and the question mark (?) key.
To view all your messages, press the Escape key.
Move around a message list
To move up a screen, press the Shift key and the Space key.
To move down a screen, press the Space key.
To move to the top of a message list, press 1.
To move to the bottom of a message list, press 7.
To move up a message, press 2.
To move down a message, press 8.
To move to the next date, press 6.
To move to the previous date, press 4

To highlight a line of text, press and hold the Shift key and slide your finger on the trackpad up or down.
To cut highlighted text when typing, press the Shift key and the Backspace/Delete key.
To copy highlighted text when typing, press the Alt key and click the trackpad.
To paste highlighted text when typing, press the Shift key and click the trackpad.

Pressing the shift key & alt key will lock the alt allowing you to type numbers and symbols without having to continually hold the alt key down.

LD space key - inserts local date into a message.
LT space key - inserts local time into a message.
mypin space key - inserts your PIN into a message.
sig space key - inserts your lock screen message into a message.
myver space key - inserts your BB model/OS into a message.
usrid space key - inserts your user ID {whatever name you named your device} into a message.
mynumber space key - inserts your phone number into a message.


Browser Shortcuts

To insert a period (.) in the web address field, press the Space key.
To insert a slash mark (/) in the web address field, press the Shift key and the Space key.
On A Web Page
To switch between Column view and Page view, press the at sign (@) key.
To zoom in to a web page, press the comma (,) key.
To zoom out from a web page, press the period (.) key.
To turn on support for JavaScript, press the Symbol key.
To move to a specific web page, press 5.
To add a bookmark, press the question mark (?) key.
To follow a link, highlight or pause on the link. Press the Enter key.
To hide the banner, press the exclamation point (!) key. To view the banner, press the exclamation point (!) key.
Navigate A Web Page
To move up a screen, press 3.
To move down a screen, press 9.
To move to the top of a web page, press 1.
To move to the bottom of a web page, press 7
Go To... Page
In the field where you select search preference {e.g. google, wikipedia}. As long as you have the icon highlighted with the curser you only have to press the first letter of what you want.
Google "G"
Yahoo "Y"
Live Search "L"
Wikipedia "W"
Dictionary "D"

BBM Shortcuts

In A Chat
ER (go to top)
CV (go to bottom)
QW (reply)

In The Group Picture Carousel
JK (next picture)
OP (mark as favourite)
DF (previous picture)
ENTER (comment)

My most recent discovery, the other day I was texting my address, the address came up in a link form. Much like when you put in a phone number or a PIN. After clicking the link it opened bb maps to my address, I know for a fact that my last 8220 never did this.

Hopefully Heavy Fluid would be kind enough to post all the shortcut tips in the first post so they'd be easier to find and pick out.

[Steve.G]

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To wipe all contacts: go into contacts, bb key, options, type RSET
This will also force a sync if you use wireless sync.

[Heavy Fluid]

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To wipe all contacts: go into contacts, bb key, options, type RSET
This will also force a sync if you use wireless sync.

WOW. This is a good one to know. I had issues with BIS and Google Sync, and had all of my contacts on my device multiple times, some of them were there 44 times. This will help in the future if that ever happens again.

[Prom1]

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To wipe all contacts: go into contacts, bb key, options, type RSET
This will also force a sync if you use wireless sync.

Name: Address Book Data Structure Rebuild.
Process: In the Address Book, hold "Alt" & press "R", "B", "L", "D".
Purpose: Forces a data structure re-build in the Address Book.
- usually done before the above note, and if no change then proceed with above (as any contacts not on the server in the above step may be lost).

[DennyCrane]

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Prom1 - so that's to force a re-sync of your address book, with the server overriding anything on your device? Is there a similar feature to force a sync of your mailbox/folders (other than the 'Reconcile Now' menu option? I created a couple of sub-folders the other day and moved some messages from my inbox into them. Problem is that the sub-folders took a couple days to show up on my device, and the messages never moved until I moved them myself from the device.