Telecommunications > Faculty and Staff > Cell Phone Service Blackberry Tricks Type `n Roll You might as well “Jump” Program swapping made easy Help on the run Top to bottom search tricks A capital idea Type `n Roll You’re about to send that that quick response and you realize you’re referencing something that requires a registration mark or an accent (or perhaps another special symbol). How do you do it? Just use your trackball. All you have to do is hold the applicable key and roll the trackball until you get the accent or special character you want. Say it’s an accent on the lower case letter e that you need. Hold the letter key down and roll the trackball until you see the correct accent. Don’t give up if you don’t get the accent you want on the first roll. If it’s a capital E with an accent, you’ll get to that choice as well. If you often use accents, you’ll soon learn whether to roll the trackball to the left or right (or up or down) to quickly get to the accent you need. What if you’re searching for a symbol? Common ones you might need R for the registered mark ®, T for the trademark ™, and so on. Symbol seeking To see all symbols available, press the symbol key (SYM). This opens a window showing you what symbols correspond with each letter. For example, to insert the sign for the British pound, £, press the SYM key. With the window open, type the corresponding letter to the British pound symbol, or click on the £, and that character is inserted into your email message. You might as well “Jump” Need to find all messages on the same subject, and you need to see them, now? Just press J. This shortcut key identifies messages with the same topic – very handy for pulling together an entire message thread. How to Jump: 1. Open an email message for which you have received responses. 2. Press the J key on your keyboard. 3. The oldest message with the same subject should be displayed. 4. Press J again, and the next message in the thread is displayed. 5. To go back to a message that you previously jumped to, press K to return. 6. You can also select a message from the Inbox that is unopened and press the J key. If you want to read the contents of messages identified with the same subject, you must open them. Note: The Jump feature is designed to identify messages with unmodified subject lines. If the subject line of the message is modified, the response thread may be broken and the Jump feature may not operate as designed. Program swapping made easy Save yourself time and hassle when switching programs on your BlackBerry smartphone. This tip shows you how to switch programs in about the same time it takes to say “Ready, Set, Go!”: 1. Hold the Alt key and press the Escape button. 2. Continue to hold the Alt key and highlight a program from the menu that appears. 3. Release the Alt key to switch to that program. That’s it. You’ll find this Alt > Escape > Select program function especially handy when you need to compare information between documents on the run. Essentially, it allows you to minimize programs, documents and email messages just as you would on your computer. Help on the run BlackBerry smartphone users can find answers to their application questions right on their BlackBerry smartphones. BlackBerry smartphone users can access this help system while on the go. They can either click the Help icon on the Home screen of the BlackBerry smartphone or in an application, display the menu, and select Help. Click the Help icon on the Home screen OR Select Help from the top of any application menu Top to bottom search tricks You’ve scrolled down, down, down to find that important message on your BlackBerry smartphone, and now you want to go to the top of the list again. Don’t backtrack with your trackball. Just press T to get back to the top of your messages list. Want to drop back down to the first message received or sent? Just type B for bottom. This shortcut is easy and will save you time in the long run! Now here’s an easy question you may never have to answer if you use the tip provided : how do I search through my messages? Typing S brings up a Search field where you can enter a single letter, name, or bit of a subject into and presto, your search query is answered. A capital idea If you've been using your BlackBerry smartphone for awhile, you’ve probably gotten used to holding the Shift key to capitalize a letter. But did you know there’s an easier way? Just hold down the key you want to capitalize until it becomes a capital. Such an easy one-thumb, one-step trick!