Tips and Tricks for the BlackBerry 7100 Series Learn all the tips and tricks for your BlackBerry® 7100 Series smartphone. Select an application or topic below to get started. Home Screen TipsPhone TipsBrowserTypingMessagesNavigating ScreensOrganizer/CalendarGeneral TipsAttachments Home Screen Tips Return to home screen from any other screen Press End Lock the keyboard Hold (*) or click Keyboard Lock Unlock the keyboard Press Press (*) + Send or doubleclick Trackwheel Switch between Default and Vibrate notification profiles Hold # Switch to another application Hold Alt Press Escape Continue to hold Alt Select application Release Alt to switch to that application Phone Tips Open phone Press Send End call Press End Call selected name or phone number Press Send Call a speed dial number Hold assigned number key Type an extension Press ZX Type extension number Call your voice mail access number Hold 1 Type a letter in a number field Hold Alt and press letter key once for the first letter and twice for the second letter Turn mute on/off during call Press Exclamation point (!) key Switch between the speaker and earpiece during call Press Period (.) key Change volume during call Roll Trackwheel Browser Open browser and display list of bookmarks made available by service provider Press Convenience key Edit web address in Go To dialog box Hold Alt and roll Trackwheel Select address Edit text Click Trackwheel Move down a page Press 9 Move up a page Press 3 Move between full-screen mode and normal mode Press Exclamation point (!) key Typing To type words quickly using SureType™ Press keys one time for one letter Type entire word before attempting to make a correction Scroll across list that appears when you type Press Next or roll Trackwheel Choose selected item in list that appears when you type Press Enter or click Trackwheel Insert a period Press Space twice Next letter is capitalized Capitalize a letter Hold the letter key until capitalized letter appears Type alternate character on a key Press Alt and press the character key Type a symbol Press Alt + Symbol Press Symbol again to view more symbols Type letter shown below symbol Type an accent or special character Hold letter key and roll Trackwheel Click selected character To insert "@" and periods in an email field Press Space Turn on NUM lock Press Shift + Alt Turn off NUM lock Press Alt Switch between SureType and multi-tap input methods Hold (*) Messages Open the selected message Press Enter Compose message from messages list Press Comma (,) key Reply to message Press Exclamation point (!) key Forward message Press Period (.) key Reply to all Press Question Mark (?) key View received messages Press Alt + 3 View SMS messages Press Alt + Question Mark (?) key View walkie-talkie logs (BlackBerry 7100i Only) Press Alt + D View MMS messages Press Alt + 9 View phone call logs Press Alt + Period (.) key View voice mail messages Press Alt + 7 Navigating Screens Move cursor Roll Trackwheel Exit a screen or dialog box Press Escape Click an icon or menu item Roll Trackwheel to select item Click Trackwheel Select multiple items or characters Hold Shift and roll Trackwheel Move to top of screen Press 1 Move to bottom of screen Press 7 Organizer/Calendar NOTE: For these tips to work in Day view, in the calendar options, set Enable Quick Entry field to No Create an appointment Press Period (.) key Move to next day, week or month Press 6 Move to previous day, week or month Press 4 Move cursor horizontally in Week view Hold Alt and roll Trackwheel Move cursor vertically in Month view Hold Alt and roll Trackwheel General Tips Increase the brightness of backlight Press power button Reboot Remove battery Save battery Turn off BlackBerry handset in fringe or no-coverage areas Attachments Pan horizontally across an image Hold Alt key and roll Trackwheel Zoom in on an image Press 3. To continue zooming, hold Shift and roll Trackwheel Zoom out of an image Press 9. To continue zooming, hold Shift and roll Trackwheel Rotate an image Press Period (.) key To learn more about making the most of your BlackBerry smartphone, view the BlackBerry 101 interactive demo.
