Tips and Tricks for the BlackBerry 7520 Learn all the tips and tricks for your BlackBerry® 7520 smartphone. Select an application or topic below to get started. Home Screen TipsPhone TipsBrowserTypingMessagesCalculatorNavigating ScreensOrganizer/CalendarGeneral TipsAttachmentsConnect Home Screen Tips Move icon on Home screen Select the icon, Press Alt and click Trackwheel, Click Move Application. Position icon, Click Trackwheel again to set icon Jump directly to an icon Type first letter of icon Vertically scroll between icons Hold Alt+roll Trackwheel Phone Tips Open the Phone screen Press Spacebar Change volume during call Roll Trackwheel Insert an extension Press Alt+X+Ext.# Dial the last number Press Spacebar+Enter Assign speed dial to a letter Hold letter key, then type number Access your voice mail Hold 1 End a call Press the Escape button Type letters in a phone number Hold Alt and type letters Mute call Use Trackwheel to select menu and select Mute or UnMute in the active call screen Switch between the speaker and earpiece during a call Press Symbol button Browser Toggle full-screen mode/normal mode Press U Add a bookmark Press A Open bookmarks Press K Refresh a web page Press R Close a web page Press Escape Save a web page to Messages screen Press S Return to Home Page Press H View, copy or send the address for a link Press L Move a page down Press Spacebar Move a page up Press Shift+Spacebar Move to the top of the web page Press T Move to the bottom of the web page Press B Stop a web page from loading Press Escape button Open browser options Press O Typing Capitalize a letter Hold letter key Insert a period Press Spacebar twice Type alternate character Hold Alt+character key Type a symbol Press Symbol+click symbol Type accented/special character Hold key+roll Trackwheel Turn on CAP-Lock Alt+Right Shift (CAP) Turn on NUM-Lock Right Shift+Alt Turn off NUM/CAP-Lock Press Right Shift key Select text by character Hold Shift+roll Trackwheel Select whole lines Press Shift once+roll Trackwheel Insert “@” into an email field Press Spacebar Messages Jump to bottom of Messages screen Press B Jump to top of Messages screen Press T Mark a message opened/unopened Press Alt+U Move down a page in a message Press Enter Move up a page in a message Press Alt+Enter Reply to a message Press R Forward a message Press F Reply-to-all Press L View SMS messages Press Alt+S View phone log Press Alt+P View voice mail messages Press Alt+V Calculator Display calculation results Press Enter Clear screen Press Y Clear last entry Press T Add Press I Subtract Press U Multiply Press A Divide Press G Metric conversions Click on Menu, select from list Navigating Screens Select multiple items/icons Hold down Shift+roll Trackwheel Jump to item in list Press first letter of item Move cursor to bottom of page Press Spacebar Move cursor to top of page Press CAP+Spacebar Organizer/Calendar NOTE: For these tips to work in Day view, in the calendar options, set Enable Quick Entry field to No Find a contact in address book Type contact’s name or initials (separated by a space) Jump to next day in calendar Press Spacebar Jump to previous day in calendar Press Shift+Spacebar To change to Week format Press W To change to Month format Press M Move to current date Press T Move to specific date Press G To create an appointment Press C General Tips Delete prior messages Highlight date, click Trackwheel +select Delete Prior in Message list Change ‘signal strength’ from numbers to bars Hold Alt+type NMLL Open ‘Help Me!’ Alt+CAP+H. This screen lists the version, application version, PIN, IMEI, uptime, signal strength, battery level, file free and file total. Reboot Alt+CAP+Backspace Save battery Turn off the wireless radio in fringe or no-coverage areas Attachments Move to specific cell Press G Display the contents of specific cell Press Spacebar Move to bottom Press B Move to top Press T Direct Connect Use the Push To Talk™button Hold the Push To Talk button to speak during a Direct Connect call. Release the Push To Talk button to listen during a Direct Connect call. Send a Direct Connect Call Alert 1. In the phone, type a Direct Connect number (AreaID* NetworkID* MemberID). 2. Click Alert. 3. Press the Push To Talk button. Respond to a Call Alert 1. Press the Push To Talk button. 2. Hold the Push To Talk button to speak to your contact. 3. Release the Push To Talk button to listen to your contact. To learn more about making the most of your BlackBerry smartphone, view the BlackBerry 101 interactive demo.
