Complete List of All the Blackberry Keyboard Shortcuts for Newbies: Part One

These are the shortcuts that are used for any application:

· Roll the trackball to move the cursor

· Press the Esc key to exit to move to the previous screen in the browser or to exit an application.

· Type the first letter of a menu item to move to the list or menu item

· Click the Space key to clear or select any check box.

· Hit the Alt key to view the available values of a field

· Hold the Alt key while pressing the Esc key briefly and selecting an application to switch between applications.

· Hit the End key to go back to the Home screen.

· Hit the Backspace/Delete key to delete a highlighted item.

· Select a profile (theme or notification) and then hit the Space key to turn on the corresponding profile.

These are the shortcuts that can be used for or during phone calls:

· Press the Send key to answer an incoming call.

· Press and hold the Send key to view the contact list.

· When a plus sign (+) is needed, hold the 0 key.

· Press the Alt key and the X key together and then the extension to add an extension number to a phone number.

· Follow this procedure for using a key as a speed dial number assignment. From the Home screen, hold the assignment key (whatever key you choose) then type on the number.

· Press the Speakerphone key during a phone call to turn on/off the speakerphone.

· Hold the 1 key to check your voice mail.

· Press the Alt key and a letter (whichever one you need) to type a letter inside of a phone number.

· Hit the Space key to navigate back to the top of the Phone screen.

· For the last number called, hit the Space key and the Enter key together. To dial the number, hit the Send key.

These shortcuts can be used while working in a message:

· Press R to reply to a message

· Press L to reply to all

· Press F to forward the message

· Press I to file the current highlighted email message

· Highlight a contact and press Q to view the email address of the contact

· Highlight a message and press the Enter key to open a message

· Press the C key to compose a new message from the message list

· Press the Alt + I keys to view all received messages

· Press the Alt + O keys to view all the sent messages

· Press the Alt + V keys to view all voice mail messages

· Press the Alt + S keys to view all SMS (text) messages

· Press the Alt + P keys to view the call logs

· Press the Escape key to view all of the messages

· Press the Shift + Space keys to move to the top of the messages

· Press the Space key to move to the bottom of the messages

· Press the N key to move to the next date

· Press the P key to move to the previous date

· Press the U key to move to the unopened item that is next

· Press the J key to move to the related message that is next

· Press the K key to move to the message that was previous