TIP: Helpful Keyboard Shortcuts

**7thsunday** · 08-10-2009, 03:57 PM

Oh thanks, this really helps.

**W i l l** · 08-10-2009, 11:11 PM

is there a shortcut to attached a contact number in an email or sms instead of going to the contact, Copy then go to compose email or sms and Paste...

**moff1888** · 08-12-2009, 07:22 PM

After reading these I realised how obvious some of them were lol. I will not be a BB Virgin mong for much longer.

**Boredjokker** · 08-13-2009, 07:47 AM

The keyboard shortcuts are great thanks everyone.

**raghavgupta** · 08-14-2009, 03:01 PM

how can i recovery my shortcut frm desktop i mean if we press f it goes for profiles n if we press k lock etc....

**ashalay7** · 08-15-2009, 01:22 PM

that's very helpful, thanks!

**mayank131** · 08-23-2009, 04:08 AM

Originally Posted by pammyhound

And here I thought it would take me months to learn all that!! The best tip I just read was how to highlight a list of messages so I could delete them all at once. I don't know why it didn't occur to me it would the shift key just like on a PC!

Please tell me how i can delete all my messages inbox outbox at one time selecting all in detail.
Iv been trying since long and cant figure it out!

Thanks

**cenloe** · 08-23-2009, 09:54 AM

Here are a few tips that I have recently learned, not sure if they have been shared yet but if they have, feel free to flame me!

Reset Device
Press and hold left alt, right shift and delete key at the same time.

Typing shortcuts
To insert your number in an email type "mynumber" and then hit the spacebar. Your number will appear!

Typing "ld" and then hitting the spacebar in an email will insert the local date.

Typing "lt" and then hitting the spacebar in an email will insert the local time.

Browser Shortcuts
Pushing the "b" key on a webpage will take you to the bottom of the page

Pushing the "t" key on a webpage will take you back up to the top of the page

**tsells** · 08-23-2009, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by mayank131

Please tell me how i can delete all my messages inbox outbox at one time selecting all in detail.
Iv been trying since long and cant figure it out!

Thanks

Hold "caps" down while scrolling down over all of your calls. Then hit "del" button to delete all calls that were highlighted.

**equinoxable** · 08-24-2009, 05:06 AM

really thorough post! thnks!

**rowensky** · 08-26-2009, 02:37 PM

Hi guys, I'm a newbie here so..I have a question! Recently I bought a curve 8900. First the keyboard shortcuts like B for 'browse' and G for 'go to webpage' worked just fine. But after a while he mixed up my shortcuts, some stayed the same but others were changed...

Does anyone have an idea how to reset the shortcuts as they origionaly were? Thanks!

**crystinonfire** · 08-29-2009, 12:28 AM

C isn't compose on an 8520, it's contacts. which is dumb, because A is also contacts.

so, what is the shortcut to compose?!

**-alexandria** · 08-29-2009, 01:19 PM

WOW, thank you for the shortcuts, I've learned so much.

**hotis300boy** · 08-29-2009, 03:10 PM

thanks a lot very helpful info.....i love this forum lol

**rowensky** · 08-31-2009, 05:58 AM

Hi Crystinonfire! For instance 'G' shortcut (Go to..) by using the browser, it don't work anymore or de 'D' to hide the browser! Any idea how to compose?

**crystinonfire** · 08-31-2009, 03:31 PM

G is still working for me as go once I'm in a browser... So b to get to a browser and the g to go to...
but I sill can't compose emails from the home screen
Anyone have any ideas?

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

**SinnerG** · 08-31-2009, 07:33 PM

thanks for this thread, BB n00b lovin it

**aaronsmom89** · 09-01-2009, 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by vlnchick

Thanks! I just learned that is where battery drains come from.

And thanks OP for the tips! I got my BB last month and I still feel like I don't know anything!

OK, I think I'm doing something wrong. I have a Curve 8330. I am trying to close applications using the SHIFT + Back Key. Nothing is happening! Shouldn't that work? Also, is there anyway to tell what applications are open at any given time? I'm also seeing very low battery performance. I'm wondering if I have apps open and don't know it. Thanks!

**Tiler** · 09-01-2009, 03:52 PM

you can also got to the date and hit the blackberry button next to the scroll ball, click on delete prior and it will delete all your msgs.

Hope that helps

**ihamad** · 09-01-2009, 10:02 PM

these shortcuts really need to be got used to

but is there a way to select ALL in memo ??

**Oom Panda** · 09-03-2009, 09:19 PM

I need to get used with these shortcuts.. so many of em.. make my heads spinin... ^^

**UnityDivides** · 09-03-2009, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by aaronsmom89

OK, I think I'm doing something wrong. I have a Curve 8330. I am trying to close applications using the SHIFT + Back Key. Nothing is happening! Shouldn't that work? Also, is there anyway to tell what applications are open at any given time? I'm also seeing very low battery performance. I'm wondering if I have apps open and don't know it. Thanks!

You can hold the Alt key and press Escape (next to the End button) and see which applications are open.