Customizing the BlackBerry with Tweaks, Secret Codes, Hidden Keys, and Add-On Applications PDF Manual Guide
Welcome to Hacking BlackBerry! This book is all about how to do useful,interesting,fun,and different things with your BlackBerry device.I’m going to dive right in with this first chapter,and provide you with information on many undocumented keystrokes and codes that allow you to access and effectively use the helpful,interesting,or just plain obscure features on your BlackBerry. For information on codes you can use for e-mail,web browser,and security purposes,see Chapters 2,3,and 7,respectively.
Locating the Important Keys
Although you are already familiar with the BlackBerry keyboard, you should take special note of the key you use most often when executing the
shortcuts and key sequences in this chapter.On some devices the ALT key has a half-moon shape on it and is located directly below the A key,in the lower-left corner of your BlackBerry keyboard (see Figure1-1).On other devices such as the 8700,the ALT key simply has the label “ALT.”
You will also use the CAP key a couple of times.This key has an up arrow on it and is located directly to the right of the SPACE key at the bottom of your keyboard. The backspace key has a left arrow on it and says DEL;it is located on the far right-hand side of your keyboard (directly below the P key). Finally,the ESC key is located on the right side of your BlackBerry device, just below the trackwheel.The ESC key is generally used to go back,cancel, or dismiss a menu.
All the techniques in this chapter work on my BlackBerry 7290 and should function on similar modern devices. If you own a 7100 series device, you may find that some either do not work or require a slightly different keystroke sequence because of the different keyboard configuration.
Using Typing Shortcuts
As nice as it is to have a QWERTY keyboard on your BlackBerry,typing on it is nowhere near as fast as it can be on your standard desktop or even laptop.Fortunately,the designers of the BlackBerry device were thoughtful enough to augment the keyboard with a number of shortcuts (see Table1-1) that can be used to speed things up (or at least make it easier on your sore fingers!). In addition,your BlackBerry has a fantastic feature called AutoText,whose main function is to correct common spelling mistakes.The great news is that you can also use it to define automatic replacement of shortcut letter combinations with any text you wish. For example,suppose that you want to add a favorite sentence or phrase at the end of every e-mail you compose (such as “Best regards,Glenn”).All you need to do is define an AutoText entry that contains your sentence and select a short letter combination that you can use to invoke the sentence or phrase (such as “brg”). To add an entry to AutoText:
1. Click the trackwheel while typing and choose Edit AutoText.You are presented with a list of predefined AutoText mappings. 2. Press the trackwheel again and choose New from the menu to create your entry.
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