Blackberry 8980 manual Spelling checker, Use shortcut keys on the Home screen, Check spelling

User Guide Typing

Use shortcut keys on the Home screen

By default, shortcuts for the Home screen are turned off so that you can dial phone numbers from the Home screen.

1.From the Home screen, press the Send key.

2.Press the Menu key.

3.Click Options.

4.Click General Options.

5.Change the Dial From Home Screen field to No.

6.Press the Menu key.

7.Click Save.

To dial phone numbers from the Home screen, change the Dial From Home Screen field to Yes.

Spelling checker

You can check spelling if your input language is set to Afrikaans, Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, or Turkish.

Check spelling

You can check spelling in messages, calendar entries, tasks, or memos that you create.

1.In a message, calendar entry, task, or memo, press the Menu key.

2.Click Check Spelling.

3.Perform any of the following actions:

•To accept the suggested spelling, click a word in the list that appears.

•To ignore the suggested spelling, press the Escape key.

•To ignore all instances of the suggested spelling, press the Menu key. Click Ignore All.

•To add the word to the custom dictionary, press the Menu key. Click Add To Dictionary.

•To stop checking spelling, press the Menu key. Click Cancel Spell Check.

Correct spelling while you type

By default, your BlackBerry® device underlines words that it does not recognize.

1.Place the cursor in the underlined word.

2.Press the Menu key

3.Perform one of the following actions

•To get spelling suggestions, click Get Suggestions. Click a word or press the Escape key to close the list.

•To add the word to the custom dictionary, click Add to Dictionary.

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