User Guide

Language

Change an input or display language

Before you begin: In order to change an input or display language, the language must already be installed on your BlackBerry smartphone. If the language you want to use is not installed on your smartphone, you might be able to add it using the BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more information, see the Help in the BlackBerry Desktop Software .

1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Typing and Language > Language.

3.For each field, in the drop-down list, click the language you want to use.

4.Press the key > Save.

Use a shortcut for switching typing input languages

When you use a shortcut to switch languages, your smartphone allows you to switch between the languages that you have set in the Input Language field.

1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Typing and Language > Language.

To switch the typing input language by holding the

key and pressing the

key, change the Shortcut

 

Keys field to Alt-Enter.

 

 

To switch the typing input language by holding the

key and pressing the

key, change the

 

Shortcut Keys field to Shift-Space.

 

 

3.Press the key > Save.

To turn off the shortcut for switching typing input languages, change the Shortcut Keys field to None.

Change which languages appear when you switch input languages

1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.

2.Click Typing and Language > Language.

3.Beside Input Language, click Manage.

4.Select or clear the checkbox beside a language.

5.Click Save.

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Blackberry 9790 manual Change an input or display language, Use a shortcut for switching typing input languages