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Send an incoming call to voice mail when your BlackBerry

Press and hold the Volume Down key on the right side of

smartphone is inserted in a holster

your smartphone.

 

 

 

Set up a speed dial for a contact

From the home screen or in the Phone application, press

 

and hold the key that you would like to assign speed dial to.

 

 

 

Add an extension to a phone number

Press the

key and X. Type the extension number.

 

 

 

 

Type a letter in a phone number field

Press the

key and the letter key.

 

 

 

 

 

Insert a plus sign (+) when typing a phone number

Press O.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn on or turn off the speakerphone during a call

Press the

key on the keyboard.

 

 

 

 

 

Stop listening to a call with a wireless headset

Press the

key on the keyboard.

 

 

 

 

Change the active phone number

From the home screen, press the

key. Click your

 

phone number at the top of the screen. Click a phone

 

number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shortcuts: Typing with the physical keyboard

Depending on the typing input language that you're using, some shortcuts might not be available.

Insert a period (.)

Press the

key twice. The next letter is capitalized.

 

 

 

 

Insert an at sign (@) or a period (.) in an email address field

Press the

key.

 

 

 

Capitalize a letter

Press and hold the letter key until the capitalized letter

 

appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn on CAPS lock

Press the

key and the Right

key. To turn off

 

CAPS lock, press the Left or Right

key.

 

 

 

Type a symbol

Press the

key. Type the letter that appears below the

 

symbol.

 

 

 

 

 

Type the alternate character on a key

Press the

key and the character key.

 

 

Type an accented or special character

Press and hold the letter key and, on the trackpad, slide

 

your finger left or right. For example, to type ü, press and

 

hold U and slide your finger left until ü appears. Release the

 

letter key when the accented or special character appears.

 

 

 

 

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Blackberry 9810 manual Shortcuts Typing with the physical keyboard