Blackberry SWD-1735726-0622010334-001 manual Tips Keeping your information safe, Phone shortcuts

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Tips: Keeping your information safe

You can take some simple steps to help prevent the information on your BlackBerry smartphone from being compromised, such as avoiding leaving your smartphone unattended.

Research In Motion recommends that you regularly create and save a backup file on your computer, especially before you update any software. Maintaining a current backup file on your computer might allow you to recover smartphone data if your smartphone is lost, stolen, or corrupted by an unforeseen issue.

	Set a smartphone password.	On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click
		Security > Password.
	Encrypt contacts and files.	On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon. Click
		Security > Encryption.
	Back up your smartphone data to your computer.	Use the BlackBerry Desktop Software to back up your
		smartphone data to your computer. To download the
		BlackBerry Desktop Software, from your computer, visit
		www.blackberry.com/desktop and select the appropriate
		option for your computer.
	Back up your smartphone data to a media card.	On the Home screen, click the Setup icon. In the Setup section,
		click Device Switch > Save Data.
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Phone shortcuts

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

Change your ring tone	From the home screen, press the	key. Press the	key > Phone
	Ring Tones.
Check your voice mail	Press and hold 1.
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.

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