Blackberry Os 7 User Guide

4. Type a name for the category.
5. Press the 
 key on the keyboard.
To delete a category, highlight the category. Press the 
 key >  Delete .
Turn off the prompt that appears before you delete items You can turn off the prompt that appears before you delete messages, call logs, contacts, calendar entries, tasks, memos, orpasswords.
1. On the Home screen, click the application icon for an application that prompts you before you delete items.
2. Press the 
 key >  Options .
3. If necessary, click  General...

TypingHow to: Typing
Typing icons These icons appear in the upper-right corner of the screen when you type.CAP lock (capital letter lock)Multi-tap modeNUM lock (number lock)Current input languageAlt mode
Typing basics
Copy and paste at a glance
Highlight, cut, copy, or paste text
1.  Press and hold the 
 key.
• To highlight text character by character, on the trackpad, slide your finger left or right. • To highlight text line by line, on the trackpad, slide your finger up or down.
2. Press the 
 key.
3....

4.Press the  key >  Paste.
Type a symbol Press the 
 key. Click the symbol.
Type an accent or special character Press and hold a letter key on the keyboard and, on the trackpad, slide your finger left or right until the accented or special
character appears.
Clear text from a field
In a field that you typed text into, press the 
 key >  Clear Field .
About typing input methods
The typing input method that you use determines how you type. For example, if you are using the predictive input method, your...

Typing input methodsChange options for typing input methods
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Typing and Input  > Typing .
3. For a keyboard, click  Advanced Style Options.
4. Change the options.
5. Press the 
 key >  Save.
Change your typing style You can change how your BlackBerry® smartphone recognizes what you type by selecting a typing style.
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Typing and Language  > Typing .
3. For a...

Stop adding items to the custom dictionary automatically
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Typing and Input  > Typing .
3. For a keyboard, click  Advanced Style Options.
4. Clear the  Typing checkbox.
5. Change the  Email field to  Off.
6. Press the 
 key >  Save.
Add, change, or delete a word in the custom dictionary You can add words to the custom dictionary so that your BlackBerry® smartphone recognizes the word when you checkspelling. Because SureType®...

2. Click Typing and Input  > Typing .
3. For a keyboard, click  Advanced Style Options.
4. Clear the  Spelling checkbox.
5. Press the 
 key >  Save.
Create a Word Substitution entry 1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Typing and Language  > Word Substitution .
3. Press the 
 key >  New.
4. In the  Replace field, type the text to replace.
5. In the  With field, do one of the following:
• Type replacement text.
•  To insert a macro (for example, the current date or...

I can't check spelling
You can check only the spelling of text that you type. You can check spelling in English, Afrikaans, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian,
Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
Change options for checking spelling You can change the type and length of words that the spelling checker includes when checking spelling. For example, you mightnot want the spelling checker to...

I have no Advanced Style OptionsIf you changed your smartphone typing style to  Direct, Advanced Style Options  isn't available.
If you change your smartphone typing style back to a typing style other than  Direct, Advanced Style Options  becomes available
again.
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Keyboard
How to: Keyboard Show or hide the keyboard hide bar By default, a bar above the touch screen keyboard allows you to quickly hide the touch screen keyboard. You can change your
options to show or hide the bar.
1. On the home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Typing and Language  > Keyboard .
3. Select or clear the  Enable Virtual Keyboard Hide Bar  checkbox.
4. Press the 
 key >  Save.
Assign an application to a convenience key Your BlackBerry® smartphone has a convenience...

3. Select the Key Tone checkbox.
4. Press the 
 key >  Save.
Set the trackpad sensitivity You can set how the trackpad responds to your touch. A high sensitivity level requires less pressure than a lower sensitivitylevel.
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the  Options icon.
2. Click  Typing and Language  > Trackpad Sensitivity .
3. Change the  Horizontal Sensitivity  field and Vertical Sensitivity  field.
4. Press the 
 key >  Save.
Turn off trackpad sounds 1. On the Home screen or in a folder,...