Blackberry Storm 1 Manual

Notifications
Notification basics
About notifications and sound profiles Sound profiles define how your  BlackBerry® device notifies you of calendar and task reminders, and incoming messages, calls, and browser
content. Your device has seven preloaded sound profiles: Loud, Medium, Silent, Vibrate Only, Normal, Phone Calls Only, and All Alerts
Off.
You can create custom sound profiles so you can set different notification options for different items, set ring tones, or set the volume for
notification. If...

Silence your deviceIn the sounds application, perform one of the following actions: • To receive LED notification only, click  Silent.
• To receive vibrate notification only, click  Vibrate Only.
• To turn off all notification, including ring tones and notifications for specific contacts and LED notification, click  All Alerts Off.
Create a sound profile 1. In the sounds application, click  Custom Profiles.
2. Click  Add Custom Profile .
3. Type a name for the profile.
4. Click an application or item.
5....

Download a ring toneDepending on your wireless service plan, this feature might not be supported.
1. In the media application, click  Ring Tones.
2. Click  All Ring Tones .
3. Press the  Menu key.
4. Click  Download Ring Tones .
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LED notification
LED notification The LED light on the top of your BlackBerry® device flashes different colors to indicate different statuses.
Green: You are in a wireless coverage area.
Blue: Your device is connected to a Bluetooth® enabled...

2. Set the LED Coverage Indicator  field to On.
3. Press the  Menu key.
4. Click  Save.
When your BlackBerry® device is connected to the wireless network, the LED light flashes green.
To turn off wireless coverage notification again, set the  LED Coverage Indicator field to Off.
Notifications troubleshooting
My device is vibrating more times than expected For calls, the number of times that the BlackBerry® device vibrates is not determined by the number of vibrations that you set in your
sound profile....

Typing
Typing basics
Type a symbol Perform one of the following actions: • If you are using your BlackBerry® device in portrait view with the SureType® input method, press the  Symbol key. To view more
symbols, press the  Symbol key again. Click a symbol.
• If you are using your device in portrait view with the multi-tap input method, press a key once to type the first symbol on the key,
twice to type the second symbol on the key, or three times to type the third symbol on the key. To view a list of...

Set the cursor speed1. In the device options, click  Screen/Keyboard.
2. Set the  Key Rate field.
3. Press the  Menu key.
4. Click  Save.
Turn on key tones 1. In the device options, click  Screen/Keyboard.
2. Set the  Key Tone field to On.
3. Press the  Menu key.
4. Click  Save.
Hide the keyboard Your device shows the keyboard when you click a text field, and hides it when you click away from a text field. You can hide the keyboard
manually to display more content on the screen.
1. Press the  Menu key....

Typing input methods
About typing When you need to type, your BlackBerry® device displays one of three keyboard styles automatically, based on the field that you type in
and the orientation of your device.
If you are using your device in portrait view, you can switch between the SureType® technology keyboard and the multi-tap keyboard.
These keyboards show more than one letter on each key.
SureType technology combines a traditional phone-style key layout with a familiar computer-style letter layout....

3. Press the Menu key.
4. Click  Save.
Switch typing input methods when typing To perform this task, you must be using your device in portrait view.
1. Press the  Menu key.
2. Click  Enable Multitap  or Enable SureType .
Change the typing input language To perform this task, you must have more than one language on your BlackBerry® device. For more information, contact your wireless
service provider or administrator.
1. In the device options, click  Language.
2. Change the  Input Language  field.
3. Press...

Type in Arabic or Russian using SureType technology
To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry® device in landscape view.
You can only perform this task if your keyboard displays Arabic or Russian letters.
1. Press the letter key for each letter in a word until you have typed the entire word.
2. If your device does not recognize the word that you have typed, perform one of the following actions: • To select a highlighted item from the list that appears when you type and continue typing the...

Correct spelling while you typeBy 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.
Check spelling automatically before sending email messages 1. In the device options, click  Spell Check.
2....