Blackberry Torch 9810 7 1 User Guide

Change the status of a task
1.On the home screen or in the Applications folder, click the Tasks icon.
2.Highlight a task.
3.Press the  key. 
•To mark the task as complete, click Mark Completed.
 • To mark the task as deferred, in progress, or waiting, click Open. Change the Status field. Press the  key > 
Save.
Hide completed tasks
1.On the home screen or in the Applications folder, click the Tasks icon.
2.Press the  key > Hide Completed.
Show tasks in the calendar
1.On the home screen, click the...

Synchronizing tasks and memos
About synchronization and reconciliation
The wireless data synchronization and wireless email reconciliation features are designed to synchronize organizer data 
(contacts, calendar entries, tasks, and memos) and reconcile email between your 
BlackBerry smartphone and the email 
application on your computer over the wireless network.
In rare cases, if your smartphone doesn't recognize fields in a contact, calendar entry, or email account, some data or 
email can't be...

About backing up and restoring smartphone data
If you have installed the BlackBerry Desktop Software on your computer, you can back up and restore most of your 
BlackBerry smartphone data, including messages, organizer data, fonts, saved searches, and browser bookmarks using 
the 
BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more information, see the Help in the BlackBerry Desktop Software.
If you haven't saved anything on your media card, you can back up and restore most of your smartphone data using your...

About categories
You can create categories to group your contacts, tasks, and memos. You can also narrow the contacts, tasks, and memos 
that appear based on categories.
Category names are not case sensitive. More than one category can apply to a contact, task, or memo. If you use IBM Lotus 
Notes
, you can apply more than one category to a task on your BlackBerry smartphone, but only one category synchronizes 
with the task in 
Lotus Notes.
Categories are shared between the contact list, the task list,...

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, 
or passwords.
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 Options.
4.Clear the Confirm Delete checkbox.
5.Press the  key > Save....

Typing
How 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 mode NUM lock (number lock) Current input language Alt mode
Typing basics
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Highlight, cut, copy, or paste text
1.Do one of the following:
 • On the slide-out keyboard, 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.
•On the touch screen keyboard, to highlight the text, touch the beginning and the end of the text. To adjust the  highlighted text, slide the cursor frame.
2.Press the  key. 
3.Click Cut or Copy.
4.Place the cursor...

Hide the keyboard
When the slide-out keyboard is closed, your BlackBerry smartphone shows the touch screen keyboard when you click a 
text field, and hides it when you click away from a text field. You can hide the touch screen keyboard manually to display 
more content on the screen. 
Do one of the following:
 • Press the  key > Hide Keyboard.
•Touch the top of the touch screen keyboard and slide your finger quickly down the screen.
To show the keyboard again, press the  key > Show Keyboard.
Related...

Change options for typing input methods
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Typing and Language > 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 keyboard, do one of the following:
•To...

Switch typing input methods when you're typing
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry smartphone in portrait view with the touch 
screen keyboard.
You can switch between the full keyboard and the reduced keyboard, which you can use with either the SureType input 
method or the multi-tap input method.
1.If necessary, while you're typing, press the  key > Enable Reduced Keyboard. 2.Press the  key > Enable .
Related information
Type text using SureType technology,...