Blackberry Torch 9850 9860 7 1 User Guide

							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 
media card.
If your email account uses a BlackBerry Enterprise Server, you might be able to restore synchronized organizer data to your 
smartphone over the wireless network. To restore synchronized organizer data over the wireless network, you must have an 
activation password. For more information, contact your administrator.
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.
About synchronization conflicts
A synchronization conflict occurs when you change the same email or organizer data item on your BlackBerry smartphone 
and in the email application on your computer.
If you reconcile your email using wireless email reconciliation, on your smartphone, you can set whether the email on your  smartphone or the email on your computer takes precedence when an email reconciliation conflict occurs.
If you synchronize your organizer data using wireless data synchronization, the organizer data on your computer takes 
precedence over the organizer data on your smartphone when a data synchronization conflict occurs.
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.
Related information
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Manage data synchronization conflicts
You can change how conflicts that occur during organizer data synchronization are resolved by turning off wireless data 
synchronization, changing conflict resolution options, and synchronizing organizer data using the synchronization tool of the 
BlackBerry Desktop Software. For more information about managing conflicts that occur during organizer data 
synchronization, see the Help in the 
BlackBerry Desktop Software.
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							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, and the memo list and changes that you make in one 
application are made in all applications.
Categorize a contact, task, or memo
1.When you are creating or changing a contact, task, or memo, press the  key > Categories. 
2.Select the checkbox beside a category.
3.Press the  key > Save. 
To remove a category from a contact, task, or memo, clear the checkbox beside the category.
Create a category for contacts, tasks, or 
memos
You can create categories to organize items in the Contacts application, Tasks application, and MemoPad.
1.On the home screen or in the Applications folder, click the Contacts icon, Tasks icon, or MemoPad icon.
2.Press the  key > Filter. 3.Press the  key > New. 
4.Type a name for the category.
5.Press the  key on the keyboard. User GuideTasks and memos
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							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. User GuideTasks and memos
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							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
Copy and paste at a glance
 
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Highlight, cut, copy, or paste text
1.To highlight the text, touch the beginning and the end of the text.
2.To adjust the highlighted text, slide the cursor frame.
3.Press the  key. 
4.Click Cut or Copy.
5.Place the cursor where you want to insert the cut or copied text.
6.Press the  key > Paste. 
Type a symbol
Do any of the following:
 • If you're using the full keyboard in landscape or portrait view, tap the  key. Tap the  key. Tap the symbol.
 • If you're using the reduced keyboard with SureType technology turned on, tap the  key. If necessary, to see more 
symbols, continue tapping through the keys 
 ,  , and  , until you find the symbol. Tap the symbol.
 • If you're using the reduced keyboard with multi-tap turned on, tap the  key. If necessary, to see more symbols, 
continue tapping through the keys 
 ,  , and  , until you find the symbol. Tap the symbol.
Type a special character or letter with an accent
1.Press and hold a letter key.
2.In the pop-up menu that appears, tap the special character or the letter with an accent.
Hide the keyboard
Your BlackBerry smartphone 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. 
Do one of the following:
 • Press the  key > Hide Keyboard.
•Touch the top of the keyboard and slide your finger quickly down the screen.
To show the keyboard again, press the  key > Show Keyboard.
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							Clear text from a field
In a field that you typed text into, press the  key > Clear Field. 
Typing input methods
About typing input methods
The typing input method that you use determines how you type. For example, if you're using the predictive input method, your 
BlackBerry smartphone displays a list of suggested words as you type so that you don't have to type the entire word.
The language that you're typing in determines the typing input methods that are available. If you're typing in a language 
that has multiple typing input methods, you can switch between typing input methods when you're typing. When you're 
typing in certain fields such as password fields, your smartphone might automatically switch your typing input method.
About typing using different touch screen keyboard styles
When you need to type, your BlackBerry smartphone displays one of three keyboard styles automatically, based on the 
field that you type in and the orientation of your smartphone.
If you're using your smartphone in landscape view, you can type using the full keyboard. If you're using your smartphone in  portrait view, 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. You can set one of these keyboard styles to be your default.
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:
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							•To turn off all typing assistance, change the Style field to Direct. If the Direct option doesn't appear, on the home 
screen, click 
Options > Typing and Language > Keyboard. Change the Portrait Keyboard Type field to Full.
•To set your smartphone to suggest word predictions as you type, change the Style field to Predictive.
•To set your smartphone to type the first letter on a key when you press a key once and type the second letter on  the key when you press the key twice, change the 
Style field to Multitap. If the Multitap option doesn't appear, on 
the home screen, click 
Options > Typing and Language > Keyboard. Change the Portrait Keyboard Type field to 
Reduced.
•To set your smartphone to suggest spelling corrections as you type, change the Style field to Corrective. If the 
Corrective option doesn't appear, on the home screen, click Options > Typing and Language > Keyboard. 
Change the 
Portrait Keyboard Type field to Full.
4.Press the  key > Save. 
Related information
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Type text using the predictive input method
When you are typing text, do any of the following:
 • To select the highlighted suggestion and start typing a new word, press the  key on the keyboard.
•To select the highlighted suggestion and continue typing, click the word.
•To ignore the suggestions, keep typing.
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.
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
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Type text using SureType technology
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry smartphone in portrait view while using the 
reduced keyboard with the 
SureType input method turned on.
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							If you're using the SureType input method, even though most keys have more than one letter, you only have to press the 
letter key for each letter in a word once. Your smartphone also displays a list of suggested words so that you don't have to  type the entire word.
1.Press the letter key once for each letter in a word.
2.Do any of the following:
 • To select a word from the list that appears when you type and start typing a new word, highlight the word. Press 
the 
 key on the keyboard.
•To select an item from the list that appears when you type and continue typing the same word, click the item.
•To change a letter in a word that you're typing, highlight the letter. Click the alternate letter that appears on the  screen.
•To change a letter in a word after you finish typing the word, click the word. Highlight the letter. Click the alternate 
letter that appears on the screen.
For example, to type run, you would press the R key once, the U key once, and so on until run appears in 
the list. You would then highlight 
run and press the  key.
Type text using multi-tap
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry smartphone in portrait view while using the 
reduced keyboard with the multi-tap input method turned on.
If you're using the multi-tap input method, your smartphone doesn't display a list of suggested words. You must press a key  once to type the first letter on a key, and twice to type the second letter on the key.
Do any of the following:
•To type the first letter on a key, press the letter key once.
•To type the second letter on a key, press the letter key twice.
•To type the third letter on a key, press the letter key three times.
•To type the fourth letter on a key, press the letter key four times.
For example, to type run, you would press the R key three times, the U key twice, and the N key twice. 
Find more information about typing in other languages
You can learn to type in other languages such as Chinese and Thai by reading the Typing Guides that are available online. Visit 
www.blackberry.com/go/docs and search for the Typing Guide in your language.
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							Turn on or turn off trackpad sounds
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Typing and Language > Trackpad Sensitivity.
3.Select or clear the Audible Roll 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 sensitivity 
level; 20 is the least sensitive, while 100 is the most sensitive. When learning to use the smartphone, some users find a 
sensitivity level of 20 the easiest to use.
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. 
Set the touch screen sensitivity
You can set how sensitive the screen is to your touch.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Typing and Language > Touchscreen Sensitivity.
•If you want the screen to respond faster when you tap it, change the Double Tap Interval field to a lower number.
•If you want the screen to respond faster when you touch and hold it, for example, when you touch and hold the  screen to open a pop-up menu, change the 
Hover Period field to a faster speed.
3.Press the  key > Save. 
Set the cursor speed
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Typing and Language > Keyboard.
3.Change the Key Rate field.
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							Press the  key > Save. 
Custom dictionary
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 check 
spelling. 
Because SureType technology uses the same dictionary, if you're using the SureType input method, words that 
you add to your custom dictionary are displayed in the list that appears when you type.
1.On the home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2.Click Typing and Language > Custom Dictionary.
 • To add a word to the custom dictionary, press the  key > New. Type a word or letter combination. Press the 
 key on the keyboard.
 • To change a word in the custom dictionary, press the  key > Edit. Change the word. Press the  key on 
the keyboard.
 • To delete a word from the custom dictionary, highlight the word. Press the  key > Delete.
Stop adding items automatically to the custom dictionary
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.Clear the Typing checkbox.
5.Clear the Names checkbox.
6.Change the Email field to Off.
7.Press the  key > Save. 
Word substitution
Depending on the display language that you use, this feature might not be supported.
About word substitution
Word substitution is designed to replace specific text that you type with preloaded word substitution entries. If you type text 
that can be replaced with a word substitution entry, the text changes after you press the Space key.
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