The definitive listing of BlackBerry Classic keyboard shortcuts

The BlackBerry Classic is a productivity powerhouse as is, but, thanks to a variety of keyboards shortcuts, you can be even more productive! Listed below is an overview of core keyboard shortcuts that will help you get things done even faster! Note: Some shortcuts might not be available depending on the typing input language that you use. BlackBerry 10 Shortcuts The BlackBerry Classic comes with preloaded shortcuts that can be used whenever you are viewing your home screen or the BlackBerry Hub. These shortcuts can be customized as well! To find out how to do this check out this post on how to create custom keyboard shortcuts using BlackBerry 10 OS version 10.3.1. Key Assigned Action A Open the contacts app B Open the BlackBerry Browser C or 9 Compose a new message D or 5 Create a new BlackBerry Remember note H Open the BlackBerry Help app K Lock your BlackBerry device L Open the BlackBerry Calendar app M Open the BlackBerry Hub N Open BlackBerry Messenger O Open the device settings P Open the Phone app Q Switch between Normal and Silent notifications modes R or 3 Open the Clock app T Create a new task U Open the Calculator app W or 1 Call voicemail BlackBerry Hub In a list of messages Action Shortcut Compose a message Press C Search the BlackBerry Hub Press S Go to the next unread message in the list Press U Move to the top of your list of messages and notifications Press T Move to the bottom of your list of messages and notifications Press B In a message Action Shortcut Reply to a message Press R Reply all to a message Press L Forward a message Press F Flag a message Press W File a message Press I Browser app Action Shortcut Go forward one page Press N Go back one page Press P Find text on a page Press S Open the address bar Press U Open your bookmarks Press K Open your history Press H Open your tabs Press W Enter reader mode Press R Refresh a webpage Press L Zoom in Press I Zoom out Press O Go to the top of a webpage Press T Go to the bottom of a webpage Press B Move down the screen Press Move up the screen Press and Calendar app Action Shortcut Go to today Press T Go to a date Press G Go to the week view Press W Go to the month view Press M Go to the previous day, week, or month Press P Go to the next day, week, or month Press N Go to the schedule view Press D Go to the agenda view Press A Create a new event Press C Search your events Press S Edit an event Open an event and press E Clock app Using the stopwatch Action Shortcut To start or stop the stopwatch Press To reset the stopwatch and clear lap results Press Using the Timer Action Shortcut To start or stop the timer Press Contacts app Action Shortcut Go to the top of a contact’s details In a contact’s details, press T Edit a contact In the content list, tap a contact. Press E Go to the bottom of a contact’s details In a contact’s details, press B Typing Action Shortcut Undo an automatically corrected word Press twice Insert a period (.) in a text field Press twice. The next letter is capitalized Insert an at sign (@) or a period (.) in an email address field Press Capitalize a letter Press and hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears Turn on CAP Lock Press and . To turn off CAP lock, press or Type a symbol Press . Tap the symbol that appears on the screen Type the alternate character on a key Press and the character key Type an accented or special character ** Press and hold the letter key and tap the accented or special character you want Type a number in a text field Press and press the number key Type a number in a number field Press the number key Turn on NUM lock Press and . To turn off NUM lock, press  or Highlight a line of text Touch and hold the text. Move your finger up or down on the screen Highlight text character by character Touch and hold the text. Move your finger left or right on the screen to select each character Cut highlighted text Tap the highlighted text. Tap Copy highlighted text Tap the highlighted text. Tap ** The list of available accents depends on the active input language. If you set multiple input languages, the accents for the languages that can be predicted together appear for a letter. For example, when English, French, and German are set, because their alphabets are similar, you get accent options for all three languages. Got a question? Leave a comment and let me know!

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