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Saturday, February 21, 2015

The definitive listing of BlackBerry Classic keyboard shortcuts

Classic-AngleThe 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 Classic-Spacekey

Move up the screen

Press Classic-LeftShiftKey and Classic-Spacekey

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 Classic-Spacekey

To reset the stopwatch and clear lap results

Press Classic-Deletekey

Using the Timer

Action

Shortcut

To start or stop the timer

Press Classic-Spacekey

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 Classic-Deletekey twice

Insert a period (.) in a text field

Press Classic-Spacekey twice. The next letter is capitalized

Insert an at sign (@) or a period (.) in an email address field

Press Classic-Spacekey

Capitalize a letter

Press and hold the letter key until the capitalized letter appears

Turn on CAP Lock

Press Classic-Altkey and Classic-RightShiftKey. To turn off CAP lock, press Classic-LeftShiftKey or Classic-RightShiftKey

Type a symbol

Press Classic-SymbolKey. Tap the symbol that appears on the screen

Type the alternate character on a key

Press Classic-Altkey 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 Classic-Altkey and press the number key

Type a number in a number field

Press the number key

Turn on NUM lock

Press Classic-Altkey and Classic-LeftShiftKey . To turn off NUM lock, press  Classic-RightShiftKey or Classic-LeftShiftKey

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 Classic-Cut

Copy highlighted text

Tap the highlighted text. Tap Classic-Copy

** 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.

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