Learn all the tips and tricks for your BlackBerry® Bold™ 9000 smartphone. Select an application or topic below to get started.
BlackBerry Basics
Phone
Message
Attachment
Camera and Video
Media
Browser
Calendar
Typing
Search
Maps
BlackBerry Basics
Move the cursor
Exit a screen or move back a page in the browser
Move to a list item or menu item
Select or clear a check box
View available values in a field
Switch applications
Return to Home screen
Delete highlighted items
Phone
Answer a call
Insert (+) into a phone number
Add an extension to a phone number
Assign a speed dial number to a key
Turn speakerphone on or off during a call
Type a letter in a phone number field
Check your voicemail
Move to the top of the Phone screen
View the last phone number you called
View your contact list on the Phone screen
Message
Within a message
Reply to a message
Reply to all
Forward a message
File a highlighted email message
View email address of a contact
In a message list
Open a highlighted message
Compose a message from a message list
Mark a message as opened or unopened
View received messages
View sent messages
View voicemail messages
View SMS text messages
View call logs
View all your messages again
Moving around a message list
Move up the screen
Move down the screen
Move to the top of a message list
Move to the bottom of a message list
Move to the next date
Move to the previous date
Move to the next unopened item
Move to the next related message
Move to the previous related message
Attachment
General Tips
Search for text in an attachment
Move to the last cursor position after closing and reopening an attachment
In a spreadsheet attachment
Move to a specific cell
View the content of a cell
Switch worksheets
View hidden columns or rows
Hide the columns or rows again
In a presentation attachment
Switch presentation views
Move to the next slide
Move to the previous slide
Move to the last cursor position after closing and reopening a presentation attachment
Camera and Video
Take a picture
Zoom in to a subject
Zoom out from a subject
Change the flash mode for a picture
Change the size of the viewfinder for a picture
Pan up in a picture
Pan down in a picture
Pan right in a picture
Pan left in a picture
Return to the center of a picture
Zoom in to a picture
Zoom out from a picture
Zoom in as much as possible to a picture
Zoom out from a picture as much as possible
Media
Move to the controls at the bottom of the screen when you are viewing a list of songs
Play the next song in a playlist
Play the previous song in a playlist
Pause or resume playing a video or song
Play the next song in a category
Play the previous song in a category
Rotate a picture
Zoom in on a picture
Zoom out from a picture
Return to the original picture size
Browser
General Tips
Insert a period (.) in the Go To dialog box
Insert a slash mark (/)in the Go To dialog box
Open the browser options
Stop loading a web page
Hide the browser
Close the browser
On a web page
Switch between Column view and Page view
Zoom in to a web page
Zoom out from a web page
Turn on support for JavaScript
Move to a specific web page
Return to the home page
Open the bookmark list
Add a bookmark
View a list of web pages you’ve recently visited
Refresh a web page
View the address for a link
View the address for a web page
Save a web page to a message list
Follow a highlighted link
Hide the banner
View the banner again
View a thumbnail version of a web page
Navigating within a web page
Move up a screen
Move down a screen
Move to the top of a web page
Move to the bottom of a web page
Calendar
NOTE: For these tips to work in Day view,
in the calendar options, set Enable Quick Entry field to No
Schedule an appointment
Change to Agenda view
Change to Day view
Change to Week view
Change to Month view
Move to the next day, week or month
Move to the previous day, week or month
Move to the current date
Move to a specific date
Typing
Insert a period
Capitalize a letter
Type an alternate character on a key
Type an accented or special character
Type a number in a number field
Type a number in a password field
Turn on NUM lock
Turn on CAP lock
Turn off NUM lock or CAP lock
Switch typing input languages
Insert a period or at sign (@) into an email address
Type a symbol
Highlight a line of text
Highlight text character by character
Cancel a text selection
Cut highlighted text when typing
Copy highlighted text when typing
Paste highlighted text when typing
Search
Search for a contact in a list of contacts
Search for text in a message or memo
Search for text in an attachment or web page
Search for text in a presentation attachment
Maps
Zoom in on a map
Zoom out from a map
View or hide status information at top of map
View or hide tracking information at the bottom of map
Move to the next direction on a route
Move to the previous direction on a route
To learn more about making the most of your BlackBerry smartphone, view the BlackBerry 101 interactive demo.
