Blackberry 2.1 Cell Phone User Manual


 
Keyboard and typing
Using the keyboard
Watch a video about typing on the touch screen: English
Show the keyboard Tap a text field or swipe in from the bottom-left frame onto the screen .
If you have a Bluetooth keyboard attached to your BlackBerry PlayBook, you must swipe in from
the bottom-left frame onto the screen to show the keyboard on the tablet.
Hide the keyboard Tap the Hide Keyboard icon on the lower-left corner of the keyboard, or tap outside the text edit
field.
Change the keyboard
type
On the status bar, tap > Keyboard > Keyboard type.
Typing tips
Capitalize a letter Tap the Shift key. Tap the letter.
Turn on CAP lock Touch and hold the Shift key. To turn off CAP lock, tap the Shift key again.
Type a symbol Tap the 123 sym key. If the symbol you're looking for isn't displayed, tap the More
Symbols key.
Type an accented or special
character
Touch and hold a letter key to display a list of accented versions of the letter and
special characters. Tap the accented or special character.
Type a number in a text field Tap the 123 sym key. Tap the number. To show the standard keys again, tap the ABC
key.
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