Searching By Subject; Running A General Search - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

3. Press the menu key and touch-press one of these options:
The search starts. Any results appear onscreen.
You can shortcut search by sender or recipient by tapping and holding the
name in the message list. You can also search by the subject of an e-mail if you
tap and hold the subject.

Searching by subject

Search by subject when you're looking for a specifically titled e-mail. As when
you're searching by sender or recipient, first scroll to an e-mail bearing the
same subject you're searching for. Then follow these steps:
1. Open the Messages application.
2. Highlight an e-mail titled by the subject you're searching for.
3. Press the menu key and touch-press Search Subject.
The search starts, and the results appear onscreen.
You can shortcut search by subject by tapping and holding the subject that
you want to search in the message list.

Running a general search

A general search is a broad search from which you can perform keyword
searches of your messages. To run a general search:
1. Open the Messages application.
2. Press the menu key and touch-press Search.
The Search screen appears.
3. Fill in your search criteria (see Figure 7-6).
The criteria for a general search follow:
• From Someone Specific: Because that certain someone sent you
the message, choose Search Sender.
• To Someone Specific: Because you sent that certain someone the
message, choose Search Recipient.
• Name: This is the name of the sender or recipient to search by.
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