Typing Input Methods - Blackberry Torch 9800 User Manual

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Typing input methods

Switch typing input methods when you are typing
To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry® device in portrait view with the touch screen keyboard.
You can switch between the SureType keyboard, the multi-tap keyboard, and the full keyboard.
When you are typing, press the
Change options for typing input methods
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Typing and Input > Typing.
3. For a keyboard, click Advanced Style Options.
4. Change the options.
5. Press the key > Save.
SureType technology and multi-tap input methods
About SureType technology and multi-tap
You can type on your BlackBerry® device using the SureType® input method or multi-tap input method.
SureType technology combines a traditional phone-style key layout with a familiar computer-style letter layout that is designed to provide a
quick and comfortable typing and dialing experience.
SureType technology is designed to predict words as you type them. When you use SureType technology, you press the letter key for each letter
in a word only once until the word appears in a list that appears on the screen. When you use multi-tap, you press a letter key once to type the
first letter on the key and twice to type the second letter.
SureType technology is the default typing input method for most fields. Multi-tap is the default typing input method for phone number and
password fields.
Type text using SureType technology
To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry® device in portrait view with the touch screen keyboard.
1. Press the letter key once for each letter in a word.
2. Do any of the following:
• To select a word from the list that appears when you type and start typing a new word, highlight the word. Press the
keyboard.
• To select an item from the list that appears when you type and continue typing the same word, click the item.
key > Enable <typing input method>.
Typing
key on the
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