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SureType technology and multi-tap input methods
About typing using different keyboard styles
When you need to type, your BlackBerry® device displays one of three keyboard styles automatically, based on the field that you type in and
the orientation of your device.
If you are using your device in portrait view, you can switch between the SureType® keyboard, multi-tap keyboard, and full keyboard, and you
can set one of these keyboard styles to be your default. If you are using your device in landscape view, you can type using the full keyboard.
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.
• To change a letter in a word that you are typing, highlight the letter. Click the alternate letter that appears on the screen.
• To change a letter in a word after you finish typing the word, click the word. Highlight the letter. Click the alternate letter that appears
on the screen.
For example, to type run, you would press the R key once, the U key once, and so on until run appears in the list. You would then highlight
run and press the
key.
Type text using multi-tap
To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry® device in portrait view.
Do any of the following:
• To type the first letter on a key, press the letter key once.
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