Type Text Using Suretype Technology - Blackberry Torch 9850 User Manual

User Guide
• To turn off all typing assistance, change the Style field to Direct. If the Direct option doesn't appear, on the home
screen, click Options > Typing and Language > Keyboard. Change the Portrait Keyboard Type field to Full.
• To set your smartphone to suggest word predictions as you type, change the Style field to Predictive.
• To set your smartphone to type the first letter on a key when you press a key once and type the second letter on
the key when you press the key twice, change the Style field to Multitap. If the Multitap option doesn't appear, on
the home screen, click Options > Typing and Language > Keyboard. Change the Portrait Keyboard Type field to
Reduced.
• To set your smartphone to suggest spelling corrections as you type, change the Style field to Corrective. If the
Corrective option doesn't appear, on the home screen, click Options > Typing and Language > Keyboard.
Change the Portrait Keyboard Type field to Full.
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Press the key > Save.
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I have no Advanced Style Options,
Type text using the predictive input method
When you are typing text, do any of the following:
• To select the highlighted suggestion and start typing a new word, press the
• To select the highlighted suggestion and continue typing, click the word.
• To ignore the suggestions, keep typing.
Switch typing input methods when you're typing
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry smartphone in portrait view.
You can switch between the full keyboard and the reduced keyboard, which you can use with either the SureType input
method or the multi-tap input method.
1.
If necessary, while you're typing, press the
2.
Press the key > Enable <typing input method>.
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Type text using SureType technology,

Type text using multi-tap,
Type text using SureType technology
Before you begin: To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry smartphone in portrait view while using the
reduced keyboard with the SureType input method turned on.
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key > Enable Reduced Keyboard.
key on the keyboard.
Typing
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