About Typing Using Different Keyboard Styles - Blackberry 9380 User Manual

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5. Press the
key > Save.
Change your typing style
You can change how your BlackBerry® smartphone recognizes what you type by selecting a typing style.
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Typing and Language > Typing.
3. For a keyboard, do one of the following:
• 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.
4. Press the
key > Save.
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.

About typing using different keyboard styles

When you need to type, your BlackBerry® smartphone displays one of three keyboard styles automatically, based on the field
that you type in and the orientation of your smartphone.
If you're using your smartphone 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're using your smartphone in landscape view,
you can type using the full keyboard.
Type text using SureType technology
To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry® smartphone in portrait view.
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
key on 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're typing, highlight the letter. Click the alternate letter that appears on the screen.
key on the keyboard.
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