Automatic Formatting - Blackberry RIM 850 Installation And User Manual

Composing and sending messages — Automatic formatting
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Automatic formatting

The handheld's built-in formatting capabilities extend beyond the
AutoText function to reduce your typing time.
Auto capitalization
As you compose a message, you do not have to worry about
pressing the
methods of performing capitalization for you.
• Begin typing; you will see that the first letter you type is
capitalized automatically and that every letter following a
period becomes capitalized too. The handheld recognizes the
beginning of a new sentence and does the work for you.
• If you want any other characters to be capitalized, press and
hold the character key until it becomes capitalized. You must
have the Key Rate (Options>Screen/Keyboard) option set to
either Slow or Fast for this feature to work. See page 140 for
details on setting the Screen/Keyboard options.
Auto punctuation
You can insert a period automatically at the end of a sentence or
word by pressing the
be capitalized.
Email fields
You can type an email address in an Email field of the Address
Entry screen without pressing the
address; instead of pressing
press the
SPACE
'.' character will be inserted.
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key to capitalize words — the handheld has two
SHIFT
key twice. The next letter you type will
SPACE
key to do so. When you press the
key. Begin typing an email
ALT
+
to insert the '@' sign, simply
ALT L
key again, a
SPACE