Blackberry 5820 - HANDHELD User Manual page 29

Key
Power button
Trackwheel
Character + roll
the Alt key
Alt key + roll
Alt key + click
Handheld User Guide
Turning on and turning off the power; activating backlighting
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Press the Power button to turn on the handheld.
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When your handheld is on, press the Power button to activate
backlighting. Press it again to turn off backlighting. Backlighting
turns off automatically if you do not press any keys or roll the
trackwheel for twenty seconds.
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Hold the Power button to turn off the handheld.
Scrolling and selecting
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Roll the trackwheel to scroll up and down through screen lines,
fields, and menu items.
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Click the trackwheel to open menus and to select options.
Typing special characters
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When you are composing a message or typing text, hold a letter and
roll the trackwheel to scroll through letters with accents, equation
symbols, and other characters. When the desired character, symbol,
or mark appears, release the letter.
Typing Alt characters
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The Alt key activates the numbers and symbols that are printed on
the keys in the alternate color above the letters.
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Press the Alt key to affect the next character that you type.
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Hold the Alt key to affect all the characters that you type.
An A icon appears in the upper right corner of your screen when the
Alt key is activated.
Scrolling horizontally and vertically, and changing options
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Hold the Alt key and roll the trackwheel to move the cursor
horizontally across lines.
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Hold the Alt key and roll the trackwheel to scroll through field
options.
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On the Home screen, hold the Alt key and roll the trackwheel to
move the cursor vertically.
Selecting text for cutting, copying, and pasting; hiding and
moving icons on the Home screen
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On any screen on which you can type text, hold the Alt key and click
the trackwheel to enter selection mode. Roll the trackwheel to select
the text.
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On the Home screen, holdthe Alt key and click the trackwheel to
view the menu. Click Move Icon or Hide Icon.
Using the keyboard and trackwheel
Function
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