Typing; Typing Basics - Blackberry STORM 9500 - VERSION 5.0 User Manual

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Typing

Typing basics

Cut, copy, and paste text
1. With text highlighted, press the Menu key.
2. Click Cut or Copy.
3. Place the cursor where you want to insert the cut or copied text.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Paste.
Clear a field
1. When typing text, press the Menu key.
2. Click Clear Field.
Cancel a text selection
1. With text selected, press the Menu key.
2. Click Cancel Selection.
Hide the keyboard
Your device shows the keyboard when you click a text field, and hides it when you click away from a text field. You can hide the keyboard
manually to display more content on the screen.
1. Press the Menu key.
2. Click Hide Keyboard.
To show the keyboard again, press the Menu key. Click Show Keyboard.
Type a symbol
1. Press the letter key that appears below the symbol.
2. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you are using your BlackBerry® device in portrait view with the SureType® input method, press the Symbol key. To see more symbols,
press the Symbol key again. Click a symbol.
• If you are using your device in portrait view with the multi-tap keyboard, press a key once to type the first symbol on the key, twice to
type the second symbol on the key, or three times to type the third symbol on the key. To view a list of symbols that do not appear on
the keyboard, press the Symbol key.
• If you are using your device in landscape view or in portrait view with the full keyboard, press the Symbol key. Click a symbol.
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