Typing; Typing Basics; Typing Input Methods - Blackberry 9788 User Manual

User Guide

Typing

Typing basics

Type a symbol
1. Press the Symbol key.
2. Press the letter key that appears below the symbol.
Type an accent or special character
Press and hold a letter key on the keyboard and, on the trackpad, slide your finger left or right until the accented or special
character appears.
Clear text from a field
In a field that you typed text into, press the
Type text using the predictive input method
When you are typing text, perform any of the following actions:
• To select the highlighted suggestion and start typing a new word, press the Enter key.
• To select the highlighted suggestion and continue typing the same word, click the word.
• To ignore the suggestions, keep typing.

Typing input methods

Change your typing style
You can change how your BlackBerry® device 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 Input > Typing.
3. For a keyboard, do one of the following:
• To turn off all typing assistance, change the Style field to Direct.
• To set your device to suggest word predictions as you type, change the Style field to Predictive.
4. Press the
key > Save.
key > Clear Field.
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