Type Text Using Suretype Technology; Typing Input Methods - Blackberry 9380 User Manual

User Guide

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.
• To change a letter in a word after you finish typing the word, click the word. Highlight the letter. Click the alternate
letter that appears on the screen.
For example, to type run, you would press the R key once, the U key once, and so on until run appears in the list. You would
then highlight run and press the
Type text using multi-tap
To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry® smartphone in portrait view.
Do any of the following:
• To type the first letter on a key, press the letter key once.
• To type the second letter on a key, press the letter key twice.
• To type the third letter on a key, press the letter key three times.
• To type the fourth letter on a key, press the letter key four times.
For example, to type run, you would press the R key three times, the U key twice, and the N key twice.

Typing input methods

Switch typing input methods when you're typing
To perform this task, you must be using your BlackBerry® smartphone in portrait view.
You can switch between the full keyboard and the reduced keyboard, which you can use with either the SureType® input
method or the multi-tap input method.
1. If necessary, while you're typing, press the
2. Press the key > Enable <typing input method>.
Change options for typing input methods
1. On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Options icon.
2. Click Typing and Input > Typing.
3. For a keyboard, click Advanced Style Options.
4. Change the options.
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key.
key > Enable Reduced Keyboard.
Typing