» BlackBerry Tips and Tricks - Time Saving Shortcuts for Managing Email and Text Messages
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Published: March 25, 2008 @ 5:21 pm —
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The purposes of these one-button and two-button shortcuts are to help you speed up the navigation and composition of messages. There are two different sets of tips—one for the most recent models and the other for other BlackBerrys.

BlackBerry Pearl (8100 series) & BlackBerry 8800 series models

In a message

Reply to a message

Press R

Reply to all

Press L

Forward a message

Press F

File a message

Press I

View the email address of a contact, in a message, highlight the contact.

Press Q

View the display name again

Press Q

In a message list

Open a selected message

Press the Enter key

Compose a message from the messages list

Press C

Mark a message as opened or unopened

Press the Alt key + U

View received messages

Press the Alt key + I

View sent messages

Press the Alt key + O

View voice mail messages

Press the Alt key + V

View SMS text messages

Press the Alt key + S

View call logs

Press the Alt key + P

View all your messages again

Press the Escape key

Move around a message list

Move up a screen

Press the Shift key + the Space key

Move to the top of a message list

Press T

Move to the bottom of a message list

Press B

Move to the next date

Press N

Move to the previous date

Press P

Move to the next unopened item

Press U

Move to the next related message

Press J

Move to the previous related message

Press K

Messages Shortcuts For Other BlackBerrys

In a message

Reply to a message

Press R

Forward a message

Press F

Reply to all

Press L

File a message

Press I

View the address of a sender or a recipient, in the To or From field of a received message.

Select a name. Press Q

Show the display name again

Press Q

Search for text within a message,
search for the next occurrence of the text.

Press S
Press S again

Move to the last cursor position in a received message

Press G

In a message list

Open a selected message

Press the Enter key

Compose a message from the messages list

Press C

View sent messages or call logs for outgoing phone calls, in a messages list.

Press the Alt key + O

View received messages or call logs for incoming phone calls, in a messages list.

Press the Alt key + I

View voice mail messages, in a messages list.

Press the Alt key + V

Mark a message as opened or unopened

Press the Alt key + U

Move around a message list

Move down a page

Press the Space key

Move up a page

Press the Shift key + the Space key

Move to the next unopened item

Press U

Move to the next related message

Press J

Move to the previous related message

Press K






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