BlackBerry Bold 9650 - Typing basics

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Typing basics

Highlight, cut, copy, or paste text

1. Press and hold the key and click the trackpad.

• To highlight text character by character, on the trackpad, slide your finger left or right.
• To highlight text line by line, on the trackpad, slide your finger up or down.

2. Press the

key.

• To cut the highlighted text, click Cut.
• To copy the highlighted text, click Copy.

3. Place the cursor where you want to insert the cut or copied text.
4. Press the

key > Paste.

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

key > Clear Field.

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.

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