[Hayswj]

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This is a link to howard forums that describes how to dial an alpha number like 1800 gofedex. You just press the alt key and type the name press send and it works wonderfully. The howard forum states it workes on the thumb board blackberries, but I just verified it also works on the 7100t.. I think this is a nice little function.

[ac190]

That's GREAT!!! Thank you. For a moment I thought I had to refer back and forth between my old fone and 7100t

They really need to write a better documentation booklet!

[Mark Rejhon]

Already covered in this BlackBerryForums.com thread:
http://www.blackberryforums.com/post...ost&p=7852

Also some more useful 7100 information from a PDF file:

Originally Posted by jibi

NAVIGATING SCREENS

Move cursor --> Roll Trackwheel
Exit a screen or dialog box --> Press Escape
Click an icon or menu item --> Roll Trackwheel to select item; Click Trackwheel
Select multiple items or characters --> Hold Shift and roll Trackwheel
Move to top of screen --> Press 1
Move to bottom of screen --> Press 7

ATTACHMENTS
Pan horizontally across an image --> Hold Alt key and roll Trackwheel
Zoom in on an image --> Press 3. To continue zooming, hold Shift and roll Trackwheel
Zoom out of an image --> Press 9. To continue zooming, hold Shift and roll Trackwheel
Rotate an image --> Press Period (.) key

GENERAL TIPS
Reboot --> Remove Battery
Save battery --> Turn off BlackBerry handset in fringe or no-coverage areas

CALENDAR
For these tips to work in Day view, in the calendar options, set Enable Quick Entry field to No
Create an appointment --> Press Period (.) key
Move to next day, week or month --> Press 6
Move to previous day, week or month --> Press 4
Move cursor horizontally in Week view --> Hold Alt and roll Trackwheel
Move cursor vertically in Month view --> Hold Alt and roll Trackwheel

BROWSER
Open browser and display list of bookmarks made available by service provider --> Press Convenience Key
Edit web address in Go To dialog box --> Hold Alt and roll Trackwheel. Select address. Edit text. Click Trackwheel
Move down a page --> Press 9
Move up a page --> Press 3
Move between full-screen mode and normal mode --> Press Exclamation Point (!) key

ON THE HOME SCREEN
Return to Home screen from any other screen --> Press End
Lock the keyboard --> Hold (*) or click Keyboard Lock
Unlock the keyboard --> Press Send + (*) or double click Trackwheel
Switch between Default and Vibrate notification profiles --> Hold #
Switch to another application --> Hold Alt. Press Escape. Continue to hold Alt. Select application. Release Alt to switch to that application

PHONE
Open phone --> Press Send
End call --> Press End
Call selected name or phone number --> Press Send
Call a speed dial number --> Hold assigned number key
Type an extension --> Press ZX. Type extension number
Call your voice mail access number --> Hold 1
Type a letter in a number field --> Hold Alt and press letter key
Type the first letter on a key --> Press once. To type second letter, press twice
Turn mute on/off during call --> Press Exclamation Point (!) key
Switch between the speaker and earpiece during call --> Press Period (.) key
Change volume during call --> Roll Trackwheel

MESSAGES
Open the selected message --> Press Enter
Compose message from messages list --> Press Comma (,) key
Reply to message --> Press Exclamation Point (!) key
Forward message --> Press Period (.) key
Reply to all --> Press Question Mark (?) key
View received messages --> Press Alt + 3
View SMS messages --> Press Alt + Question Mark (?) key
View MMS messages --> Press Alt + 9
View phone call logs --> Press Alt + Period (.) key
View voice mail messages --> Press Alt + 7

TYPING
To type words quickly using SureType™ --> Press keys one time for one letter. Type entire word before attempting to make a correction
Scroll across list that appears when you type --> Press Next or roll Trackwheel
Choose selected item in list that appears when you type --> Press Enter or click Trackwheel
Insert a period --> Press Space twice. Next letter is capitalized
Capitalize a letter --> Hold the letter key until capitalized letter appears
Type alternate character on a key --> Press Alt and press the character key
Type a symbol --> Press Alt + Symbol. Press Symbol again to view more symbols. Type letter shown below symbol
Type an accent or special character --> Hold letter key and roll Trackwheel. Click selected character
To insert @ and periods in an email field --> Press Space
Turn on NUM lock --> Press Shift + Alt
Turn off NUM lock --> Press Alt
To switch between SureType and multi-tap input methods in a text field --> Hold *

[roccitman]

Thanks or displaying the tips. I found a note on the web saying that an ALT+SHIFT+DELETE would reboot but that doesn't work for me.
(slightly different subject)

With a 7100 has anyone run into the problem of dialing in a phone tree (...please enter the first few letters of the person's last name...) to get an extension you really need to remember what number keys to use the NORMAL letters with (example: the 2 key has ABC, the 3 key has DEF, etc.)?

[highmix]

Do I need to spell out the words perfectly? For example, if I want to dial 1-800-GO-FEDEX - how do I get the 'F' to come up.........all I can get is a 'D'?

[Fireproof]

Originally Posted by highmix

Do I need to spell out the words perfectly? For example, if I want to dial 1-800-GO-FEDEX - how do I get the 'F' to come up.........all I can get is a 'D'?

Do a "double click" on the key. In otherwords, press it twice in rapid succession and you'll get the other letter on that key.

Cheers.

[highmix]

That doesn't work when your dialing - only when your typing......... I still can't get the 'F' to come up........

[Inphektion]

Originally Posted by highmix

That doesn't work when your dialing - only when your typing......... I still can't get the 'F' to come up........

Yes, it works when dialing. hold down the alt key and hit the "4DF" key twice to get an F.

[terrence]

There is a "123" in the upper right corner of my screen. I figure this has something to do with an ALT or shift command. HOW DO I GET RID OF THE "123"?

[Scott5353]

This is the NUMBER LOCK key to allow you to always type numbers without holding the alt key.

You activiate this by holding the # key while typing the ALT key.
It goes away when you retype the ALT key.

[NJBlackBerry]

Originally Posted by terrence

There is a "123" in the upper right corner of my screen. I figure this has something to do with an ALT or shift command. HOW DO I GET RID OF THE "123"?

You woke up a 14 month old thread to ask this?

Start an e-mail or a memo or something.

Press and hold the "*" key and 123 will go off.

MFTP

[xyrcncp]

Originally Posted by NJBlackBerry

You woke up a 14 month old thread to ask this?

I guess it's the same in a lot of forums, I'm a mod over at newcelica.org and people do the same thing, the oldest we've had brought up was a 2 year old thread asking a basic question with the answer readily available in the owner's manual...