User's Manual

Keyboard and typing at a glance
There are several ways you can use the BlackBerry Keyboard to interact with your BlackBerry device. Use the At a Glance
image to familiarize yourself with the keyboard capabilities.
Home screen shortcuts
You can use your BlackBerry Keyboard with Instant Action to quickly perform a number of tasks when you type certain
commands on the home screen. You can use home screen shortcuts to make a call, send email or text messages, start a
BBM chat, update your Facebook status, post a tweet or a LinkedIn update, find a location in the Maps app, play music, or
add notes and tasks to BlackBerry Remember.
Make a call
1. On the home screen, type call and the name or number of the person that you want to call. For example, you can type
call Ian or call 5195550100.
2. Beneath Actions, tap the action that you want to perform.
Send an email
1. On the home screen, type email and the name of the contact that you want to send your email to. For example, you
can type
email Tanya McPherson.
2. Beneath Actions, tap the action that you want to perform.
Send a text message
1. On the home screen, type text and the name or number of the person that you want to send a text message to. For
example, you can type
text Blake or text 5195550100.
2. Beneath Actions, tap the action that you want to perform.
Start a BBM chat
1. On the home screen, type BBM and the name of the person that you want to start a chat with. For example, you can
type
BBM Megan Ball.
2. Beneath Actions, tap the action that you want to perform.
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