Blackberry RIM 950 - Manual (Page 60)

RIM Wireless Handheld — User’s Guide
Composing and sending messages — Inserting symbols 60
To insert a blank space into the Email field, press BACKSPACE and
then press SPACE again. A blank space appears in the field. The next
time you press the SPACE key, the ‘@’ sign appears.
Number fields
You can type numbers in the Interactive Handheld, BlackBerry PIN,
Work, Home, Mobile, 1-way Pager, and Fax fields without pressing
the
ALT key.
Begin typing a number in one of these fields and instead of pressing
the
ALT key to access numeric keys, simply press the associated
character key. For example, to display the number ‘4’, press the ‘R’
key. These fields support all numeric characters and the ‘-‘, ‘+’, ‘x’
and ‘.’ characters without pressing the
ALT key.
Number lock
You can activate number lock (num lock) mode to type numbers
without holding down the
ALT key. Press SHIFT + ALT . Num lock
mode is activated and you can enter numbers in any screen. Press
SHIFT or ALT again to turn off num lock mode
Inserting symbols
You can enhance your messages by inserting symbols from the
handheld’s symbols library.
1. In the Home screen, scroll to the COMPOSE icon and click.
2. In the To: screen, press ALT + SPACE to view the Select Symbol
screen.
Note You can insert symbols into screens other than To (such as
the Address Entry, Search Options, and AutoText
screens) by following these steps.