Blackberry WIRELESS HANDHELDTM 857 - Manual (Page 24)

Installation and User’s Guide
Get to know your handheld — Description of keys 24
TRACKWHEEL
Scrolling and selecting
• Roll the trackwheel with your thumb to
scroll up and down through screen lines,
fields, and menu items.
• Click (press down) the trackwheel with your
thumb to open menus and select options,
similar to the click function of a mouse used
with your PC.
Scroll through accented characters
• When composing a message or entering text,
press and hold a letter key while rolling the
trackwheel to scroll through international
characters/characters with accents. When
the desired character appears, release the
letter key.
ALT key
ALT characters
The orange ALT key activates the numeric and
symbol characters, printed in orange above the
alphabetic keys.
• Press the ALT key once to affect the next
character you type.
• Press and hold the ALT key while you type to
affect all characters.
An ‘A’ icon appears in the top right corner of
your screen when the
ALT key is active.
Key Function