Blackberry 6720 - Manual (Page 27)

Getting to know your handheld
Handheld User Guide 27
Key Function
POWER key
Turning on/off the power, activating backlighting
• Press the power key to turn on the handheld.
• When your handheld is on, press the power key to activate
backlighting. Press it again to turn off backlighting. Backlighting
turns off automatically if you do not press any keys or roll the
trackwheel for ten seconds.
• Hold the power key to turn off the handheld.
Trackwheel
Scrolling and selecting
• Roll the trackwheel to scroll up and down through text lines, fields,
and menu items.
• Click the trackwheel to open menus and select options.
PHONE key
Opening the Phone application; muting phone calls
• If you are not connected to a phone call, press the phone key to open
the Phone application.
• While you are connected to a phone call on the Active Call screen,
press the phone key to mute the call. Press the phone key again to
turn mute off.
• While you are connected to a phone call in one of the handheld’s
other applications, press the phone key to return to the Active Call
screen.
CHARACTER + ROLL
Typing special characters
• When you are composing a message or typing text, hold a letter and
roll the trackwheel to scroll through letters with accents, equation
symbols, and other characters. When the desired character, symbol,
or mark appears, release the letter.
ALT key
Typing ALT characters
• ALT activates the numbers and symbols that are printed on the keys
above the letters.
• Press ALT to affect the next character that you type.
• Hold ALT to affect all the characters that you type.
An A icon appears in the upper right corner of your screen when ALT is
activated.