Blackberry 6720 - Manual (Page 30)

Getting to know your handheld
30 BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
Activating backlighting
In low light conditions, you can increase readability of the LCD screen and
keyboard by using the backlighting feature.
To activate backlighting, press the power key. If you do not press any keys or use
the trackwheel for ten seconds, the backlighting turns off automatically.
The handheld backlighting turns on automatically when you receive a phone call.
To turn off the backlighting manually, press the power key.
ALT + BACKSPACE
Deleting characters to the right of the cursor
• Press ALT + BACKSPACE to erase characters to the right of the cursor.
ESCAPE key
(under trackwheel)
Exiting screens or menus
• Press ESC to close a menu or cancel an action.
• Press ESC to return to the Home screen.
• Press ESC in the Browser application to return to the previous web
page.
• Press ESC while you are connected to a phone call to end the phone
call.
SPACE key
Inserting a space; scrolling through field options
• Press SPACE to insert a space between characters while you type.
• Press SPACE to insert the at sign (@) and periods in Email fields.
• Press SPACE to scroll through field options.
SYMBOL key
Opening the symbols library for extra characters
• Press SYM to open a symbols library, from which you can insert
symbols. On this dialog box, you can either select a symbol and click
the trackwheel, or press the letter under the desired symbol.
Key Function