Blackberry 6720 - Manual (Page 49)

Sending and reading email and PIN messages
Handheld User Guide 49
Number lock
You can activate number-lock ( NUM -lock) mode to type numbers without pressing
alt. Press LEFT SHIFT + ALT . NUM -lock mode is activated and you can type numbers
on any screen. Press ALT again to turn off NUM -lock mode.
Using AutoText
Your handheld’s AutoText feature automatically replaces certain text that you
type with preprogrammed text. By configuring the default AutoText entries and
adding new ones to meet your specific needs, you can use AutoText to
automatically perform the following actions:
• compose frequently used phrases or messages with a few keystrokes
• correct commonly misspelled words
• replace abbreviations and acronyms with complete words
• insert phrases in a message by typing only one keyword
• insert punctuation and symbols in your message without using ALT or the
symbols library
How AutoText works
1. On the Home screen, click the Compose icon. The To screen appears.
2. While you are composing your message, type the text hte. The text hte is a
default AutoText entry that tells your handheld to automatically replace that
text with the correctly spelled word the.
Note: Several shortcuts are built into the AutoText feature for inserting macros in
messages. Refer to "To add a new AutoText entry using a macro" on page 51 for more
information.