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Getting to know your handheld
28 BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
The BlackBerry 6700 Series of Wireless Handhelds
Using the keyboard and trackwheel
Your handheld’s keyboard provides access to the alphabetic characters. The
keyboard also features ten special keys: the
Symbol key to access a symbols
library, the Backspace key, the Enter key, the Space key, two Shift keys, the Alt
key, the Escape button, a Phone button, and the Power button. You can use the
Power button to activate backlighting and you can generate numbers,
punctuation marks, and special characters by pressing the Alt key in combination
with the alphabetic keys. The trackwheel helps you navigate, view, and select
items on each screen. To scroll through menu items or text, hold the
Alt key and
roll the trackwheel or hold the Alt key and press the Back or Forward keys. To
select applications and menu options, click (press) the trackwheel.
The following table describes special keyboard and trackwheel combinations that
can help you navigate applications, type text, and configure options on your
handheld.