PRIVUsing the Slide Out Touch-Capacative Keyboard

Learn how to use the Slide Out Touch-Capacitive Keyboard on your BlackBerry device. You can assign specific keys on the keyboard as shortcuts to apps you frequently use.

Learn how to use the Slide Out Touch-Capacitive Keyboard on your BlackBerry device. You can assign specific keys on the keyboard as shortcuts to apps you frequently use.

Steps List - Interactive list of steps. Select a step to read its corresponding text, and to see its Product Image and the Indicators necessary to complete the step.

Current Step: 1 - The only device with a slide out touch capacitive qwerty keyboard.
  1. 1 - The only device with a slide out touch capacitive qwerty keyboard.
  2. 2 - From the Home screen, tap the Apps icon.
  3. 3 - Swipe your finger up the keyboard to scroll.
  4. 4 - Swipe left or right on the keyboard to swipe screens.
  5. 5 - Tap the Home icon.
  6. 6 - To use a key as an app shortcut, press and hold the key.
  7. 7 - Select a shortcut to assign to the key. In this simulation, we're showing how to set up an app shortcut.
  8. 8 - Scroll to an app.
  9. 9 - Select an app for the shortcut.
  10. 10 - Press and hold the key to launch the assigned shortcut.
  11. 11 - Enter your note.
  12. 12 - As you type, swipe up on the side of the keyboard to use a word suggestion at the bottom of the screen. Swipe left to delete a word.
  13. 13 - You've completed the steps!

Product Image and Indicators - Image of the current step and indicators demonstrating the interactions necessary to complete the step.

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