Even the most devoted BlackBerry Bold user has to admit that typing on
a full keyboard is easier than thumb-typing on a BlackBerry Bold. In an
attempt to even the score a bit, your BlackBerry Bold comes equipped with
an AutoText feature, which is a kind of shorthand that can cut down on how
much you have to type.
AutoText basically works with a pool of abbreviations that you set up. You
then just type an abbreviation to get the word you associated with that
abbreviation. For example, after setting up b/c as an AutoText word for
because, anytime you type b/c, you automatically get because onscreen.
Your BlackBerry Bold comes with a few default AutoText entries. Here are
some useful ones:
✓ mypin: Displays your BlackBerry PIN
✓ mynumber: Displays your BlackBerry phone number
✓ myver: Displays your BlackBerry model number and OS version
The whole AutoText thing works best if you set up your own personal code,
mapping your abbreviations to their meanings. (This is why we discuss
AutoText as part of personalization.)
To set up your own code, do the following:
1. From the Home screen, press the Menu key, scroll to the Options icon,
and then press the trackball.
2. Scroll to the AutoText option, and then press the trackball.
Here, you can choose to see (or search for) existing AutoText words or
create new ones.
3. Press the Menu key, scroll to New, and then press the trackball.
4. In the Replace field, enter the characters that you want to replace (in
this example, b/c). In the With field, type what replaces your characters (in this example, because).
5. In the Using field, choose between the SmartCase and Specified Case
options.
• SmartCase capitalizes the first letter when the context calls for
that, such as the first word in a sentence.
• Specified Case replaces your AutoText with the exact text found in
the With field.
For example, say you have the AutoText bbg set up for the term blackberryGoodies.com and you want it to appear as is, in terms of letter
cases (the first b isn’t capitalized). If you were to choose SmartCase
for this particular AutoText, it would be capitalized as the first word in
a sentence, which isn’t what you want. On the other hand, if you use
Specified Case, your AutoText always appears as blackberryGoodies.com
no matter where it is in the sentence.
6. Scroll to the Language field, and then select All Locales from the list
of options.
Our preference for this setting for any self-created AutoText is All
Locales. What this means is that regardless of the language input method
(for example, English U.K., English U.S., or French), any self-created
AutoText is available for you to use. So, in the case of the AutoText bbg
(BlackBerryGoodies.com), whether you are typing in French or Chinese,
you can use this AutoText. On the other hand, if you select only the
French input method for bbg as the Language field, you would be able
to use this only if your input method is set to French in the Language
option.
You can choose the input method in the Language options. We go over
choosing a language input method next.
7. Confirm your changes by pressing the trackball, and then choosing
Save.
If you specify a language input method other than All Locales, your input
method setting in the Language option must match the Language field in
AutoText to use your newly created AutoText. Follow these steps:
1. Press the Menu key, scroll to the Options icon, and then press the
trackball.
2. Scroll through the list of options until you find the Language setting;
then press the trackball.
Here you can choose the language and input method.
3. Select the Input Method field, and then select the input method you
need from the list.
For your new AutoText setting to work (assuming that you didn’t choose
All Locales as the language for your AutoText), this option needs to
match the input method set in your Language option.
4. Confirm your changes by pressing the trackball, and then choosing
Save.
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