This is a discussion on Keyboard shortcuts within the Palm Pre category of our Palm Pre and Palm Pixi Forums; Screenshot : Orange button + Shift(or Symbol) + P -> will put screenshot in photos under screencaptures (ty artap99)
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06-06-2009, 12:51 PM
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Keyboard shortcuts
Screenshot : Orange button + Shift(or Symbol) + P -> will put screenshot in photos under screencaptures (ty artap99) Deleting app from launcher : hold down Orange button and tap app icon (ty xplode) Deleting Emails/Drafts : Flick the email to right/left, may ask deletion confirmation (ty TonyRad) Going back/fwd in text : hold down Orange button and drag finger to where you want to go , detailed explanation on page 11 (ty MarcoC and EcIipse) Delete text fast (1 word at a time): hold down shift key then press delete (ty artap99) Highlight text : hold down shift and drag finger over text Cut/Copy/Paste : highlight text with above method, place finger in gesture area and press X/C/V respectively (ty .plaid) Tab between fields (For Pre config only, NOT browser): press enter, will take you to next field (ty monkeyxplosion)
Dial phone # with a pause : enter p or t within the phone # to obtain a pause (ex: 1(800)123-4567p1234), for more detailed explanation refer to page 4 and 9 (ty Tuckmobile, nfelddav, and wizzard13) Page length scrolling (only for browser in landscape mode): use the right/top gesture area to scroll 1 page length up/down Open link in new card : hold Orange + Space Bar + Press link (ty velocityx) Take a picture : press space bar while in camera mode Silence/Ignore call : press power button once for silence, twice for ignore
Num/Caps Lock : Hit the Orange /Shift button twice respectively (ty jstoman)
Square root, %, etc.. on Calculator : Press space bar to toggle between buttons (ty missy brown) Soft Rest : Orange + Symbol + R (ty velocityx) Reverse Logistics Support : dial ##786# (ty velocityx and twentythreemx) Debug Parameters : dial ##33284 (ty kansanpoker) EVDO Mode : dial ##3836# See pg. 13 for more details (ty Tokyo_Ben)
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06-06-2009, 02:27 PM
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Guys..please help me out here...how to do copy paste? Seems like I am not able to get it..
06-06-2009, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by hirenpathak Guys..please help me out here...how to do copy paste? Seems like I am not able to get it..
Please see updated shortcuts, that what I could find from the web.
Here is a video demo:
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To delete faster, hold down the shift key and then press delete. It will delete an entire word at a time.
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06-06-2009, 05:15 PM
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Would love to know how to tab between text field if anyone figures that one out
06-06-2009, 05:46 PM
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What is the OJ button? Tia
06-06-2009, 05:55 PM
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New spelling Originally Posted by Rad2 What is the OJ button? Tia
New dictionary.com spelling of orange, all words orange must be typed
OJ Originally Posted by wega1985 Would love to know how to tab between text field if anyone figures that one out
Not sure about this one, I thought you just have to tap the area you want to type in, I will keep my eye out for it though.
06-06-2009, 06:12 PM
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I asked about the tab thing when I was at the store and he told me to just tap
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Thanks guys, these are so handy.
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Any idea how to quickly launch a SMS text?
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