Blackberry Tips from Bulletproof InfoTech

Bulletproofing Your Blackberry
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Our Goal
Save you a few minutes each day
Put money back into your pocket
Average employee cost savings
5 minutes/day x 5 days/week x 50 weeks/year = 20.83 hours
$50/hour (average employee cost) x 20.83 hours/year
The result: $1,041.67 savings/person/year
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Why Bulletproof InfoTech
Practice what we preach
Our staff use Blackberries daily
Blackberry is mission critical
Blackberry keeps us connected
Effective mobile communications is essential
Provides us with a platform to better serve our clients

What is a BlackBerry?
A Blackberry solution is your access to all your information on the go
E-mail
Phone
Internet browsing
Contacts
Calendar
Business applications

What are Voice and Data Plans
What is voice?
Text Messaging or SMS
What is data?
Email
PIN
Texting but only with BlackBerry Users
Blackberry Messenger
Instant Messenger but only with other Blackberry Users
Browsing

Starting in the Inbox
You don’t need to use the Menu
To move down the screen, press SPACE
To move up the screen, press SHIFT + SPACE
For the top of the list press T
For the bottom press B
To move to the next day press N
For the previous day press P

Starting in the Inbox
You don’t need to use the Menu
Press C, to compose a message
Press ALT + I, view only received messages
Press ALT + O, view only sent messages
Press ALT + V, view only voicemail messages
Press ALT + S, view only SMS Text messages
Press ALT + P, view only call logs
Press U, To go to the next Un-Read message
Press S, Search; Name (In / Out / All)
BB Button; Reconcile Now

While in a message
Press R to reply
Press L to reply to all
Press F to forward
Highlight the Message, and press I to file it
Same folders as in your Outlook Inbox
You could make a folder called ‘2B Read’
To view email address of contact
Highlight Contact and press Q
Repeating this will display the name again

What about your calendar?
Note: You must have “Enable Quick Entry” disabled in your Calendar options
Press C, to schedule an appointment
Press A, to switch to agenda view
Press D, to change to day view
Press W, to change to week view
Press M, to change to month view
SPACE to switch to the following day, week, or month
ALT + SPACE to go back a day, week, or month
Press T to go to the current date

Creating Your Signature
While on a message, hit MENU
Select OPTIONS and click EMAIL SETTINGS
Set the USE AUTO SIGNATURE FIELD to YES
enter your desired signature
Click MENU, SAVE
Tip: Add (mobile); Change (mobile) to the city you are in when travelling (Vancouver); even (on vacation)

Fill in words automatically
AutoText
Increases efficiency by auto completing words for you
ex: type ‘bc’  ‘because’
ex: type ‘bb’  ‘blackberry’
There are many defaults in there to correct common typos. For example, replacing ‘snd’ with ‘and’
Go through your Sent items, looking for words you type often, and make an AutoText entry

AutoText
If you text a lot, AutoText phrases as well:
lmao  ‘Too funny!’
wtf  ‘What’s up with that?’
Imo  ‘In my opinion, ’
AutoText settings transfer when you get a new BlackBerry!
Try these defaults, when in the body of an email: ‘sig’, ‘mypin’, ‘mynumber’, followed by ‘space’

Setting up AutoText
To add new entries, go to options, followed by AutoText. Hit the Menu button and select New
From there you can enter words you want to replace with the desired word. It also gives you the option to use smart case
Click the trackball and save your changes
These will work in all BlackBerry Applications
Email, Calendar, BB Messenger, Notes, etc.

Maximize Life/Work Balance
Setting up Auto ON/OFF
Press the BB Menu key and select options, select AUTO ON/OFF Function
Allows you to set the desired ON/OFF times for weekends and weekdays
After you’ve set it, press the menu key and select save

Houston…we have a problem
Troubleshooting 101
First things first – always remove the battery first.
You will not lose data
ROGERS – reseat your SIM card
TELUS – Try reseating your SIM card on the World Edition
Is the battery strength sufficient

Restarting your Blackberry
Press ALT, rightSHIFT, and DELETE

Securing Your BlackBerry
Important to keep your information secure
Setting up your password
Each model is different
Password under options or Security Options
Keep password attempts at 10
Set timeout to meet your requirement
Watch numbers and letters (wersdf)
Keep passwords simple (alt key)

Questions
New steps
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