Apr 16 2010, 12:36 AM
QUOTE(meLi @ Apr 15 2010, 05:40 PM)
How to use Shortcuts on the Nokia N900
General shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcut Description
Ctrl + C Copy text
Ctrl + V Paste text
Ctrl + X Cut text
Ctrl + A Select all
Ctrl + O Open (if available)
Ctrl + N Create a new item (if available)
Ctrl + S Save (if available)
Ctrl + Z Undo (if available)
Ctrl + Y Redo (if available)
Ctrl + F Open search bar (if available)
Ctrl + Right arrow Move the insertion point to the end of the word
Ctrl + Left arrow Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
FN + Ctrl symbols and characters missing from keyboard. Symbols on the third row are entered by pressing the symbol followed by the 'Space' key
Ctrl + Backspace (from within application) brings up the visual task manager
Ctrl + Shift + P Takes a screenshot. The PNG image file is saved in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/Screenshots/ with a timestamp in the filename.
Ctrl + Shift + X starts Xterm
Double press power button Locks device
A-Z (on the Desktop) Start typing the name of a person on the Desktop and your contacts will be filtered with that name
Blue-Arrow + (on the Desktop) Type any number on the Desktop (Blue-Arrow + ) to start Phone
Conversations
• Tap and hold on a text message = You get the option to call the person
• Swipe-from-left (as in browser) allows selecting and copying of message text.
General gestures
• Long press on Task Switch icon = Brings you back to desktop
• When getting a incoming call, turn over the device so the screen faces down towards the table surface = Silence an incoming call
• From the phone app drop down menu "turning control" allows you to set orientation, but also set it to launch the phone app when you turn the device to portrait. Seems to only work from the desktop.
Xterm shortcuts
• Ctrl + I = Autocomplete filename
Web browser shortcuts - Keyboard Shortcut Description
Ctrl + N Open a new window
Ctrl + R Reload the current page
Ctrl + B Open a bookmark
Ctrl + D Add a bookmark
Ctrl + Right Arrow Move cursor to next text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
Ctrl + Left Arrow Move cursor to previous text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
Ctrl + Shift + I Reset zoom to normal or Turn on page reflow for any zoom level.
Backspace Go back to the previous page
Shift + Backspace Forward
Web Browser Gestures - Gesture Description
Double tap text/image Zoom in
Double tap text/image (when already zoomed in) Zoom out
Clockwise circular inward motion Zoom in
Counter-clockwise circular outward motion Zoom out
Swipe finger from the right of the screen (outside of screen), towards left (into the screen) Browser history
Swipe finger from the left of the screen (outside of screen), towards right (into the screen) Hover mode. An arrow is diplayed on the left. Clicking the arrow creates a pointer that can be used as a mouse to select text. Deactivate by clicking the arrow on the left
Email client
Keyboard Shortcut Description
Ctrl + Enter Send a message
Ctrl + R Reply to a message
RSS Reader
• Ctrl + R = Refresh the feed
Screenshots
• Ctrl + Shift + P: Capture a screenshot. Warm up those fingers first to try this out.
Miscellaneous tips
Circle zooming
• double tap on text in the web browser zooms you into that text and reflows it for the display. However, you can spin your finger clockwise on the display to zoom in or counterclockwise to zoom out through multiple zoom levels.
Browser history swipe
• Quickly view browser history (virtual history supported) by simply swiping your finger from the right off outside the viewable display to the left onto the display.
Smart dialing with QWERTY
• The N900 supports smart dialing with the QWERTY keyboard. Simply start entering a person’s name on the keyboard and have your Contacts filtered to that name. You then simply tap the selected contact you can interact with them how you desire (call, text, Skype, email, etc.).
Make a call from Conversations
• Tap and hold on a text message conversation to see a pop-up appear so you can initiate a call with your contact.
Caps Lock
Shift once and the letter you want
or
Shift twice to turn on Caps Lock – all future letters will be in CAPITAL you should see a message “Caps Lock on” to turn Caps Lock off, just press shift again
Secondary keys (Symbols/Numbers Row)
To access the alternative keys, e.g. on “D “we have “#” press
Alt and the symbol, e.g “Alt” and “D” we get #
or
Alt twice you should see “Fn is locked”
Additional Symbols Menu
Not all the symbols can be used via the tip above. e.g. [SQUARE BRACKETS]. You can access secondary symbols by pressing
Alt first and then Ctrl (Alt and roll your thumb to Ctrl). Should see a grid of additional symbols
Highlight text
• Either use the touch screen or Hold Shift and left/right arrow depending on the direction of where your cursor begins.
• To select a bigger block of text. Hold Shift and up/down arrow
• Use the left/right arrow to refine selection.
• Highlight text in web browser that’s not in text editor
• Swipe from left of the screen, an arrow cursor in a square pops up. Press it again to hold, then just drag and highlight [you can copy and paste using tips 5 and 6]
Delete Lines of text without highlighting
To quickly delete whole lines of text without holding the delete button or highlighting a line of text:
Hold Ctrl and Shift and Delete [Simultaneously]
You’ll delete blocks texts one line at a time.
TQ
can pin this in the first page ? kinda useful for newbie like me... getting N900 by next week General shortcuts
Keyboard Shortcut Description
Ctrl + C Copy text
Ctrl + V Paste text
Ctrl + X Cut text
Ctrl + A Select all
Ctrl + O Open (if available)
Ctrl + N Create a new item (if available)
Ctrl + S Save (if available)
Ctrl + Z Undo (if available)
Ctrl + Y Redo (if available)
Ctrl + F Open search bar (if available)
Ctrl + Right arrow Move the insertion point to the end of the word
Ctrl + Left arrow Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
FN + Ctrl symbols and characters missing from keyboard. Symbols on the third row are entered by pressing the symbol followed by the 'Space' key
Ctrl + Backspace (from within application) brings up the visual task manager
Ctrl + Shift + P Takes a screenshot. The PNG image file is saved in /home/user/MyDocs/.images/Screenshots/ with a timestamp in the filename.
Ctrl + Shift + X starts Xterm
Double press power button Locks device
A-Z (on the Desktop) Start typing the name of a person on the Desktop and your contacts will be filtered with that name
Blue-Arrow + (on the Desktop) Type any number on the Desktop (Blue-Arrow + ) to start Phone
Conversations
• Tap and hold on a text message = You get the option to call the person
• Swipe-from-left (as in browser) allows selecting and copying of message text.
General gestures
• Long press on Task Switch icon = Brings you back to desktop
• When getting a incoming call, turn over the device so the screen faces down towards the table surface = Silence an incoming call
• From the phone app drop down menu "turning control" allows you to set orientation, but also set it to launch the phone app when you turn the device to portrait. Seems to only work from the desktop.
Xterm shortcuts
• Ctrl + I = Autocomplete filename
Web browser shortcuts - Keyboard Shortcut Description
Ctrl + N Open a new window
Ctrl + R Reload the current page
Ctrl + B Open a bookmark
Ctrl + D Add a bookmark
Ctrl + Right Arrow Move cursor to next text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
Ctrl + Left Arrow Move cursor to previous text-input box. Cursor must be in an input box to begin with
Ctrl + Shift + I Reset zoom to normal or Turn on page reflow for any zoom level.
Backspace Go back to the previous page
Shift + Backspace Forward
Web Browser Gestures - Gesture Description
Double tap text/image Zoom in
Double tap text/image (when already zoomed in) Zoom out
Clockwise circular inward motion Zoom in
Counter-clockwise circular outward motion Zoom out
Swipe finger from the right of the screen (outside of screen), towards left (into the screen) Browser history
Swipe finger from the left of the screen (outside of screen), towards right (into the screen) Hover mode. An arrow is diplayed on the left. Clicking the arrow creates a pointer that can be used as a mouse to select text. Deactivate by clicking the arrow on the left
Email client
Keyboard Shortcut Description
Ctrl + Enter Send a message
Ctrl + R Reply to a message
RSS Reader
• Ctrl + R = Refresh the feed
Screenshots
• Ctrl + Shift + P: Capture a screenshot. Warm up those fingers first to try this out.
Miscellaneous tips
Circle zooming
• double tap on text in the web browser zooms you into that text and reflows it for the display. However, you can spin your finger clockwise on the display to zoom in or counterclockwise to zoom out through multiple zoom levels.
Browser history swipe
• Quickly view browser history (virtual history supported) by simply swiping your finger from the right off outside the viewable display to the left onto the display.
Smart dialing with QWERTY
• The N900 supports smart dialing with the QWERTY keyboard. Simply start entering a person’s name on the keyboard and have your Contacts filtered to that name. You then simply tap the selected contact you can interact with them how you desire (call, text, Skype, email, etc.).
Make a call from Conversations
• Tap and hold on a text message conversation to see a pop-up appear so you can initiate a call with your contact.
Caps Lock
Shift once and the letter you want
or
Shift twice to turn on Caps Lock – all future letters will be in CAPITAL you should see a message “Caps Lock on” to turn Caps Lock off, just press shift again
Secondary keys (Symbols/Numbers Row)
To access the alternative keys, e.g. on “D “we have “#” press
Alt and the symbol, e.g “Alt” and “D” we get #
or
Alt twice you should see “Fn is locked”
Additional Symbols Menu
Not all the symbols can be used via the tip above. e.g. [SQUARE BRACKETS]. You can access secondary symbols by pressing
Alt first and then Ctrl (Alt and roll your thumb to Ctrl). Should see a grid of additional symbols
Highlight text
• Either use the touch screen or Hold Shift and left/right arrow depending on the direction of where your cursor begins.
• To select a bigger block of text. Hold Shift and up/down arrow
• Use the left/right arrow to refine selection.
• Highlight text in web browser that’s not in text editor
• Swipe from left of the screen, an arrow cursor in a square pops up. Press it again to hold, then just drag and highlight [you can copy and paste using tips 5 and 6]
Delete Lines of text without highlighting
To quickly delete whole lines of text without holding the delete button or highlighting a line of text:
Hold Ctrl and Shift and Delete [Simultaneously]
You’ll delete blocks texts one line at a time.
TQ
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