Send a message from the BlackBerry Hub
From the BlackBerry Hub, you can send email, text messages, Facebook messages, direct Twitter messages, LinkedIn messages, BBM
messages, or other types of chat messages, depending on your wireless service plan and
the accounts that you added to your device.
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In the BlackBerry Hub, tap
.
- Tap a type of message.
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Add or choose a recipient for your message:
- For email, type a contact name or an email address in the To field.
- For Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn messages, type a contact name in the To field.
- For text messages, type a contact name or a phone number.
- For BBM and other chat messages, select a contact from the list.
- Type your message.
- Tap Send or the Enter key.
After you finish:
Tip: When you're looking at messages from only one account in the
main BlackBerry Hub view, to go to the compose screen for that account quickly,
tap .
.Reply to or forward an email
In an email, do one of the following:
- To reply to the email, tap
. - To reply to all recipients of the email, tap
. - To forward the email, tap
.
Attach a file to an email or text message
If your wireless service plan supports MMS messages, you can add an
attachment to a text message.
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While composing an email or text message, tap
. You
might need to hide the keyboard to see the icon.
- Browse to the file.
- Tap the file.
Add a BCC recipient to an email
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While composing a message, tap
>
.
- Type a contact name or email address.
Change text formatting in an email
Bold, italicize, and underline text; create ordered and bulleted lists; and change the font size and colors.
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While composing a message, tap
. You
might need to hide the keyboard to see the icon.
- Use the formatting toolbar to apply formatting to your text.
Accept spelling suggestions
If spell check is turned on, spelling mistakes are underlined in red as you type.
Tap the underlined word.
- To accept a spelling suggestion, tap the suggested word.
- To add the word to your personal dictionary, tap Add to Dictionary.
Change the priority of your text messages
Your SMS text messages can be sent with normal or urgent priority, and
your MMS messages can be sent with normal, low, or high priority.
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In the BlackBerry Hub, tap
>
Settings > Text Messages.
- Tap the SMS or MMS tab.
- In the Priority drop-down list, tap a priority.
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