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Controlling your BlackBerry

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Using the Impatica viaDock, you can operate your BlackBerry through your keyboard, mouse and on-screen controls, as follows:

Keyboard:

  • Use the alpha-numeric keys on your keyboard to type on your BlackBerry
  • Use the arrow keys on your keyboard in place of your BlackBerry trackball or trackwheel to navigate your BlackBerry
  • Use the following keyboard shortcuts to operate your BlackBerry:

Key BlackBerry Control
Letters and numbers
 Letters and numbers
Arrows up, down, left right
 Trackball up, down, left, right
Number pad (num lock off): 2, 4, 6, 8
Trackball down, left, right, up
Tab
Menu
Insert
 Menu
` (~ without Shift)
 Select
F9
 Select
5 on number pad (num lock off)
 Select
Esc
 Escape
Home
 Dial
End
 Hang-up
Enter
 Enter
Backspace
 Backspace
Delete
 Delete
Ctrl-C
 Copy
Ctrl-X
 Cut
Ctrl-V
 Paste

On-screen controls:

  • Use the Impatica viaDock on-screen phone controls to start and end phone calls, turn on and off speaker phone and mute and to enter numbers on your BlackBerry;
  • Use the on-screen keyboard to type using a mouse; and
  • Use the application shortcuts or Go menu to quickly switch between BlackBerry applications.

Mouse:

  • Click on the text below the handheld screen area of the Impatica viaDock to enter mouse control mode and start navigating your BlackBerry using your computer mouse.
  • Click the left mouse button to select and the right mouse button to escape on the BlackBerry.
  • To stop using your mouse to control your BlackBerry, press alt+z or click the scroll wheel.

Scroll Wheel:

  • At any time, you can use your scroll wheel to navigate your BlackBerry.
  • Scroll your scrolll wheel up and down to navigate your BlackBerry.
  • Click the scroll wheel to select (when not in mouse control mode).
  • Click the right mouse button to escape.

Related Topics
Installing Impatica viaDock
Running Impatica viaDock
Connecting to your BlackBerry
Disconnecting from your BlackBerry

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