Android Keyboard Shortcuts: the Hotkeys

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Scrolling

•Spacebar: page down in any web page/document view

•Shift + Spacebar: page up in any  web page/document view

Typing

•alt + Spacebar: insert a special character

•Shift + del: delete the character to the right of the cursor

•alt + del: delete an entire line

•Shift + Shift (press it twice):

Activate caps-lock; press shift once more to exit

•alt + trackball-Left: Move cursor to beginning of line

•alt + trackball-right: Move cursor  to end of line

•alt + trackball-up: Move cursor to top of page

•alt + trackball-down: Move cursor to bottom of page

•Shift + trackball-Left/right: Highlight text for cutting or copying

•Menu + X: cut text (will cut all text on screen unless specific characters are highlighted)

•Menu + C: copy text to clipboard (will copy all text on screen unless specific characters are highlighted)

•Menu + V: paste text from clipboard

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•Menu + a: select all text in the current field

Browsing

•Menu + i: Zoom in

•Menu + o: Zoom out

•Menu + J: go back a page

•Menu + K: go forward a page

•Menu + r: refresh current page

•Menu + F: Find on page

•Menu + B: open bookmarks

•Menu + S: open social network sharing menu

•Menu + H: view browsing history

•Menu + S: open browser settings

Gmail

•F: Forward current message (works only while inside the message)

•r: reply to current message (works only while inside the message)

•a: reply-all to current message (works only while inside the message)

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•Y: Archive message (works from within message or while on main inbox list)

•Menu + u: refresh inbox

•Menu + C: compose new e-mail

•enter: open an e-mail (from the main inbox list)

•alt + trackball-up: Jump to top of inbox

•alt + trackball-down: Jump to bottom of inbox

Apps

•Search + B: open browser

•Search + C: open contacts

•Search + e: open e-mail

•Search + G: open gmail

•Search + i: open calendar

•Search + M: open maps

•Search + p: open music

•Search + S: open text messaging

•Search + Y: open youtube 

can also be customized  the keyboard shortcuts for applications: go into “Applications” off the main system set tings menu, then select Quick Launch. From there, can be changed any of the above app-controlling hotkeys and add in on own.