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I've always tried to keep my email organized, leaving messages unread if I know they need a reply. This at times can be a pain since having to scroll through insane amounts of messages on my BlackBerry isn't always the quickest option. Chatting with Ronen a few days back, he let me know about a quick tip that was actually posted on BerryReview way back in March. I had no idea you could save a search and assign a shortcut to it. I tweaked up a quick search of unread messages, assigned ALT+U as the shortcut and that was that. Now when I'm in my messages, I simply need to use ALT+U to see all my unread messages. I'm sure many of you knew this feature existed, but I figured passing it along to those who didn't couldn't hurt :-)
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angelm1249 Nov 24, 2009 at 1:00 pm
I have always used this option in my emails and txt messages. I notice that i can no longer save txt's and pix messages anymore,and can only save emails that come through my blackberry.net address now. Does anyone know how i can fix this again to save all messages. i loved that feature....
allleee Nov 24, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Wouldn't just pressing "U" in Messages application get you the same results?
n8d Nov 24, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Not really.
Pressing "U" will take you through your unread messages 1 at a time.
Setting up this type of shortcut will hide all messages in your message list except for unread messages. I have the same shortcut setup.
I also have mine setup to do ALT+S for sent messages.
I don't want sent messages cluttering up my message list, but at the same time I don't want to have to go into the Options and change "Hide sent messages" to no just to see one sent message. So I simply press ALT+S and all of sent messages appear.
allleee Nov 24, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I agree, I guess that makes sense.. I'll give it a try.
The new flagging option is really convenient too.
friedriceballer Nov 24, 2009 at 1:31 pm
Wow, never knew this, now I don't have to go to my specific e-mail icon to access e-mail from a certain address.
mscooley Nov 24, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Genius!!!!
cgalloni Nov 24, 2009 at 2:38 pm
i have a 9700 with os 5.0.0.351 and is not working i did all the steps above and still when i go to the message list and click alt+ f for flagged emails it doesn't do anything.. Any thoughts?
mbest550 Nov 24, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Is there a way on the storm to use the alt plus a letter with the strom keyboard?
ostorage Nov 26, 2009 at 3:04 pm
Yes. The storm has the same functionality. See my post below
ArizonaGuy Nov 24, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Might seem like a stupid question - how do I edit a saved search?
samgbx Nov 24, 2009 at 7:12 pm
how do i edit a saved search or delete one!??
webchetan Nov 24, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Exactly the same question I was thinking. I had tried to do these types of shorcuts before, but then I didn't had the option to change or delete the shortcut. So it bit scary at times. What if I need to assign Alt+U to some other type of search? How can I do it? I want to delete the saved search criteria completely, how can I do it?
Anyone please help!
Thanks
ten08#cb Nov 25, 2009 at 7:09 am
Messages > Menu > Search > Menu > Recall
This displays the full list of saved searches which you can edit or delete.
Salomon Nov 24, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Is there an option like this for my storm ?
tnx
ostorage Nov 26, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Yes. The storm has the same functionality. See my post below
Chrisy Nov 25, 2009 at 8:41 am
Great feature, use it a lot! Here's a thread in the How To section.
[Url=http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/how-create-saved-searches-quickly-filter... To Create Saved Searches [/url]
IamJAd Nov 25, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Where the heck is the ALT key on the Storm?
ostorage Nov 26, 2009 at 3:02 pm
All of the shortcuts can be configured on the Storm.
Creating and editing them is done in the same manner as a keyboard device.
To access the alt key hit bring up the keyboard and hit the "!?123" key. This is when it gets a little tricky. The number pad now is displayed. In order to execute the shortcut you hit the number key where the letter would have been shown. Example would be Hit "!?123" and then "5" to accomplish "ALT" and then "H".
Hope this helps. I find this very powerful as you can make a whole number of customizable searches to quickly find information.