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How to silence your phone with just one key press

Arrived late for an important meeting and you haven't silenced your phone? Or maybe the movie at the theater has already begun yet your phone could ring at any moment? Here's a quick and easy way to silence your phone with just one key press.

1. Press and hold the pound key (#) for just one second, and your phone automatically changes its profile to silent.
2. When you want your phone's profile set back to normal, simply press and hold that pound key once more.

Access your phone's applications while you're talking

Did you know you can access your phone's applications while you're talking on the phone? Maybe you need to write something down in the Notepad while talking? Or maybe you want to look through your Contacts for someone's address? And how about all those times you're stuck in a boring conference call and you'd rather play a game at the same time?

It's simple, all you need to do is push the menu key and you'll have access to most of your other features and applications! Try it out!

How to mark and unmark items using the edit key

Let's say you want to delete a few specific text messages in your inbox. You could go into the menu and select Mark/Unmark, but that can be tedious when dealing with many items. Here's an easier way.

1. Highlight an item you'd like to mark.
2. While holding down the edit button (it looks like a pencil), move the joystick up and down.
3. Release the edit button, move the joystick elsewhere, and you'll notice the items remain marked.
4. You can also use the same method to unmark marked items.

Once you have the specific messaged marked, you can choose Options, then Delete (or whatever else you'd like to do with them) to remove these messages. Remember, this tip can be used on any items in a menu, not just text messages.

How to copy and paste data on your S60 device

1. Position the cursor to the left or right of some text you'd like to copy.

2. While holding down the Edit button, move the cursor key over the text to highlight it.

3. Still holding down the Edit button, press the left softkey to copy the text. If you release the Edit button before copying, simply press the Edit button twice quickly to bring up the copy/cut/paste menu.

4. Move the cursor to where you'd like to paste the text. Press and hold the Edit key, then choose Paste. Remember that this technique works across applications, so you could copy text from, say, your Contacts, then use S60's multi-tasking capabilities to paste the text in your Notes.

Find that missing file on your device

1. In the main menu select the Office folder (Tools on some devices)

2. Select the File Manager > Options > Find - then choose either your phone's memory or memory card.

3. Type in as much of the file name as you know; the phone searches for full or partial matches. It also searches for file extensions - for instance, type in .jpg to find all the photos on your device. (Remember that searches on older S60 phones are case sensitive.)

Save time with group mailing lists

Writing lots of text messages to the same group of friends or colleagues? Tired of typing in their names each time? Save time and create a group. Go to Contacts > Press Joystick right > Options > New group.

Name your group and then add contacts. The next time you want to send an SMS to these people, simply select this group, then create a message. You can even assign each group its own ringtone.

Organizing icons in the main Menu

As you use the phone, you will notice that you use some programs more than others. To make these programs more accessible, you can move them or place them in an existing or new folder.

To move an icon in the main Menu, move the selection cursor to the item, select Options > Move, and then move the item to where you want it to be. Alternatively, you can move it into a particular folder by pressing Options > Move to folder, and then select the folder you want it in. You can also rename and create folders, too.

Assigning speed dial using two keys

Instead of looking through your contacts, or punching in the entire phone number, you can press two keys to dial your most-called numbers.

1. From the main menu, choose "Tools".

2. Choose "Speed Dial" (it may be called "1-Touch"). If you're asked to turn on speed-dialing, press "Yes".

3. You'll see the screen below. Choose an unassigned number and select "Assign".

4. Your contacts list will appear. Select a contact to assign to that number. (Number 1 is reserved for your voice mail)

5. When you're in standby mode, press the speed-dial number you just assigned, and then press Send. Your phone will begin to dial the contact you selected.

Assigning speed dial using just one key

Is two keys one too many for you? Speed dial with the push of just one key.

1. From the main menu, choose "Tools".

2. Next choose "Settings", then "Call Settings" (or "Call"), then scroll down and select "1-Touch Dialing" and select "On". (see the screen below)

3. If you haven't specified your speed dial numbers yet, you can do this from your Contacts menu. When viewing a number, select "Options" and then "Assign speed dial". Pick a number and you're done.

4. When you're in standby mode, press and hold the assigned speed-dial key and your phone will make the call.

I'm in a meeting. How do I quickly turn off all my phone's sounds?

There's a quick way to change your profile to silent (or others) without fiddling through a lot of menus.

1. Press (don't hold!) your power button once.

2. After your profile menu appears, highlight and select "Silent" and your ringtones and other sounds will cease until you change your profile again.