In this edition of PreCentral’s Tip Roundup, we focus on some keyboard shortcuts or keyboard combinations that are available as a result of the presence of a physical keyboard on all current webOS devices. For a complete list of published Keyboard Shortcut tips, click here. For a summary of the top tips, keep reading:

• Shift + Backspace
  • Provides the ability to delete an entire word instead of just a single character
• Shift + Enter
  • Tabs between fields on a variety of stock and 3rd-party webOS Apps (but sadly, not in the browser)
• Meta-tap (Gesture tap)
  • Press-and-holding the Gesture Area and then tapping on a keyboard key or an area of the screen to initiate a specific action (e.g. Copy/Paste)
• How to take a screen shot
  • Self-explantory!
• Accessing the USB Drive
  • Quick keyboard combination to activate the USB Drive mode, especially useful if your touchscreen is broken or unresponsive

Got any other great keyboard shortcuts or combinations not already covered by a PreCentral Tip?

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Do you miss the ability to "tab" between fields using a D-Pad or would just like to be able to move between fields using the keyboard? You actually have this ability by pressing Shift () and Enter () at the same time, but note that this does not universally work throughout webOS. In fact, it appears to work only in some of the stock webOS apps, and only for text-entry fields (i.e. no drop-downs). Here are the apps that it does appear to work in:

• Messaging: When sending a new message, switches between the "To:" address bar and the "Enter message here…" area
• Email: When sending a new email, switches between the "To:" address bar (and the "CC:" and "BCC:" areas if shown), the "Subject", and the Body of the email.
• Calendar: When editing a calendar entry, switches between the "Name" of the event, "Event Location", and "Event notes"
• Tasks: When editing a task, switches between the "Name" of the task and "Task notes"
• Know of any other apps this will work in?

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