File and attachment basics
About files and attachments
You can view and download attachments and save them to the BlackBerry® device memory or on a media card. If your email account uses a
BlackBerry® Enterprise Server that supports accessing files on your organization's network, you can preview files from your organization's
network and save the files to your device or attach them directly to email messages without downloading them. You can use the Files application
to view a list of all the files that are saved on your device. You can also rename, move, and delete files on your organization's network from your
device.
To change attachments or files that you download, you can use third-party editing applications, such as Documents to Go®, that are designed
for use on BlackBerry devices.
Open a file or an attachment
To perform this task, your email account must use the BlackBerry® Internet Service or a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server that supports this feature.
For more information, contact your wireless service provider or administrator.
1.
In a message, meeting invitation, or calendar entry, press the Menu key.
2. If necessary, click Retrieve Attachment Information.
3. Click Open Attachment.
4. If necessary, on the Attachments screen, click an attachment.
5. If necessary, in the dialog box, click an option.
Download a file or an attachment
To perform this task, your email account must use the BlackBerry® Internet Service or a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server that supports this feature.
For more information, contact your wireless service provider or administrator.
1.
In a message, in a calendar entry, or on a web page, perform one of the following actions:
• If there is only one attachment in a message or calendar entry, press the Menu key.
• If there are multiple attachments in a message or calendar entry, highlight an attachment. Press the Menu key.
• If you are downloading a file from a web page, press the Menu key.
2. Click Download Attachment or Download File.
3. Click Download.
4. If necessary, click More or More All.
5. Highlight the folder that you want to save the file or attachment in.
6. Press the Menu key.
7. Click Select Here.
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Stop downloading a file or an attachment
1.
In the message, in the calendar entry, or on the web page that you are downloading the file or attachment from, press the Menu key.
2. Click Cancel Download.
Locate a file saved on your device
1.
On the Home screen, click the Media icon.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Explore.
4. Navigate to the file.
To view the file, click the file. Depending on the file type, the file might not appear in its original format.
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Locate a file saved on your organization's network
To perform this task, your work email account must use a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server that supports this feature. For more information, contact
your administrator.
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Files icon.
2. In the Go To field, type the path for the file.
3. If necessary, type the credentials that you use to connect to your organization's network.
To view the file, click the file. Depending on the file type, the file might not appear in its original format.
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Save a file from your organization's network to your device
To perform this task, your work email account must use a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server that supports this feature. For more information, contact
your administrator.
When you save a file from your organization's network to your BlackBerry device, the file is saved in its original format.
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Files icon.
2. Navigate to a file.
3. Highlight the file.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Copy.
6. Navigate to a location.
7. Click a folder.
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8. Click Copy Into.
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Send a file as an attachment
To perform this task, your email account must use the BlackBerry® Internet Service or a BlackBerry® Enterprise Server that supports this feature.
For more information, contact your wireless service provider or administrator.
1.
On the Home screen or in a folder, click the Media icon or Files icon.
2. Navigate to a file.
3. Highlight the file.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Send or Share.
6. Click a message type.
Open a link in a file or an attachment
Some files might contain links to embedded content, such as tables, pictures, footnotes, text boxes, or comments.
1.
In a file, highlight a link.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Get Link or Retrieve.
To return to the file, press the Escape key.
Set font options for a file or an attachment
1.
In a file or an attachment, press the Menu key.
2. Click Options.
3. Set the font fields.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.