Writing and sending a text message
Within the
Write messages
menu you can write and edit text
messages of up to 160 characters. You have two methods of writing
messages:
• the method used traditionally in mobile phones, indicated by
, and
• another called “predictive text input”, indicated by
.
1. In the
Messages
menu, scroll to
Write messages
and press
Select.
2. Key in a message.
You can use the traditional text input, described in “ Storing a
phone number with a name (Add entry)”, on page 26.
Alternatively, use the predictive text input. See the following
section, ‘Predictive text input’.
3. Press Options to display the following functions
•
Send
to send the message.
•
Dictionary
to set the predictive text input on and select the
language.
•
Send by set
to send the message to a preselected set - see
below.
•
Save
to save the message in the
Outbox
for use at a later
time.
•
Clear screen
to remove all the characters that you have keyed
in from the display.
4. To send the message, select
Send
and press OK.
5. Enter the recipient’s phone number, or recall the phone number
from phone book by pressing Search. Find the desired number
and press OK.
6. Press OK to send the message.
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