Short messages
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To send short messages
To write a new short message
1 Press Write message in the SMS main view to open the short message
editor, which resembles a postcard. A character counter showing how
many characters you have typed and in how many messages they will be
sent appears at the top of the postcard, see figure 1.
2 Write the message.
3 When the message is ready to be sent, press Recipient. The SMS directory
opens.
To send a previously written document
1 Select the Own texts folder and press Open.
2 Select a document and press Open. When you open a text containing
formatting, you will be asked whether you wish to make a copy of the text
(press Copy), or edit the original text (press Edit). Editing will lose the
formatting of the original text.
3 When the message is ready to be sent, press Recipient. The SMS directory
opens.
To select a recipient
There are three ways to select a recipient for your short message:
1 Select a contact in the SMS directory, and press Select. Or,
2 Press Enter number and enter the phone number manually. Or,
3 Press Recent numbers to get a list of recent short message numbers, open
one of the lists, select a contact, and press Select.
Figure 2
Note: You can only send short
messages to wireless phone numbers
stored in the Tel(GSM) field of
contact cards.