Section 3C: Messaging 151
Messaging
Customizing Your Messaging Settings
1. Press Messaging .
2. Press Menu .
3. Select Options, and then select Preferences.
4. On the Messages tab, set any of the following preferences for
your individual messages:
Ⅲ New message indicates whether you default to a text
message or a Sprint Picture Mail message when you create
a new message.
Ⅲ Confirm message deletions indicates whether deletion
confirmation prompts appear.
Ⅲ Privacy Mode (hide text) indicates whether the body text
appears in the alert when you receive a new message.
5. Select the Chat tab and set any of the following preferences
for chat sessions:
Ⅲ Create chats from messages indicates when you want to
group text messages from the same person into a chat.
Ⅲ Show timestamps in chats displays next to each message
the local date and time the message was sent.
Ⅲ Display my name in chat window as indicates the text
label for your messages in Chat view.
Ⅲ Label color sets a color to differentiate your messages from the sender’s messages
in Chat view.
Ⅲ Use color for indicates whether both your name and message appear in a
different color, or only your name.
6. Select OK.