Creating a text message
Note: To create a number only message, see ‘Creating,
addressing, and sending a number only message’ on page 50.
There are two ways to create a text message:
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Write a new, blank message
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Reply to a received message (see ‘Replying to a
message’ on page 52)
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Resend a message (see ‘Resending a message’ on
page 59)
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Forward a message (see ‘Forwarding a message’ on
page 59)
Writing a new, blank message
1 Press Menu 2 1 1 (Messages - Text messages - Write new).
2 Do Text and Number only appear in a list of menu items?
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Yes - Scroll to Text. Press Select. Go to the next step.
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No - Go to the next step.
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3 At this point, you can address your message or begin
writing it, then address it later:
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To address your message, scroll to Add e-mail or
Add number, then press Select. See ‘Addressing a
text message’ on page 53.
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To begin writing your message, scroll to Edit message,
then press Select. The terms writing and editing refer
to the process of entering text into a text message.
See ‘Entering text into a message’ on page 54.
4 After you have written your message, you can:
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Address it (page 53) then send it (page 58) OR...
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Save it to the Outbox, then address it send it later -
Press Options, scroll to Save, then press Select.
Replying to a message
1 Read the message to which you want to reply.
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If you just received the message and the Start
screen is currently displayed, press Read.
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If the message is in the Inbox folder, press Menu 2 1 2.
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If the message is in the Saved folder, press Menu 2 1 4.
2 Scroll to the message. Press Read, then Options.
3 Scroll to Reply (or Reply w/ copy if you want your reply
to include a copy of the original message followed by the
text of your reply). Press Select.
Note: If you choose to Reply w/ copy, your message could be
rather long. In some networks, a long message may be truncated
(the end of the message may be cut off), preventing the recipient
from seeing all of it.
4 After you write your message, you can:
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Address it (page 53) then send it (page 58). OR...
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Save it to the Outbox (press Options, scroll to Save,
then press Select), then address it and send it later.
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