Samsung SCH-U485 User Manual - Page 77

Creating and Sending Text Messages, Group Conversation/Individual Message

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Creating and Sending Text Messages Your phone supports Text Messages, simple messages containing text, which can be sent to other mobile phones, or to an Email address (also known as SMS). Note: This procedure uses the QWERTY keyboard and command keys. Rotate the phone and slide it open to access the QWERTY keyboard. 1. From the Home screen, press the Message ➔ New Message. - or - Left Soft Key From the Home screen, press the Key. New Message 2. At the NEW TEXT MSG screen, enter up to 20 recipients in the To: fields: • Press the Right Soft Key Add to select recipients From Contacts, Recent Calls, Favorites, or Groups. 72 • Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter a recipient's phone number, contact name, or Email address. As you enter text, matching contacts display in a list. Use the Directional Keys to highlight a contact, then press the Center Select Key OK. While entering recipients into the To: field, press the Left Soft Key to switch between Abc, ABC and Symbols text entry modes, or choose Domain Extensions. 3. Use the Directional Keys to move to the Text: field to compose your message. For more information about entering text, see "Entering Text" on page 61. 4. While entering text, press the Right Soft Key Options for options (available options depend on the recipient list and text already entered): • Attach: Add media or content to the message to convert it to Multimedia (MMS). For more information about creating and sending Multimedia messages, see "Creating and Sending Multimedia Messages" on page 73. • Group Conversation/Individual Message: If you have multiple recipients in the To: field, choose whether recipients can reply with Individual Messages (only to you), or Group Conversation (to entire recipient list). • Save As Draft: Save a copy of the message in Drafts.

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72
Creating and Sending Text Messages
Your phone supports Text Messages, simple messages
containing text, which can be sent to other mobile phones, or
to an Email address (also known as SMS).
Note:
This procedure uses the QWERTY keyboard and
command keys. Rotate the phone and slide it open to
access the QWERTY keyboard.
1.
From the Home screen, press the
Left Soft Key
Message
New Message
.
– or –
From the Home screen, press the
New Message
Key
.
2.
At the
NEW TEXT MSG
screen, enter up to 20 recipients
in the
To:
fields:
Press the
Right Soft Key
Add
to select recipients
From Contacts
,
Recent Calls
,
Favorites
, or
Groups
.
Use the QWERTY keyboard to enter a recipient’s phone
number, contact name, or Email address. As you enter text,
matching contacts display in a list. Use the
Directional Keys
to
highlight a contact, then press the
Center Select Key
OK
.
While entering recipients into the
To:
field, press the
Left Soft
Key
to switch between
Abc
,
ABC
and
Symbols
text entry
modes, or choose
Domain Extensions
.
3.
Use the
Directional Keys
to move to the
Text:
field to compose your message. For more information
about entering text, see
“Entering Text”
on page 61.
4.
While entering text, press the
Right Soft Key
Options
for options (available options depend on the
recipient list and text already entered):
• Attach
: Add media or content to the message to convert it to
Multimedia (MMS). For more information about creating and
sending Multimedia messages, see
“Creating and Sending
Multimedia Messages”
on page 73.
Group Conversation/Individual Message
: If you have multiple
recipients in the To: field, choose whether recipients can reply
with
Individual Messages
(only to you), or
Group
Conversation
(to entire recipient list).
• Save As Draft
: Save a copy of the message in Drafts.