Writing and sending a text or picture message
1. Press
Menu
in standby mode, and select
Messages
,
Text messages
and
Create
message
. OR: Press in standby mode.
2. Key in the message, see
Writing text
on page
43
.
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©
2003 Nokia. All rights reserved.
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At the top the display, you can see the message length indicator counting
backwards from 160. For example, 10/2 means that you can still add 10
characters for the text to be sent as two messages.
Using special (Unicode) characters such as ë or á takes up more space. If there
are special characters in your message, the indicator may not show the
message length correctly.
• To insert a picture into the message, press
Options
and select
Insert picture
.
The list of folders in the
Gallery
is shown, see page
106
. Scroll to the desired
picture, press
Options
and select
Insert
.
The picture is indicated by the
indicator on the top of the message. To
view the text and picture together, press
Options
and select
Preview
. To
change the picture or delete it from the message, press
Options
and select
the desired function.
• To use a text template as a base for the new message, press
Options
and
select
Use template
. The list of templates in the
Templates
folder is shown.
Scroll to the desired template, press
Options
and select
Insert
.
See also
Templates
in
Folders for text and picture messages
on page
61
.
• To insert a phone number from the phone book, press
Options
and select
Insert number
. Press
Search
or
and search for the number in the phone
book.
• To insert a name from the phone book, press
Options
and select
Insert
contact
and the desired name. To insert a number or text item saved with
the name, press
Options
and select
View details
and the desired number or
text item.
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nctions
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©
2003 Nokia. All rights reserved.
• To save the message in the
Archive
or
Templates
folder or in a folder that
you have created inside the
My folders
folder, press
Options
and select
Save
message
.
3. To send the message, press
Send
or
, key in the recipient’s phone number
or search for it in the phone book, and press
OK
.
Alternatively: Press
Options
and select
Sending options
. Select
•
Send to many
to send the message to several recipients. Scroll to the first
recipient and press
Send
. Repeat this for each recipient. When you have
sent the message to everyone you want, press
Done
.
•
Send to list
to send the message using a distribution list. See
Distribution
lists
on page
74
.
•
Sending profile
to send the message using the settings that you have
defined earlier. For more information, see
Message settings
on page
71
.
The sent message is saved in the
Sent items
folder. For information about different
folders for text and picture messages, see page
61
.
Note: When sending messages, your phone may display the words
Message sent
.
This is an indication that the message has been sent by your phone to the message
centre number programmed into your phone. This is not an indication that the
message has been received at the intended destination. For more details about
SMS services, check with your service provider.