Nokia 5185i - Creating a text message

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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:

Write a new, blank message

Reply to a received message (see ‘Replying to a
message’ on page 52)

Resend a message (see ‘Resending a message’ on
page 59)

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?

Yes - Scroll to Text. Press Select. Go to the next step.

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:

To address your message, scroll to Add e-mail or
Add number, then press Select. See ‘Addressing a
text message’ on page 53.

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:

Address it (page 53) then send it (page 58) OR...

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.

If you just received the message and the Start
screen is currently displayed, press Read.

If the message is in the Inbox folder, press Menu 2 1 2.

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:

Address it (page 53) then send it (page 58). OR...

Save it to the Outbox (press Options, scroll to Save,
then press Select), then address it and send it later.

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