6-4
Sending messages
The short message in the editor resembles a post-
card. A character counter indicating the number
of characters typed and number still available (see
Figure 6-1) appears at the top of the editor.
In a received SMS message, the time and date
the message was sent are shown below the
sender’s name or number. When the message is
ready to be sent, press
Recipient
. The Short
Message directory opens. .
SMS directory
The SMS directory contains all the contacts in
the Contacts directory, but the names of con-
tacts who have no Tel(GSM) number are dimmed
and cannot be selected. To edit stored contact
information and add a Tel(GSM) number, switch
to the Contacts application.
To select a recipient (three options):
1. Select a contact from the SMS directory by
scrolling or searching and press
Select
. The
contact must have a phone number in the Tel
(GSM) contact card field.
or
2. Enter the phone number manually. Press
Enter
number
to display the sending view. Enter the
destination number.
or
3. Press
Recent numbers
to see a list of recent
short message numbers (sent and received).
Scroll down to a contact and press
Select
.
You may use multi-select (Ctrl+space bar) to send
a message to more than one person at once, see
Chapter 2 "Getting started: Special features -
Multi-select function" on page 2-13.
Once your recipient is entered, press
Send
.
Note:
In the Recent numbers view,
Clear both
lists
deletes all information from the lists.
When you open one of the lists and select
a contact,
Copy number
copies the GSM
number to a clipboard where it can be
copied to documents by pressing Ctrl+V.
When the message is ready to be sent, press
Send
.
If the message is longer than 160 characters, it
will be sent as two or more short messages.
The message goes to the Document outbox that
sends the message as soon as possible (see Chap-
ter 12 ”Document outbox” on page 12-1).
To adjust the sending options for the current
message, press
Send options
. Press
Change
to
set a new value for the current message. The
send options (Reply via same SMSC, Validity
period, Message conversion and Request delivery
report) are the same as the SMS settings, see
”SMS settings” on page 6-2.
To send previously created documents:
•
Go to the SMS application main view.
‚
Select the Own texts folder, and press
Open
.
The display will show all of the documents in
the Own texts folder.
ƒ
Select
Open
to open a document or a folder.
You may edit the note freely.
„
When the message is ready to be sent, press
Recipient
. The SMS directory will open.
…
You may
Select
your recipient from the SMS
directory, enter the number manually (press
Enter number
), or view the numbers avail-
able from the
Recent numbers
lists.
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After having selected the recipient, press
Send
.
To forward a received message:
•
Select the Received messages folder and
press
Open
.
‚
Select a message and press
Open
. With the
message opened, press
Menu
and select the
Forward option.
ƒ
When the message is ready to be sent, press
Recipient
. The SMS directory will open.
„
You may
Select
your recipient from the SMS
directory, enter the number manually (press
Enter number
), or view the numbers avail-
able from the
Recent numbers
lists.
‚
Once your recipient is entered, press
Send
.
To reply to a received message:
•
Select the Received messages folder and
press
Open
.
‚
Select a document and press
Open
, then
Reply
.
ƒ
When the message is ready, press
Send
.
