Samsung SGH-P716 User Manual page 38

Creating a Simple Text Message
1. Create your message.
Note: For further details about entering characters, see page 43.
2. When you finish entering the message, press the Options
soft key. The following options are available:
• Send Only: allows you to send the message. The
message is deleted after sending.
• Save and Send: allows you to save a copy of the
message and then send the message. You can read the
message in your Outbox.
• Save Only: allows you to save the message so that it
can be sent later. You can read the message in your
Outbox.
• For further details about Text Formatting, Add
Objects, Add Templates, Add Phonebook, Add
Bookmark and Language options, see page 67.
3. Select Send Only or Save and Send, and press the
Select soft key.
If you want to just save the message, select Save Only.
After saving the message, the phone returns to the Text
Messages menu.
4. If you select a save option, choose the memory location
and press the OK soft key.
5. Enter a destination number and press the OK soft key.
The message is sent.
Note: When the phone fails to send the message, it will ask you if you
want to retry. Press the OK soft key to confirm. Otherwise,
press the Exit soft key to return to the Write New screen.
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Creating a Message Using the Options
1. Create a message.
2. Press the Options soft key.
3. Select one of the following options by using the Up and
Down keys and pressing the Select soft key:
• Text Formatting: allows you to format the style of the
text.
For the Size attribute, Normal, Large and Small sizes
are available. For the Underline and Strikethrough
attributes, select On or Off.
These attributes can be combined.
• Add Objects: allows you to add a sound, melody,
picture or animated image to the message. Select the
category of the object to be added. In each category,
you can select from the various factory-set items or
choose an item received from other sources, such as the
Internet or other phones.
• Add Templates: allows you to apply one of the preset
message templates to the text. Select one of nine
messages stored in the Templates menu (Menu
1.1.4). For further details, see page 70.
• Add Phonebook: allows you to add a Phonebook entry
to your message. Select one from the list.
• Add Bookmark: allows you to add a web page's
address stored in your Bookmark list. Select one from
the list.
• Language: allows you to change the language to be
used in T9 input mode. Select the language you want to
use.
4. Complete the message, and send or save it by following
the procedure from step 2 on page 66.
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