Creating And Sending New Text Messages; Creating And Sending New Multimedia Messages; Reading New Messages; Using Message Options - Alcatel 510A User Manual

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Customers may choose not to receive Immi-
nent Threat and AMBER Alerts. Alerts issued
by the President can not be disabled. To
disable Imminent Threat and AMBER Alerts,
follow the instructions below:
Enabling/Disabling Imminent Threat Emer-
gency Alerts
1. From the main menu, select Messaging >
Emergency Alerts > Options > Settings >
Emergency Alert Notification.
2. Choose from All Alerts On, Extreme Alerts
Only, or Presidential Alerts Only.
Enabling/Disabling AMBER Emergency Alerts
3. From the main menu, select Messaging >
Emergency Alerts > Options > Settings >
AMBER Alert Notification.
4. Choose On or Off, select OK.
Templates
Gives you the option to send commonly used
messages to save time. There are two kinds of
template to choose from.
• Text Messages: Choose from a list of
standard SMS messages.
• Multimedia Message: Choose from a list
of standard MMS messages or choose one
of your own.
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Creating and Sending New Text
Messages
1. From the main menu, select Messaging >
New Message.
2. Write a text message. One or more
recipients can be added from the Address
Book, or you can enter a recipient by
pressing the
/
key to enter the
telephone number.
3. Press the
/
key to send the message.
Creating and Sending New
Multimedia Messages
An SMS will be converted to MMS automati-
cally when pictures or sounds are included.
1. From the main menu, select Messaging
> New Message > Options > Switch To
MMS.
2. Write your multimedia message, adding
pictures, sounds. Enter a recipient by
pressing the
/
key to enter the
telephone number.
3. Press the
/
key to send the multimedia
message.
An SMS message of more than a
certain number of characters (the
number of characters depends on your
language) will be charged as several
SMS messages. An MMS message
containing photos and/or sounds may
also be billed as more than one mes-
sage. Specific letters (accented) will
increase the size of the SMS, which
may also cause multiple SMS mes-
sages to be sent to your recipient.

Reading New Messages

1. From the main menu, press Messaging >
Inbox.
2. Highlight an unread message and press the
/
key.
3. Press the Up or Down Navigation key to
scroll through the message screen.
4. When you have finished, press the
to view more messages or the
key to
return to the Home screen.

Using Message Options

When text or multimedia messages are high-
lighted in the Inbox, the following options are
available by pressing the
key.
• View: Allows you to view the message.
• Reply: Allows you to reply to the message.
• Call: Allows you to call the sender of the
message.
• Add To Contacts: Allows you to extract the
number of sender to add to contact list.
• Forward: Allows you to forward this
message to another recipient.
• Delete: Allows you to delete the selected
message.
• Delete All: Allows you to delete all Inbox
messages.
• Move To Archive: Allows you to move
archive the message.
• Mark Several: Allows you to mark several
messages for further operation.
• Copy To SIM/Phone: Allows you to copy
message to the SIM card/Phone.
• Move to SIM/Phone: Allows you to move
message to the SIM card/Phone.
• Copy All: Copy all messages from your
SIM card to the phone or from the phone to
your SIM card.
• Move All: Move all messages from your
SIM card to the phone or from the phone to
your SIM card.
• Details: View details of the message.
While viewing the contents of a single text or
multimedia message, you can access the fol-
lowing options by pressing the
key.
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