Messages - Samsung Galaxy Tab S User Manual

Messages

Learn how to send and receive
different messages using the
default Messages app on your
device.
Types of Messages
Your default Messages app provides the following
message types:
•
Text Messages (SMS)
•
Multimedia Messages (MMS)
The Short Message Service (SMS) lets you send
and receive text messages to and from other mobile
devices or email addresses. To use this feature, you
may need to subscribe to your service provider's
message service.
The Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) lets you
send and receive multimedia messages (such as
picture, video, and audio messages) to and from
other mobile devices or email addresses. To use
this feature, you may need to subscribe to your
service provider's multimedia message service.
Message icons are displayed at the top of the
screen and indicate when messages are received
and their type.
Applications
Creating and Sending Messages
This section describes how to create a send a
message using the Messages app.
1. From a Home screen, tap
Messages >
2. Tap the Enter recipients field to manually enter
a recipient or tap
recipient from your Contacts. You can also select
the recipient based on Groups, Favorites, or
Logs.
3. If adding a recipient from your Contacts, tap the
contact to place a check mark then tap Done.
The contact will be placed in the recipient field.
4. Enter additional recipients by separating each
entry with a semicolon (;) and then using the
previous procedure. More recipients can be
added at any time before the message is sent.
For the Group option, if the number of recipients
is less than 10, all members in the group will be
added. You will need to delete any unnecessary
members in the list by selecting the trash can
icon and deleting unwanted entries.
5. Tap the Enter message field and use the
onscreen keypad to enter a message. For more
information, please see
6. Tap Add emoticons to choose an available
emoticon from an onscreen list and then add
it into your message (at the cursor location) if
desired.
7. Review your message and tap
Note: If you exit a message before you send it, the
message is automatically saved as a draft.
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Apps >
Compose.
Add Recipient to select a
Entering Text.
Send.
Messages