Alcatel OneTouch 983 Smart Manual page 24

Sending a text message
Enter the mobile phone number of the recipient in the To bar or touch
to add numbers from your Contacts, then touch the Type to compose
bar to enter the text of the message. When finished, touch Send to send
the text message.
An SMS message of more than 160 characters will be charged as several
SMS. When the total number of characters you have entered is approaching
the 160-character limit, a counter will appear on the lower right corner
below Send option of the text box to remind you how many characters
are allowed to be entered in one message.
Specific letters (accent) will increase the size of the SMS, which may
cause multiple SMS to be sent to your recipient.
Sending a multimedia message
MMS enables you to send video clips, images, photos, animations, slides and
sounds to other compatible mobiles and e-mail addresses.
An SMS will be converted to MMS automatically when media files (image,
video, audio, slides, etc.) are attached or subject or email addresses are
added.
To send a multimedia message, enter the recipient's phone number in the
To bar, touch Type to compose bar to enter the text of the message.
Press the Menu key to open the option menu, touch Add subject to
insert a subject, and touch Attach to attach picture, video, audio or slide.
When finished, touch Send MMS to send the multimedia message.
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Attach options:
• Pictures Access Gallery application or File manager to
select a picture as attachment.
• Capture picture Access Camera to capture a new picture for
attaching.
• Videos Access Gallery application or File manager to
select a video as attachment.
• Capture video
Access Camcorder to record a new video for
attaching.
• Audio Access to select an audio file as attachment.
• Record audio Enter voice message recorder to record a voice
message for attaching.
• Contact Access Contacts to attach a vCard of a contact.
• Appointment Access Calendar to attach an appointment.
• Slideshow Enter Edit slide show screen, touch Add slide to
create a new slide, and touch currently existing
slide to edit it (see following picture). Press the
Menu key to get more actions, like setting the
slide duration, adding music, etc.
Touch to go to previous or next slide.
Touch to preview the current slide.
Touch to edit the title of this slide.
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