Managing Messages; Message Settings - Samsung Galaxy S III User Manual

Managing Messages

Messages that you send and receive to the same contact,
number, or address are grouped together as a
"conversation." Threads allow you to see all the messages
you exchanged with a recipient in one place.
1. From the Home screen, touch
2. Message threads display by contact, number, or
address. While viewing message threads, you have
these options:
3. Touch and hold a thread to choose options, including:
• View Contact / Add to Contacts: View the contact record, or
save the sender/recipient's information.
• Delete thread: Erase the entire message thread.
• Register number as spam: Lists this phone number as a
spam number and sends future messages from this number to
the Spam mesasges folder.
4. Touch Menu for options, including:
• Search: Enter characters to search messages and recipients.
• Delete threads: Touch message threads to mark them for
erasure, or touch Select all to mark all message threads.
• Draft messages: Displays a list of drafted messages.
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• Locked messages: Displays list of messages that
were locked.
• Spam messages: Displays a list of spam messages.
• Settings: Configure Messaging settings.

Message Settings

Configure settings for message storage, delivery, or alerts.
1. From the Home screen, touch
2. Touch Menu, and touch Settings for options:
Display:
• Bubble style: Choose the appearance of messages in a
message thread. Touch a bubble style for each side of the
conversation, then touch Save.
• Background style: Choose the appearance of the screen
behind message threads. Touch a style, then touch Save.
• Use the volume key: When enabled, you can change the size
of message text while viewing by pressing the Volume Key.
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