Samsung SGH-X480 Manual page 40

Messages
phone returns to the Text messages menu
screen.
4. If you select a save option, select the memory
location by pressing the Up and Down keys and
press the OK soft key or the
5. Enter a destination number and press the OK
soft key or the key.
The message is sent.
Note: If the phone fails to send the message, it will
ask you if you want to retry. Press the OK soft
key or the key to confirm. Otherwise, press
the Exit soft key to return to the Create
screen.
Creating a text message using options
1. Create a message.
2. Press the Options soft key or the
3. Select one of the following options by using the
Up and Down keys and pressing the Select soft
key or the key:
• Text formatting: allows you to format the
style of the text.
For the Size attribute, Small, Normal and
Large, and sizes are available.
For the Bold, Italic, Underline, and
Strikethrough attributes, select On or Off.
These attributes can be combined.
• Add content: 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
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key.
key.
from the various factory-set items or items
received from other sources, such as the
Internet or other phones.
Note: When you add media items to a message,
the number of characters you are allowed
to enter decrease.
• Add templates: allows you to apply one of
the preset message templates to the text.
Select one of 5 items stored in the Templates
menu (Menu 5.1.4). For further details, see
page 80.
• Add Emoticon: allows you to add the preset
emoticons to the text. For further details, see
page 81.
• Add from phonebook: allows you to add a
Phonebook entry to your message. Select one
from the list.
• Add from bookmarks: allows you to add a
Web page's address stored in your Bookmarks
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 75.
Create a long text message
When you write a text message, the phone
automatically splits it into several messages if your
message exceeds the maximum number of
characters allowed for sending. The number of split
messages to be sent is shown each time your
message is split. Depending on your service
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