Creating And Sending Text Messages - AT&T Link User Manual

Entering text
You can enter text with multi-tap, predictive, numeric or symbol.
Useful keys
l
Display symbols
w
Adding space
Press to change capital mode
Press to change ab Ab AB and press to change from multi
to predictive to Number
Multi-tap dbc (all small caps / first letter caps
m
/ all caps)
Predictive gef (all small caps / first letter
caps / all caps)
Number a
For details on using QWERTY keypad, see page 18.
Predictive mode
The predictive mode automatically compares your keystrokes
with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the correct
word. It will display the most commonly used word first. To save a
word not listed in phone' s dictionary, press Options > Predictive
Settings Selection List > On.
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1. Press m to change the mode to predictive.
2. Press A to * to input text.
For example, to write 'hello' press H 1 I and press D
4 times.
Alphabet input mode
1. Press m to change the mode as multi-tap.
2. Press A to * to input text repeatedly.
Numeric mode
You can input numbers in this mode.
1. Press m to change the mode to 123.
2. Press 1 to 9 and 0 to input numbers.
Symbol mode
You can input symbols.
1. Press l to view the symbols.
2. Press U/D/L/R to select symbol and press Insert.
Receiving messages
Viewing a new message
1. Press View.
Reading a message from the inbox
1. Press Menu > Messaging > Conversations.
2. Select a received message > Open > View.
Saving the contact information from a received
message
1. Select a received message > View.
2. Press Options > Save.
3. Select New Contact or Update Contact.
Saving the object in a received multimedia message
1. Open the multimedia message.
2. Select an object.
Options Use > Save.
3. Press >
It will be saved in one of the categories in the My Stuff folder.
For details on photo album, see page 44.
Listening to voice message
1. Press and hold 1 or press Menu > Messaging > Voice
Mail.
It will automatically call the voice mail center.
Loading URL using Push message
1. Press Menu > Messaging > Conversations > Open.
2. Press Options > Load URL.
Saving connection settings using configuration message
1. Press Menu > Messaging > Conversations > Open.
2. Press Options > Install.

Creating and sending text messages

Sending a new text message
1. Press U or press Menu > Messaging > Create Message.
2. Enter the message.
3. To save the message as draft, press Options > Save to
Drafts.
Send to
4. Press and select the person to send message and
press Select.
5. Press Send.
6. To view sent message, press Menu > Messaging >
Conversations, select a recipient > Open > View.
note: All successfully sent messages will be saved in
Conversations while
the messages that failed to be sent will be saved in the Outbox.
Finding all sent messages
1. Press Menu > Messaging > Conversations.
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