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MESSAGES/TEXT EDITING
his section describes the contents of the Messages menu and contains full information on the
T
Short Message Service (SMS). Other types of messages can be sent and received via your
mobile. SMS allows you to send or receive text messages to or from other mobile phones. You
can store, edit and forward messages as well as save any of the numbers, mail addresses, and
website addresses they may contain.
These SMS are stored on the phone memory; they may also be stored in the SIM card if they
are sent by a service provider. You can access the Messages menu by pressing and holding
the Mail softkey from the idle screen.
This chapter mainly deals with the SMS and Broadcast message types. Please refer to the i-mode
section (page 71) for full information on Mail and MMS.
Contents of the Messages menu
The Messages menu includes the message types that are available on your mobile: SMS, Mail/
MMS. To select one of these message types:
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select
Messages
2
Select
SMS
or Mail/MMS.
A number is displayed on the SMS and Mail/MMS lines. It indicates the number of unread
received messages in the corresponding Inbox folder.
or
1
From the idle screen, press and hold the [Left] softkey (underneath Mail).
2
Select
SMS
or Mail/MMS.
A number is displayed on the SMS and Mail/MMS lines. It indicates the number of unread
received messages in the corresponding Inbox folder.
Accessing the SMS menu
You can access the SMS menu in three ways. This chapter describes the SMS sub-menu and
features via the [Menu] key, but you can use any of the following paths to access this sub-menu.
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select
Messages
2
Select SMS.
or
1
From the idle screen, press and hold the [Left] softkey (underneath Mail).
2
Select SMS.
or
1
From the idle screen, press the [Right] softkey (underneath i-mode).
2
Select SMS.
Reading a received SMS message
When the phone receives an SMS,
is displayed. The message is automatically stored in the
phone or in the SIM card. A flashing
indicates that the SIM or the phone memory are full and
cannot store any further messages. Delete messages to allow new messages to be delivered.
1
Press
Read
to read new messages (from the idle screen only).
2
Press on the [Menu] key to View, Reply,
as
mail,
Move to
SIM,
Numbers & addresses
the SMS header or text, or store the mail or web address contained in the message text. All
the message characters that are displayed between inverted commas can also be stored on
your mobile).
1. According to the selected item, a further options list may be available. Press on the [Menu] key to access this
Option menu.
2. If you select a melody as a new SMS alert (please see "Melodies", page 57), press the [OK] key to
acknowledge receipt of the new incoming SMS and to stop the melody.
Preparing the phone to send SMS messages
Before sending your first SMS or if you want to register a new profile, the network SMS
centre number (obtainable from your service provider) must be stored:
FIELDS
FUNCTION
Name
To enter the profile name.
Message centre
To enter the centre number.
Format
To set the message format: text, voice, fax or paging.
Validity period
To set the message remains at the message centre until
delivered.
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select Messages.
2
Select SMS.
3
Select Settings.
4
Select
Sending
profile.
Enter the message centre number or select a template (if several available) then enter the
5
following fields (operator dependent).
You may not be allowed to change your sending profile (format and validity period). Please contact your service
provider for further details.
6
Select
Save
to validate.
The SMS centre number may already be available in your SIM card and may be automatically
displayed.
If you want to select a Sending profile for your message:
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select Messages.
2
Select SMS.
3
Select Settings.
4
Select
Sending profile
and select the profile you want to use. Press the [Menu] key.
5
Select Select.
Entering text / Edit mode
All the settings described in this part have to be done from an edit screen.
Some features and functions (storing names in the Phone book, typing SMS text messages,
writing a mail, Tools, Settings,...) require you to know how to enter and edit text in the display, to
insert special characters or i-mode pictographs, to copy and paste text, etc.
Four edit modes are available. They are indicated on the left-hand side of the screen by
lower case mode, by
for upper case mode, by
typed character is an upper case then the others are lower cases) and by
Text and figures and alphabet characters can then be entered or edited directly from the keypad.
To switch from one mode to another:
1
Press on the [Menu] key
2
Select
Lowercase
if the current mode is upper case mode or select
mode is lower case.
When in lower case, in T9 or Multi-tap mode, the Next character toggle mode is automatically set when
required, according to the context (i.e. after a full stop or after ? or ! followed by a space for instance).
There are three input modes to enter text or figures: the Multi-tap (or Multipress) key method,
the quicker intuitive method called T9 text input and the Numeric mode (for numbers).
To select an edit mode
1
Press
T9
([Left] softkey) to swap modes (T9 to Multi-tap/Multi-tap to T9).
or:
1
Press on the [Menu] key
.
2
Select
Input
mode.
3
Select T9,
Multi-tap
or Numeric.
.
.
Reply
(+text), Delete,
Delete
all, Forward,
(to store or call the number(s) contained in
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Messages
DEFAULT
Profile1
Empty
Text
Maximum
for next character toggle mode (the first
for numeric mode.
Uppercase
if the current
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Messages
Reading stored SMS messages
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select Messages.
2
Select SMS.
3
Select
Inbox
Use the arrow key to scroll up and down and access the message you want to read.
4
Select
OK
or Press on the [Menu]
Unread messages are indicated by the
read are indicated by
Moving messages to SIM
It is possible to move a message from the Inbox, the Outbox or the Draft folder to the SIM
memory. However, according to the message size, the message may be truncated (the 160 first
characters only are moved to the SIM memory). The sending date (for sent messages) and the
'Copy to' addressees are lost when moving the message to the SIM memory.
To move a message to the SIM memory:
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select Messages.
2
Select SMS.
3
Select
Inbox
4
Choose the message to be moved and Press the [Menu] key.
5
Select
Move to
Forwarding messages
You can forward a received message to other people/number(s):
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select Messages.
2
Select SMS.
3
Select
Inbox
4
Select the message to be forwarded and Press on the [Menu] key.
5
Select Forward.
6
Press OK. Select the
list Press on the [Menu] key then
another mobile number. Press
7
In the
Text
field enter the message text (see "Entering text / Edit mode", page 26) or select
one of the models (Models) and press OK.
8
If you want to send the message to several addressees, enter one or several phone numbers/
names in the
previous screen.
9
Press the [Menu] key.
10
Select Send,
11
A warning message displays the number of SMS needed to send the message if it is more
than one. Select
to send it or if you want to amend your message.
Activating or deactivating the message alert tone
Each time a message is received, a new SMS alert tone sounds. To activate or deactivate this tone:
1
Press the [Menu] key. Select Messages.
Send
2
Select SMS.
3
Select Settings.
4
Select
Reception
Select
Ringtone
5
notes
folders, or select the
7
Select
Save
to store your setting.
You can personalise the Message alert tone (please see "Melodies", page 57).
When in T9 mode,
current mode. When in Multi-tap mode,
indicate that Multi-tap is the current mode.
The multi-tap/multipress method
A brief press on a key displays the first character associated with the key and shows the other
available characters at the top of the display. Here is the list of the available characters
(the available characters list is language dependent):
KEY
CHARACTER
Lower case
., - ' @ : ?/_1
a b c 2
d e f 3
g h i 4
j k l 5
m n o 6
p q r s 7
t u v 8
w x y z 9
0
Swaps between the Upper case, Lower case and Numeric edit modes.
Short press: enters a space.
Long press: accesses special characters.
Short press: moves the cursor one position to the left or to the right. Long press:
moves the cursor to the text beginning or end.
Moves the cursor to up or down.
Swaps between the Multitap/Multipress method and the T9 text input.
Short press: corrects mistakes.
Long press: deletes all the text.
To enter text, press the key with the required character until it appears in the display. Holding
the key displays the number corresponding to the key. If you need to use two characters from
the same key, wait for a moment after entering the first character (until the key character
required is added on the screen) or press the [Right arrow] key before pressing the key again.
for
Using the multi-tap method
Example To type Card:
Press the [Menu] key and select
Select SMS.
Select Write new.
Fill in the To field (see "Sending a new SMS message", page 30).
In the Text field, press Abc ([Left] softkey) until
[Menu] key, then select Input mode and choose Multi-tap.
Press
Press
Press
Press
or
SIM archive
then select
Received messages
key/View
to read the message text.
icon + bold text. Messages that have already been
.
or Outbox.
SIM.
or
SIM archive/Received
messages.
To
field and select one of the displayed names, or in the Phone book
New
or
Other folder
if you want to send your message to
OK
to validate.
Copy to
list (up to 4 more addressees) and press
Send without storing
or Store.
Go on
if you want to send the message or select
alert. Select
On
or Off.
then select one of the available files from the Melodies,
Default
beep.
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Messages
is displayed on the upper part of the display to indicate that T9 is the
is displayed on the upper part of the display to
Upper case
., - ' @ : ?/_1
A B C 2
D E F 3
G H I 4
JK L 5
M N O 6
P Q R S 7
T U V 8
W X Y Z 9
0
.
Messages
briefly three times: C is displayed.
once, a is displayed.
three times: r is displayed.
once: d is displayed. The word Card is now displayed.
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Messages
to display the message list.
OK
then
Valid
to return to the
Cancel
if you do not want
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