Nokia 5190 - Cell Phone - GSM User Manual page 30

Write and send a text message
Click the Write Message button
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Message).
Enter your message in the Message field. Observe the character counter above
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the message field.
Enter the first few letters of the recipient's name (as stored in your phone book),
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then click the Check Names button
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Enter the recipient's phone number in the Recipient field.
Click the Send button on the toolbar (or click File, then click Send).
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Work with text messages
To view the messages that you've received, click the Inbox folder in the Messages directory. Once you receive a text message, you
can act on the message in a variety of ways:
Action
Read Double-click the message header in the Inbox to view the message.
Use the Next or Previous buttons (
Reply Click the Reply
Verify that recipient's contact information is correct, then click the Send button.
Forward
Click the Forward
Enter the recipient's name or number, then click the Send button.
Print
While viewing the message, press the Print
Delete
While viewing the message, press the Delete
Copying and moving messages
Your PC's hard drive offers you virtually unlimited storage space for text messages. You can copy messages to the Phone Editor's
PC folder to back up your data. Or you can move messages to the PC folder, making more memory available for other entries.
Click the folder containing the messages you want to copy or move (example: Inbox
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Click the message you wish to copy or move (or hold CTRL, then click to select multiple messages).
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Click the Copy button to copy (or click the Cut button
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Click the folder where you want the messages stored (example: PC folder
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Click the Paste button
to place the selected message in the folder.
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Create a new folder
You can create additional folders on your PC for message storage. Use these custom folders to help you organize your saved text
messages.
Click the PC folder .
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Click Message, then click New Folder
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Type the name for your new folder, then press ENTER to complete the process.
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Saving a messages as a text file
You can also save text messages to your PC as text (.txt) files for use with other programs (example: word processing programs).
While reading a message, select the Save As command from the Message menu.
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