Motorola Talkabout T900 User Manual page 8

Specifying an Address Not in Your Address Book
From the Send Message menu, press y or z to highlight
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E and press {.
Select Address
Press y or z to highlight the desired address type and press {.
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Type the desired address in the field provided and press {.
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Composing a Message
Your TalkAbout T900 Personal Interactive Communicator has a keyboard that
allows you to quickly type and send your message. For information on Alt-mode
keys and Symbols, see "ALT-mode Functions" on page 8. To compose and send a
message, proceed as follows.
From the Send Message menu, press y or z to highlight 6
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and press {.
Message
After you finish composing the message, press {.
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Note: Press ~ { to insert a carriage return.
Previewing and Reading Messages
• When you receive a personal or information service message, the
Status screen displays and the communicator (PIC) alerts according to the
MailBox or News/Info Alert setting. A flashing E or j displays on the
Main menu indicating which type of message has been received.
• To stop the alert, press the side button or open the flip. The d on the
Standby screen and E or j on the Main menu flash until you have read
all received Mailbox or News/Info service messages.
• If reminder alerts were preset, the communicator (PIC) periodically alerts
to remind you of any unread Mailbox messages.
Previewing Messages
From the Main menu, press y or z to highlight E or j and press { to
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display a list of the first 4 messages.
If you have more than 4 messages, use y or z to highlight the desired
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message listing.
9 displays to the left of messages you previously viewed and read.
\ displays when a reply was successful.
x
displays when a reply was unsuccessful.
^ displays to the left of any unread MailBox message with custom reply
choices attached.
Once you have selected an addressee and composed a message, you can send it.
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Mailbox
The MailBox allows you to read, save, respond, forward, and delete messages.
It provides a transmission status log for messages sent and acts as a holding
area for unsent messages, which are categorized into the following types:
Write
Q
\
Q
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2 5
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Note: If preset, the time and date the message was received displays as the last
line of each message.
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Note: At any time, while previewing or reading a message, press U to
access the Message Options menu with 7
to Message
and J
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Sending a Message
From the Send Message menu, press y or z to highlight
T and press {.
Send Message
MESSAGE TRANSMITTING
displays to inform you that your message
was sent to the selected addressee.
Sending in Progress (Flashing)
Sent Successfully
Message in Queue
x
Send Message Failed
Reading Messages
To read a message, (while previewing) press y or z to highlight the desired
message and press {.
Press y or z to scroll through the text of a message or press { to page
through the message.
At the end of the message, a highlighted menu bar is displayed. Press {
to reply, forward, move, or delete the message, or press H to return to the
Message Preview screen.
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Forward Message
Delete Message
options.
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Next Message Reply
, D
Move to Folder
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