Cell Phone User's Guide

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Creating and Sending Messages
When you reply to a message you received, some
of the fields in your reply message are filled in
automatically:
•To — the phone number or email address of the
sender of the message you are replying to. If
you are sending a reply to all, some recipients
may be in this field.
•Mesg — the first 40 characters of the message
you are replying to. Text you add to the body of
your message appears above this.
•Subject — “Re:” followed by the subject line of
the message you are replying to, if any.
•Cc — If you are sending a reply to all, some
recipients may be in this field.
To reply to a message:
1 View the message you want to reply to. -or-
If you have already viewed the message, scroll
to it.
2 To reply to the sender only, press A under
Reply. -or-
To reply to the sender and all recipients: Press
m. Select Reply All.
3 A list of short phrases is displayed. Select any of
these phrases to add it to the body of your
messages. -or-
Select [Create Reply] to begin the body of your
message without using any of these phrases.
4 Edit any message fields you want to change.
5 Send the message.
Tip: To create new reply phrases to use in later
reply message, see “Customizing MMS” on
page 77.
More Ways to Begin a Message
In addition to beginning a message from the
message center, you can begin a message from
Contacts, the recent calls list, or the idle screen.
From Contacts
1 From the Contacts list, scroll to the entry
containing the phone number or email address
you want to send the message to.
2 Scroll left or right to view the Contacts types until
you see the icon for the phone number or email
address you want to send a message to.
3 Press A under Create. -or-
If Create is not one of your options: Press m.
Select Create Mesg.
4 Create and send the message. The message is
automatically addressed to the phone number or
email address you chose.