Nokia 8210 - Writing and sending a text message

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Writing and sending a text message

Within the

Write messages

menu you can write and edit text

messages of up to 160 characters. You have two methods of writing
messages:

• the method used traditionally in mobile phones, indicated by

, and

• another called “predictive text input”, indicated by

.

1. In the

Messages

menu, scroll to

Write messages

and press

Select.

2. Key in a message.

You can use the traditional text input, described in ‘Storing a
phone number with a name’, on page 24.

Alternatively, use the predictive text input. See the following
section, ‘Predictive text input’.

3. Press Options to display the following functions

Send

to send the message.

Dictionary

to set the predictive text input on and select the

language.

Send by set

to send the message to a preselected set - see

below.

Save

to save the message in the

Outbox

for use at a later

time.

Clear screen

to remove all the characters that you have keyed

in from the display.

4. To send the message, select

Send

and press OK.

5. Enter the recipient’s phone number, or

recall the phone number from phone book by pressing Search.
Find the desired number and press OK.

6. Press OK to send the message.

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