Working With SMS Text Messages 53
Creating messagesSMS Message Manager enables you to create short text messages and se nd
them to a GSM mobile phone number or an emai l address. If a message
exceeds 160 characters, SMS Message Ma nager divides the text into
multiple messages. As you create a m essage, the status bar indicates how
many messages will be sent and the total number of c haracters in all the
messages.
To save time while creating messages, you can ins ert predefined text from
a template. Some templates ask you to enter information such as a meeting
time or place. Usi ng a template is simi lar to filling in the blanks on a form
letter instead of writing a letter from scratch. Fortunately, in SMS Message
Manager you can easily combine the template text with your own text to
personalize your message.
You can create a message at any time, but if you send a message when you
are outside a coverage area, your VisorPhone pl aces the message in the
Pending category and se nds it automaticall y when you return to a coverage
area. While a message is in the Pending category , you cannot edit it, but you
can delete it before it is sent.