Kyocera K342 manual If you cannot send messages, Understanding appended messages

To create a signature:

1.Select Menu → Settings → Messaging → Signature.

2.Enter your signature in the text field.

3.Select OK to save the setting.

Note: The characters in the signature are included in the total character count of the message. See the note under step 5 in “Creating a text message” on page 23.

If you cannot send messages

You may not be able to send or receive messages if your phone’s memory is nearly full, or if digital service is not available at the time. To free up memory, erase old messages. See “Erasing messages” on page 27.

Understanding appended messages.

characters	capitalization setting
remaining		text entry mode

text entry fields

If you go over the character limit for a single message, the phone may automatically append an empty segment to your message to make space.

Note: Not available on all phones. Check with your service provider.

Important: Your service provider will charge you for each message segment.

When you start a message, the maximum character limit appears once you are in the message entry field. This number counts down as you enter characters, until it reaches 0.

If you continue to enter text after this counter reaches 0, a message segment may be appended. When you reach the message size limit, you are prompted to edit the message or alerted that the message is being appended.

Note: Does not apply to all phones. Check with your service provider for information.

Receiving incoming calls while creating messages

•If you don’t wish to answer the call, press to select Ignore. The phone returns to the message screen.

•To answer the call, press . The message you were working on is saved to the Drafts folder.

To return to the message, select

Menu → Messages → Drafts. Highlight the

message and press . Press to select Resume.

Viewing your sent messages

To save your outgoing messages, you must first enable Save to Sent.

1.Select Menu → Messages → Msg Settings → Save to Sent.

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