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Using SMS TextMessaging
With SMS TextMessaging, you can use other people’s phone
numbers to send instanttext messages from your phone to
their messaging-ready phones – and they can send messages
to you.
In addition, SMS TextMessaging includes a variety of preset
messages, such as “Can’ttalk right now. Send me a message.”
thatmake composing messages fast and easy. (See page 64
for details.) You can also customize your own presetmessages
(up to 50 characters) from your phone.

Composing SMS TextMessages

To compose an SMS Textmessage:
1. Select >Messaging > Send Message>Textand selec t
the entry method you prefer:
nContactsto select a recipient from your internal
Contacts. (Qualifying Contacts entries mustcontain
aphone number or an email address.)
nPhone#to use the keypad to enter the phone
number of the person to whom you wish to send a
message.
nEmailto enter the recipient’s email address.
2. Press to save the recipient. (You may include up to 25
recipients per message.)
3. SelectNext (left softkey) when you have finished
selecting and entering recipients.
Tip: You can also selectOthers(right softkey) to select recipients
from a list.
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