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Viewing a Message

There are several ways to view a text message.

1.Do one of the following to open a message:

■From a notification, select View.

■From the Today screen, select the Messaging status field, and then select the message you want to view.

■From the Today screen, press Messaging (left softkey) and then select the message you want to view.

■Press Start , select Programs, select Messaging , and then select the message you want to view.

2.(Optional) After you open the message, press Menu (right softkey) and select an item to reply to the sender, reply to everyone sent the message, forward the message, call the sender, or add the sender’s information to Contacts.

3.Press OK .

Using Messaging to Chat

When you exchange more than one message with a single contact, the messages you exchange with that person are grouped into a chat session. When you select a chat session from your message list, the upper part of the screen displays all the messages you’ve exchanged with this contact, and the lower part provides a text entry area.

1.From your Messaging Inbox folder, do one of the following:

■Start a new chat: Select a message and reply to it.

■Continue an existing chat: Select a message with the chat icon.

2.Enter your message.

3.Press Send (left softkey).

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