Nokia 3285 User manual

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15 Send and receive mobile
messages
When you have mobile (text) messaging service, you can receive messages
on the screen and send messages to e-mail addresses and phone numbers.
Note: Before you send or receive mobile messages, you may need to
subscribe to the messaging service offered by your service provider.
Some networks may not support mobile messaging.
The message types vary by service provider. Your phone automatically creates
the types of messages supported by your service provider:
•Text: A text message can include text and a call-back number.
•Number only: A number-only message is like a numeric page. A call-
back number (the sender’s phone number) appears on the recipient’s
pager or phone screen.
A message contains both a header and the body. The header may have the
sender’s phone number or e-mail address and the date and time of the
message. If you have a phone book entry that matches the sender’s phone
number, the sender’s name also appears. The body contains the main part
of the message. If you receive a message sent by e-mail, the subject (title)
may appear at the beginning of the message body.
• ABOUT WRITING MESSAGES
Traditional or Predictive Input
You can write text messages with standard input or predictive text input.
•Traditional (multitap) input method: This is the default mode. This
method requires that you press some keys more than once (multitap).
For example, to enter the letter c, you must press three times.
See “Enter characters (except in a phone number field)” on page 20.

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•Predictive text input method: In the predictive text mode, your phone
“guesses” which word you are entering. This mode requires that you
press a key only once for each letter you enter.
Note: To learn more about using Predictive Text when creating
messages, see “Working with predictive text input”
Write a new message
1Press Menu 0 > 1 > 1 > 1 (Messages > Text messages > Write new).
If Text and Number only appear in a list of menu items, scroll to Text,
press Select, and go to the next step.
If these items are not on your menu, proceed to the next step.
2You may address your message or write it first and address it later.
• To address your message, scroll to Add e-mail or Add number,
then press Select.
• To begin writing your message, scroll to Edit message, then press
Select. The terms writing and editing refer to the process of entering
text into a text message.
After you have written your message, you can:
• Address and send it.
• Save the message in the Outbox and address and send it later.
(Press Options, scroll to Save, then press Select).
Enter text into a message
A counter in the top right corner of the screen indicates the number of
remaining characters that you can enter into your message.
Caution: While editing a message, if you accidentally press and hold Clear,
all text within your message will be deleted.
To exit the message editor at any time without saving your text, press
Options, scroll to Exit, then press Select.

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Change the text input method
To switch (toggle) between predictive and traditional text input modes
while you are editing a message, press the Pound key several times
until the icon indicates the mode you want to use. You must activate
predictive text before you will be able to toggle between the two modes.
Tip: If you don’t want to use predictive text input mode at all, deactivate
it. You can reactivate it later.
• WORKING WITH PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT
The predictive text feature is based on a built-in dictionary to which you
can add words. Your phone includes several different language versions of
this dictionary. Although your phone can display a given language on the
screen, it may not have a predictive-text dictionary of that same language.
By default, your phone is set in the traditional text input mode. Before you
can use the predictive text input method, you must first activate the
predictive text mode.
Key Characters Key Characters
1. , @ ’ ? ! -1 7PQRS7
2ABC2 8TUV8
3DEF3 9WXYZ9
4GHI4 0Enters an empty space or 0
5JKL5 *Special characters
6MNO6 #Changes letter case; long press toggles
between ABC/abc &123 mode

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Activate predictive text mode
Predictive text mode is active when the predictive text icon ( ) is
present at the top of the screen. If the icon does not appear, predictive
text mode has been deactivated.
To activate the predictive text mode while editing a message:
1Press Options.
2Scroll to Predictive text.
3Press Select.
4Scroll until the language you want appears, then press OK.
Deactivate predictive text mode
To return to the traditional text input mode, you must deactivate the
predictive text input mode:
1While editing a message, press Options.
2Scroll to Predictive text. The language list displays.
3On the language list, scroll to Prediction off and press OK. Your
phone is now in traditional (multitap) mode.
4You can also use multitap on the pound key (#) to go to traditional
text in a message.
Add words to the dictionary
1If the ?character appears after the word, press Spell, or at any time
while you are editing, press Options, scroll to Insert word, then press
Select.
2Enter the word using traditional text input, and press OK. If the
dictionary is full, the new word replaces the oldest added word.

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Change the dictionary language
You can change the dictionary language while you are editing a message:
1While editing a message, press Options.
2Scroll to Predictive text, then press Select.
3Scroll to a language, then press OK. The selected language is active.
• WRITE WITH PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT
Enter words
1Press each key only once for each letter of the word. For example, to
write hello, press 4 > 3 > 5 > 5 > 6. The characters that you enter
appear underlined. The word changes after each keystroke, so only
check the word after you press all the appropriate keys.
2When you finish the word, check to make sure that the word is correct.
3If the word is correct, enter a space (press the 0 key) and write
the next word.
4If the word is incorrect and is underlined, press the Star key ( )
repeatedly until the desired word appears. OR, press Options, scroll to
Matches, then press Select. Your phone shows a list of words. Choose
a word from the list, then press Use, or press Back to exit and return
to the message editor.
5If the ?character appears after the word, there are no more words in
the dictionary that correspond to your key presses. At this point, you
can add the word to the dictionary by pressing Spell.
Writing compound words
To write a compound word quickly (for example, bluejay):
1Write the first part of the word (blue).
2Press (do not enter a space). The underline disappears from the
first part.
3Write the second part of the word (jay).

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Deleting characters
When you need to delete characters use one of these methods:
• To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press Clear.
• To delete all characters in the message, press and hold Clear.
Changing letter case modes
You can switch (toggle) between uppercase and lowercase
letter mode by pressing the Pound key .
If the predictive text mode is active and you don’t wait at least 1.5
seconds between key presses, the text input mode will also be switched
between traditional and predictive text.
If predictive text mode is active when you create a new message, the first
letter of the first word that you enter will be uppercase.
Entering numbers
When you enter numbers, use either of these methods:
• For one or a few numbers, press and hold the respective number key.
• For many numbers, change to number entry mode (press and hold
the Pound key ) and enter the numbers as usual.
Inserting special characters
• To insert a special character (such as a punctuation mark), press and
hold the Star key , or press Options, scroll to Insert symbol,
then press Select.
• To insert a period (.) quickly, press the 1 key . To insert double
hyphens (--) quickly or three dots (an ellipsis...), press the 1 key
a few times.
Templates
Note: Templates are available in English only.
A template is a predefined, commonly used sentence that you can quickly
insert into a message:

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1While you are editing a message, press Options.
2Scroll to Add template, then press Select.
3Scroll to the template you want to use. For example:
1. Call me at [ ]. <phone number/time/place>
2. I’ll call you at [ ]. <time/place>
Brackets ([ ]) in a template represent a value that you can specify. The
value is not retained for future use; you enter the value each time you use
the template. If you select a template that contains brackets, you will be
prompted to enter a value. You can edit the template text after you insert
it into your message.
• RECEIVE A MOBILE MESSAGE
When you receive a mobile message, the mobile message icon
appears and Message received (or New emergency message) displays.
If you have a message alert tone set, a tone may sound.
When you receive notification, you can:
1Press Clear to dismiss the notification and read the message later
from your Inbox.
OR
Press Read to read the message now.
The Inbox opens with the new message selected.
If No space: message waiting or a similar message appears, your
phone’s memory is full. You must make room for the message. Press
Read again.
If necessary, scroll to read the entire message.
2At the end of the message, scroll further to view the sender’s name or
phone number and the date and time the message was received.
When you’ve seen the last new message, the icon disappears.

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• MESSAGE OPTIONS
While reading a message, you have several options. Some of these options
may not be available for some types of messages:
Erase deletes the message. Press OK to confirm the deletion or Clear to
cancel.
Reply allows you to send a return message to the sender.
Save sends the message to the Saved folder.
Use number allows you to call quickly or save a phone number included
in the message. If more than one number was included, a list of numbers
displays.
To save the number:
a) Read the message and scroll until the number you want to save
is visible.
b) Press Options, scroll to Use number, and press Select.
If one phone number appears on the screen, press Call (or press ,
then Save).
If a list of numbers appears, scroll to a number, press OK, then press Call
(or press , then Save).
Save address extracts one or more e-mail addresses from the message (if
it contains any) and allows you to save the addresses in your phone book.
Forward allows you to send the message to another recipient. For more
information about forwarding a message, see “Forward a message” on
page 77 .
Reply w/ copy allows you to send a message back to the sender. Your
message will include a copy of the message you received.
• MESSAGE STORAGE
Your phone can store about 60 messages. All folders share the memory, so
the actual number of stored messages depends on the message length.
Three folders store your messages:

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•Inbox: All messages that you received and have not erased or saved.
•Outbox: Messages that you sent or created and saved to send later.
•Saved: Messages that you saved from the Inbox or Outbox.
If the memory is full when you receive a mobile message:
• Non-emergency Message: The oldest sent message in the Outbox
folder is deleted. Drafts or unsent messages are not deleted. If there
are no sent messages in the Outbox folder, the oldest read message
in the Inbox folder is deleted. If there are no read messages in the
Inbox, No space: message waiting or a similar message appears. This
message prompts you to delete messages from one of the folders. The
network resends the message later.
• Emergency Message: An emergency message, sent only by a network
operator, follows the procedure for a nonemergency message and adds
an additional safeguard. For the emergency message, other messages
in the Inbox, Outbox, and Saved folders may also be automatically
deleted if your phone’s memory is full.
• CREATE A TEXT MESSAGE
Address a text message
Use this procedure to address your message to one or more recipients:
1You must be editing the message that you want to address:
•IfyouareinEdit message, press Options, then go to the next step.
•IfyouarenotinEdit message (for example, you wrote the
text message and saved it to send later), open the Outbox
(Menu 0 > 1 > 1 > 3). Scroll to the message you want to address.
Press Options. Scroll to Resend. Press Select. Go to the next step.
2Scroll to Add e-mail (to add an e-mail address) or Add number
(to add a phone number), then press Select.
3Enter the e-mail address or phone number, then press OK.