Send & Receive Messages
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Send & Receive Messages

Create and respond to text (SMS), Advanced Messaging, or picture (MMS) messages, add, save, and view received attachments and more.

INSTRUCTIONS & INFO

In this tutorial, you will learn how to:

• Access messages
• Compose & send a message
• Read & respond to a new message
• Delete a message

When a new message is received, the New Message icon New Message icon will display in the Notification bar.

Access messages

From the home screen, select the messaging app Messaging app.


Compose & send a message

1. Select Start chat. Select the 'To' field, then enter or select the desired recipient.

Note: To create a Group Message, from the 'To' field, enter additional contacts as desired. When finished, select the checkmark icon.

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2. Compose and send a message using the following options as desired.

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• ENTER MESSAGE: Select the 'Send message' field to enter the desired message.
• ADD ATTACHMENT: Select the Attach icon and follow the prompts to add an attachment.
• SEND A MESSAGE: When finished composing a message, select the Send icon to send the message.




Read & respond to a new message

From the Messaging inbox, select the desired message thread.

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VIEW/SAVE AN ATTACHMENT: To view an attachment, select the desired attachment. To save an attachment, select the desired attachment then select the save icon Save icon.

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RESPOND TO A MESSAGE: Select the desired option:

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• REPLY: Enter the desired message in the 'Advanced messaging' field, then select the Send icon.
• FORWARD: Select and hold the desired message, then select Forward and follow the prompts to forward the message.




Delete a message

From the desired message thread, select and hold the desired message then select the delete icon Delete icon. Select DELETE to confirm.

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DELETE MESSAGE THREAD: From the Messaging screen, select and hold the desired message thread then select the delete Delete icon. Select DELETE to confirm.

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Tips

By default, attachments will be saved to the Messaging folder in the Gallery Go app. To view saved attachments, from the home screen select the photos app Photos app > Library tab > Messages.


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