Nokia 3285 User Manual
User Guide
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.
Before you send or receive mobile messages, you may need to
Note:
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
•
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
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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:
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.
: A number-only message is like a numeric page. A call-
This is the default mode. This
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•
Predictive text input method
“guesses” which word you are entering. This mode requires that you
press a key only once for each letter you enter.
To learn more about using Predictive Text when creating
Note:
messages, see “Working with predictive text input”
: In the predictive text mode, your phone
Write a new message
Menu 0 > 1 > 1 > 1 (Messages > Text messages > Write new
Press
1
Text
If
press
If these items are not on your menu, proceed to the next step.
You may address your message or write it first and address it later.
2
• To address your message, scroll to
• To begin writing your message, scroll to
After you have written your message, you can:
• Address and send it.
• Save the message in the
(Press
Number only
and
Select
, and go to the next step.
then press
Select
text into a text message.
Options
Select
. The terms writing and editing refer to the process of entering
, scroll to
appear in a list of menu items, scroll to
.
Outbox
Save
, then press
Add e-mail
Edit
and address and send it later.
Select
Add number
or
message, then press
).
Text
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:
To exit the message editor at any time without saving your text, press
Options
While editing a message, if you accidentally press and hold
all text within your message will be deleted.
, scroll to
Exit
, then press
Select
.
Clear
).
,
,
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,
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Key Characters Key Characters
1 . , @ ’ ? ! -1 7 PQRS7
2 ABC2 8 TUV8
3 DEF3 9 WXYZ9
4 GHI4 0 Enters an empty space or 0
5 JKL5 * Special characters
6 MNO6 # Changes letter case; long press toggles
between ABC/abc & 123 mode
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.
If you don’t want to use predictive text input mode at all, deactivate
Tip:
it. You can reactivate it later.
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• 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.
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Activate predictive text mode
Predictive text mode
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:
Options
Press
1
Scroll to
2
Select
Press
3
Scroll until the language you want appears, then press OK.
4
is active when the predictive text icon ( ) is
.
Predictive text
.
.
Deactivate predictive text mode
To return to the traditional text input mode, you must deactivate the
predictive text input mode:
While editing a message, press
1
Scroll to
2
On the language list, scroll to
3
phone is now in traditional (multitap) mode.
You can also use multitap on the pound key (#) to go to traditional
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text in a message.
Predictive text
Options
.
. The language list displays.
Prediction off
and press OK. Your
Add words to the dictionary
If the ? character appears after the word, press
1
while you are editing, press
.
Select
Enter the word using traditional text input, and press OK. If the
2
dictionary is full, the new word replaces the oldest added word.
Options
, scroll to
, or at any time
Spell
Insert word
, then press
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Change the dictionary language
You can change the dictionary language while you are editing a message:
While editing a message, press
1
Scroll to
2
Scroll to a language, then press OK. The selected language is active.
3
Predictive text
Options
, then press
• WRITE WITH PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT
Enter words
Press each key only once for each letter of the word. For example, to
1
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write hello, press
appear underlined. The word changes after each keystroke, so only
check the word after you press all the appropriate keys.
When you finish the word, check to make sure that the word is correct.
2
If the word is correct, enter a space (press the 0 key) and write
3
the next word.
If the word is incorrect and is underlined, press the Star key ( )
4
repeatedly until the desired word appears. OR, press
Matches
a word from the list, then press
to the message editor.
If the ? character appears after the word, there are no more words in
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the dictionary that correspond to your key presses. At this point, you
can add the word to the dictionary by pressing
4 > 3 > 5 > 5 > 6
, then press
Select
. Your phone shows a list of words. Choose
Use
.
Select
.
. The characters that you enter
Options
, scroll to
, or press
Back
to exit and return
Spell
.
Writing compound words
To write a compound word quickly (for example, bluejay):
Write the first part of the word (blue).
1
Press (do not enter a space). The underline disappears from the
2
first part.
Write the second part of the word (jay).
3
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