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12. Text messages
The text message network service allows you to exchange 
short text messages with other phones that have text 
message capability. You may also convert the message to 
other formats such as e-mail and fax. The messages are 
first sent to your Message Center and then delivered to 
the recipient. Contact your service provider for details.
Before you can send and receive text messages, you must 
enter certain information into your phone. See ‘Message 
settings’ on page 55.
Writing a message
Press 
Menu
 2 1 3 to write a message 
of up to 160 characters. The number 
of available characters remaining is 
shown in the top right corner of the 
display.
There are two different ways of writing a message. 
ABC mode is the default mode. 
• To switch between ABC mode and predictive text input 
press .
Using ABC mode
When you select this mode, the 
ABC
 icon is displayed in the 
upper left corner of the display.  To enter the word hello, 
press the following keys:
Press 
4 4
 for the letter H
Press 
3 3
 for the letter E
Press 
5 5 5
 for the letter L
Press 
5 5 5
 for the letter L
Press 
6 6 6
 for the letter O
 See ‘Entering letters and numbers’ on page 12 for more 
information.