6-2 Sending messages 1998 Nokia Mobile Phones. All Rights Reserved.Sending messagesShort messages can be created and sent in the SMS,Notes (see chapter 8 "Notes: Sending" on page 8-3)and Calendar applications (see chapter 9 "Calen-dar: Daily schedule - Memos" on page 9-3).To create a new short message:1 Press Write message in the SMS main view toopen the short message editor.A short message in the editor resembles apostcard. A character counter showing howmany characters you have typed and howmany are still available appears at the top ofthe editor, see figure 6-1.In received messages, the stamp on the righthalf of the message is postmarked, and thetime and date the message was sent areshown below the sender’s name or number.2 When the message is ready to be sent, pressRecipient. The Short Message directoryopens, see "Sending messages: SMS directo-ry" on page 6-2.To send a previously created document:1 Select the Own texts, Standard messages orBusiness cards folder and press Open.2 Select a document and press Open. When youopen a text containing formatting, you will beasked whether you wish to make a copy of thetext (press Copy), or edit the original text(press Edit). Editing will lose the formattingof the original text.3 When the message is ready to be sent, pressRecipient. The SMS directory opens.4 Select a recipient, press Select, and send themessage by pressing Send.Note: If your message is longer than 160 char-acters, it will be sent as two or more shortmessages.SMS directoryThe SMS application supports three ways to se-lect a recipient:1. Select a contact in the SMS directory:Select a contact (by scrolling or searching)and press Select. The contact must have aphone number in the Tel(GSM) or Tel(PCN)contact card field. Once the address of themessage has been selected, the sending viewopens.2. Enter the phone number manually:Press Enter number. The sending view opens.Enter the destination number.3. Use the address information in the recent con-tacts list:Press Recent numbers to get a list of recentshort message numbers (sent and received),open one of the lists, select a contact, andpress Select.Figure 6-1