56 Section 2B: Controlling Your Phone’s SettingsMessaging SettingsStaying connected to your friends and family has never beeneasier. With your phone’s advanced messaging capabilities,you can send and receive many different kinds of textmessages without placing a voice call. (For more information,see “Accessing Messaging” on page 223.)Your phone’s messaging settings make text messaging evenfaster and easier by letting you decide how you would like tobe notified of new messages, create a signature with eachsent message, and create your own canned messages, toname just a few.Setting Message AlertsWhen new messages arrive, you can choose to have yourphone notify you by playing an audible alert.To hear an alert when you receive a new message:1. Press Menu ( ) to access the main menu.2. Select Messaging ( ).3. Select Settings ( ).4. Select Message Alert ( ).5. Select Type ( ).6. Select Voicemail ( ), Text Message ( ), orPicture Mail ( ).7. Select Single Tones, Ring Tones, Melodies, or Downloadedand press .8. Select the desired sound and press .
