Creating and sending multimedia messages
A multimedia message can contain text, images, or sound or video clips.
Note that this function can be used only if it is supported by your network operator or service provider.
Copyright protections may prevent some images, ringing tones, and other content from being copied, modified, transferred or
forwarded.
Before you can send and receive multimedia messages on your device, you must have your multimedia message settings defined
correctly. Contact your service provider for the correct settings.
See "Multimedia message account settings," p. 34.
To reply to a multimedia message, open the message, and press
Reply
. Select whether you want to reply with a multimedia
message or text message, and press
OK
. Press
Recipient
to select the recipients of the message, or enter the recipients' GSM
phone numbers or e-mail addresses in the
To:
field. If you enter more than one number, separate the numbers with a semicolon
or by pressing the Enter key after each number. Enter a subject, and create the message. When the message is ready, press
Send
.
To create a multimedia message, press
Write message
, scroll to
Multimedia message
, and press
OK
. Press
Recipient
to select the
recipients of the message, or enter the recipients' GSM phone numbers or e-mail addresses in the
To:
field. If you enter more
than one number, separate the numbers with a semicolon or by pressing the Enter key after each number. Enter a subject, and
create the message. After the message is ready, press
Send
.
Tip: You can also create multimedia messages directly from several applications, such as
Images
and
File manager
.
To add multimedia objects to a message, press
Insert
. You can insert images, sound clips, and video clips, and create page breaks
in your message. Select the type of multimedia object you want to add, and press
Insert
.
Tip: A multimedia message may contain several pages. If the cursor is in the To:, Cc:, or Subject: field when you add a
page, the new page becomes the first page of the message. Otherwise, the new page is added after the page where
the cursor is. Each page can contain only one video or one sound clip.
To add special effects to images in multimedia messages, press Menu, and select
Options
>
Transition settings...
. You can specify
the length of time an image is displayed and the style in which a new object is opened. You have to be in advanced editing
mode.
To preview a multimedia message before sending it, press Menu, and select
View
>
Preview
.
To delete a multimedia object, select the object you want to delete, press Menu, and select
Edit
>
Delete
and the appropriate
menu option.
Tip: Some attachments, such as business cards, may not be visible in the message body, but are shown only as a paper
clip icon in the subject field. To delete these attachments, select
Edit
>
Delete
>
Attachments...
. Select the attachment,
and press
Delete
.
To delete a page, scroll to the page, press Menu, and select
Edit
>
Delete
>
Page
.
You must be in the advanced editing mode to use most editing functions. Press Menu, and select
Options
>
Activate advanced
editing mode
.
To change the position of text in relation to images, press Menu, and select
Tools
>
Slide layout
. Select
Text right
or
Text left
.
To edit the type, color, and formatting of text, select the text, press Menu, and select
Options
>
Text format...
. You can also select
the formatting before you start writing.
To change the background color of a multimedia message, press Menu, and select
Options
>
Background colour...
. Press
Change
, scroll to a new color, and press
OK
. Press
Done
.
To change the sending options of a multimedia message, start to create or edit a message, press Menu, and select
Options
>
Sending options...
. You can select whether to receive delivery reports and how long the messaging center tries to send messages.
Set the following options:
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•
Receive report
— Select whether you want to receive a notification when the message has been successfully delivered to the
recipient. Receiving a delivery report of a multimedia message that has been sent to an e-mail address may not be possible.
•
Validity period
— Select how long the messaging center tries to send the message. If the recipient of a message cannot be
reached within the validity period, the message is removed from the multimedia messaging center. Note that the network
must support this feature.
Maximum
is the maximum amount of time allowed by the network.