Nokia 500 - Manual (Page 51)

Only compatible devices can receive and show multimedia messages. Messages may
look different in different devices.
Send a message to a contact
Select >
Contacts .
1 Select and hold a contact, and from the pop-up, select Send message .
2 If the contact has more than one phone number, select the desired number.
Send an audio message
You can record a sound clip, such as a birthday song, and send it to your friend as an
audio message.
Select > Messaging .
1 Select .
2 To add an existing sound clip as an attachment, select > and the sound clip.
To add a new sound clip, select > , and record the new clip.
3 To add the recipient’s phone number manually, enter the number in the To field,
and select .
To select recipients from the contacts list, select
> Add recipient .
4 Select .
Read a received message
When someone sends you a message, a notification is shown on the home screen.
You can open the message directly from the home screen.
Select Show to open the message.
Messages are combined into conversations, containing all the messages to and from
a contact in a single view. To read a conversation, select it from the list in the
Conversations view.
Reply to the message
1 With the message open, select .
2 Write your reply, then select > .
Tip: To reply to a message when in the Conversations view, select Tap to write .
Forward the message
1 With the message open, select > Forward .
2 To add a contact as a recipient, select To . You can also type in a phone number.
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