User guide

92 Chapter 7 : Email, text, multimedia and instant messaging
your smartphone for viewing in the Photos application. Animated GIF files
appear as JPG files in the Messaging app.
1 Open Messaging .
2 Tap a conversation to view messages.
3 To view an attached file in a multimedia message: Tap a music,
video or vCard file name.
4 Attached pictures are displayed within the message. To view an
attached picture: Tap the picture and tap View. Tap Copy To Photos
to save an attached JPG picture.
5 (Optional) Do any of the following from the body of the message:
• To call a number: Tap the number and tap .
• To add a number to Contacts: Tap and hold the number and tap
Add to Contacts. Tap Save As New to create a new contact or tap
Add To Existing to add this number to an existing contact.
• To send an email: Tap the email address.
• To go to a web address: Tap it.
Add a contact from a text or multimedia message
To add a message sender as a contact:
1 In Conversations view, tap a conversation with someone who is not a
contact.
2 Tap the header at the top of the screen.
3 Tap Add To Contacts.
4 Tap one of the following:
Add New Contact: Create a new contact for the number.
Add To Existing: Tap the contact you want to add the number to.
Forward a message
1 In a conversation, tap a message.
2 Do one of the following:
• To forward the message through Messaging: Tap Forward and
enter the recipient's number or address in the To field.
• To forward the message in an email: Tap Forward Via Email and
enter the recipient's name or email address in the To field.
3 (Optional) Tap the message text and edit the text.
4 Tap .
Copy messages
You can copy an individual message as plain text. You can also copy the
contents of an entire conversation.
1 Open Messaging .
2 Tap a conversation.
3 Do one of the following:
• To copy the entire conversation: Open the application menu, tap
Edit and tap Copy All.
• To copy a single message: Tap the message and tap Copy Text.
View a contact's information from a message
• In a conversation, tap the header of a message received from a contact
to open the contact entry.