Nokia 9500 Communicator - Creating and sending multimedia messages

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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:

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.

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