HTC HTC EVO Shift 4G User Manual

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Composing Text Messages
1.
Press 
 and tap 
 
> Messages.
2.
On the All messages screen, tap 
New message
The Compose screen opens.
3.
Fill in one or more recipients. You can:
Enter phone numbers directly in the 
To
 field. If 
you’re sending the message to several phone 
numbers, separate the phone numbers with a 
comma. As you enter information, any matching 
phone numbers from your contacts list are 
displayed. Tap a match to enter that number or 
address directly.
Tap the 
 icon, and then select the phone 
numbers of the contacts to whom you want to 
send the message. You can also select contact 
groups as recipients. When you have selected all 
the message recipients, tap 
Done
.
4.
Tap the “Tap to add text” box and then start 
composing your message.
5.
When done, tap 
 to send the text message.
Note:
A counter appears at the top of the 
Send
 button(
) to 
tell you how many characters you have entered and 
how many characters are left. Once you go over the 
160-character limit, a new message is created but 
automatically joined into one when received.