Samsung The Samsung Galaxy Tab Tablet User Manual


 
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Managing Messages
Threaded View
Messages you send and receive to the same contact, number or
address are grouped together as a “thread”. Threaded messages
allow you to see all the messages you exchanged with a contact
or other recipient, as a conversation, with the latest message
displayed first.
1. From a Home screen, touch
Messaging
.
2. Message threads display by contact, number, or address.
While viewing message threads, you have these options:
Touch and hold a thread to choose from:
View Contact / Add to contacts
: View the contact record, or save the
sender/recipient’s information as a new contact, or to update an existing
contact.
Delete thread
: Erase the entire message thread.
Press the
Menu Key
for these options:
Delete threads
: Touch message threads to mark them for erasure, or
touch
Select all
to mark all message threads for erasure.
Brightness setting
: Enable or disable the display’s automatic
brightness setting.
Settings
: Configure message settings.
Message Settings
Configure message settings.
1. From a Home screen, touch
Messaging
.
2. Press the
Menu Key
Settings
to set:
Storage settings
:
Delete old messages
: Touch to enable or disable automatic erasure of
messages when stored messages reach default limits. When disabled,
the device will prompt you to delete old messages to make room.
Text message limit
: Touch to set a limit for the number of text
messages per conversation thread.
Multimedia message limit
: Touch to set a limit for the number of
multimedia messages per conversation thread.
Multimedia message (MMS) settings
:
Auto-retrieve
: Touch to enable or disable automatic retrieval of MMS
messages. When enabled, MMS messages download automatically.
When disabled, the device prompts to download new MMS messages.
Roaming auto-retrieve
: Touch to enable or disable automatic retrieval
of MMS messages when in Roaming mode. When enabled, MMS
messages download and display automatically. When disabled, the
device prompts you to download new MMS messages.
Notifications settings
:
Notifications
: Touch to enable or disable alerts in the status bar.
Select ringtone
: Touch to select a ringtone for message alerts.
Vibrate
: Touch to enable or disable vibration for message alerts.