| You might recall from earlier in the chapter that the QuickText feature is used to quickly enter commonly used phrases and sentences when composing a text message. QuickText is simply a list of commonly used phrases and sentences that you don't want to have to type over and over. Although the default QuickText entries are certainly helpful, you can take the usefulness of QuickText to a new level by adding your own entries. To customize the QuickText entries with your own phrases and sentences, follow these steps in the Messaging application: 1. | Press the Menu button and navigate over to the Options menu. Scroll down to and select the Edit QuickText menu command. The Edit QuickText screen opens, as shown in Figure 9.11. Figure 9.11. The Edit QuickText screen displays a list of the current QuickText entries along with buttons for managing them.
| 2. | To create a new QuickText entry, tap the New button. Another screen opens, where you enter the text for the new QuickText entry (see Figure 9.12). Just enter the phrase or sentence, and then tap the OK button to accept it. The new entry is added to the QuickText list. Figure 9.12. Creating a new QuickText entry is as easy as typing a commonly used phrase or sentence.
Note In case you've forgotten, you insert a QuickText entry into a text message while composing the message by simply tapping the QuickText button and selecting the phrase or sentence. | 3. | To edit a QuickText entry, select the entry in the list and tap the Edit button. To delete an entry, select it and tap the Delete button. | 4. | When you're finished working with QuickText entries, tap the OK button to return to the main Messaging screen. |
Tip You can include emoticons in QuickText entries but you have to enter them in symbolic form. In other words, to make a traditional smiley face emoticon, you have to enter it as :). QuickText is a handy feature that you can use to your advantage if you take the time to enter phrases and sentences that you use regularly while text messaging. I encourage you to make an attempt at tracking such phrases and sentences as you create text messages, and then add them as QuickText entries. |