How to Send a Text Message

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Text messaging makes it easy to communicate with friends and family by typing a short message into your phone.

Step 1: Find the main menu
Find the main menu on your mobile phone by selecting Menu or Main Menu from the main screen, and then selecting Message.

Tip
Some phones have the option to select Message from the main screen.

Step 2: Create new message
Select New Message from the message menu, and then select Text Message if you have other options to choose from.

Step 3: Choose recipient
Choose the recipient of the text message by typing their phone number or choosing their number from your list of contacts. Select Ok if prompted.

Step 4: Type your message
Type your message. Use your full alphabet keypad, if you have one, or use your number keypad, for which you need to press a key once to get the first letter, twice for the second, and three times for the third.

Tip
Check your text capabilities. Most phones have a 160-character limit on text messages.

Step 5: Use shorthand
Use shorthand if typing each word is too time-consuming or if you are nearing your character limit. Popular shorthand includes the letter 'u' for the word you and the letter 'r' for the word are.

Step 6: Send
Hit Send or Ok to send your message when you finish typing it. You’ll join the millions of other people who regularly send text messages.

Did You Know?
Did you know? In 2008, Americans sent over 1 trillion text messages.

[MarvinDuran]

Wow, thought this was a parody at first, then realized this was made 12 years ago.

[interestedineverything]

Thank you for this video. I always wondered how to send a text message to someone who wasn't in my contact list. For those of you who think the video is too fast, scroll down to the 'Show more' list and she has written out all the instructions for us.

[UnicornFusionPlayz]

Guys who are like lol, what about the adults or grandparents? They didn’t have phones back then... society these days :(

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[hiddenchannelTV]

Wow thanks Howcast your a big help I really had troble with texting messeges I had no idea kids this days use u as you, and r as are I need to get updated.

Thanks!

[RideoutMr]

Where do I find how to reply to a message on a simple CELL

[mimi]

thank you for the help! my friends needed this as they don’t know how to text 🤦‍♀️ sent this straight to them. #makingiteasy #weirdfriends #text

[akkaask]

I went to send a text and it said failed to send
How do I fix it?

[dianegross]

I studied 18 languages I even speak Mandarin but I could not follow the directions as to how to send a text message .The speaker went toooo fast. Can you make another presentation with a speaker that talks

[roreah]

Oh, I see...
Very, very interesting!

[rodgraves]

How do I send a text to a friend of mine who's in my contacts it's a picture of me. How do I send it in messages? 😳

[rodgraves]

How do I send a picture to a friend of mine in a text?

[Cyber_Cowboy]

I had to watch "how to search and find a YouTube video" before I could end up here to learn how to send by text message

[Keatoil]

video: "How to send a text message"
Step 2 in the video: "knowledge of texting shorthand"

[tyroneknox]

l like watching your show keep up what you're doing

[pentawa.]

This video goes too fast!! I had to watch this video 5 times just to send a text!!!

[minzheshao]

anyone noticed satan in his contact list? XD

[ryanfrizzell]

Great to learn how to send a text message!

[CharlotteWhitaker]

Why!?! I have never thought I am missing something bcuz I don't text.

[rickcardwell]

... This does not show you the steps you need to use to get to the texting app for Android phones.