Hi Eleanor, This is where I highly recommend you read the Talks manual, in the section regarding text messaging. In a text message, you can only have 160 characters, before it goes over to two text messages, and you are then charged for two. The two are strung together at the other user's end, and so they never know. So if you go over 160 characters, then the second message is begun. The number, when you press the hash key, is the amount of characters you have left, before you reach the 160 character limit. All the best Steve _____ From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: Friday 7 November 2008 20:37 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] \MOBILE aNNOUNCING cAPITAL wHY DOES MY MOBILE GIVE NUMBERS BEFORE IT SAYS cAPITAL WHEN \I PRESS THE HASH KEY TO PUT A CAPITAL LETTER\/? Sorry \i have been writing in caps lock here. The numbers announced differ depending on the letter \i think or maybe it is that they differ because of the position of the cursor on a line. Eleanor _____ I am using the Free version of SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfighter.com/len> We are a community of 5.6 million users fighting spam. SPAMfighter has removed 273 of my spam emails to date. The Professional version does not have this message