Hi there you need to do talks key and long press of the soft key 2. This is also called function key 2 i.e the one you would use to exit or go back in the phone menu. Hth, pete -original message- Subject: [talks-uk] Re: how to find out number of characters remaining in text message window From: Mohammed Adeel <licenced2chill@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: 06/02/2010 12:31 pm Hi, When I press talks + long press of the number 2 key, it just cycles between different cursor modes like words, original but it still doesn't say how many characters I've typed or are left. A