Installation help
There is a guide to installing TextQuick provided here. This page provides information on using TextQuick.

 
Running TextQuick
When TextQuick starts for the first time it works out who you text the most, by scanning through all your text messages, both those you've sent and those messages you've received.  Depending on how many messages you have in your inbox this could take a minute or so.  But don't worry it saves all this information so that next time you start TextQuick it will be up and running in about two seconds. TextQuick updates it's list of who it thinks are your most popular text friends every time you start it. If you've not used TextQuick in a while it might take it a second or two to check it's list.

Welcome Message
TextQuick is initially distributed in trial mode. When you run TextQuick for the first time it will present you will the following welcome screen.

If you've purchased a copy of TextQuick you can enter your registration code using the "Options"->"Register" menu. There is a guide to registering TextQuick here.

TextQuick's Main Screen
TextQuick's main screen looks almost like your standard phone book, however you should notice that the people you text the most are now listed at the top of the list. Below is a screen shot taken from my phone, I've blurred out peoples names.

Text Someone
To text someone simply press the fire or select button on your phone, this is the quickest way to move to the next screen. You can also use the menu and select "Options"->"Text". This will bring you along to your standard message composer screen except the address will already be filled in and you'll be ready to create your text message.



Call Someone
TextQuick also allows you to call your most popular contacts. The fastest way to do this is to simply press the green "call" key on your phone. When you do, TextQuick will automatically dial that person. You can also use the TextQuick menu, simply select "Options"->"Call".

Open a Contact
In TextQuick 1.5 you can now "Open" a contact. This option launches your phone book application "Contacts" - and automatically opens the contact you've selected in the menu. This is incredibly useful when you're trying to find a friends telephone number, or even to update their details, you no longer need to hunt them down in Contacts you can simply use TextQuick.

Changing Settings
TextQuick allows you to customise not only how it displays the names from your address book, but also how TextQuick behaves after sending a message.

Using the "Options"->"Settings" menu selection you can now control how TextQuick behaves. On the settings screen the following selections are available:



After Sending Message
After sending a text message you can request that TextQuick does one of three things:

Return to TextQuick
This is the standard behaviour, after sending a text message the phone will return you to TextQuick.

Quit TextQuick
If you select this behaviour, after sending a text message TextQuick will quit. If you start TextQuick from your standby (home) screen then after you've sent your text message the phone will return you back to the standby screen. This is really useful for quickly applying the key lock to your phone, using the left soft & "*" key press. Since TextQuick automatically quits, the next time you want to use it TextQuick will have to reload the list of your favourite people. If you use TextQuick frequently the small delay in loading this information can be inconvenient. An alternative is to send TextQuick to the background.

TextQuick to background
This option keeps TextQuick running in the background. After you send a text message TextQuick will set it's self as a background application on your phone.  Like the previous option if you start TextQuick from your standby (home) screen then after you've sent your text message the phone will return you back to the standby screen. This can be really convenient for people who send a lot of text messages, by returning you to the standby screen you can quickly apply the keylock. In addition because TextQuick is kept running in the background getting to TextQuick the next time you want to use it will be as quick as possible.

Within TextQuick 1.5 when you select this option TextQuick changes it's main menu from "Options, Exit" to "Options, Back". This makes it even easy for you to keep TextQuick running in the background.

Name Order
In addition the "Settings" screen allows you to change the order with which names are displayed. Under the "Name Order" there is now a choice of the default "Last Name, First Name" or "First Name, Last Name".