Left Convenience Key issue

Hi any assitance appreciated
In Options>Screen/keyboard, Ii set up the L (or R) Convenience key as "Compose"
This should allow a one key press to initiate an SMS
However when I push it and it spawns the response from the BB Storm, it brings up the contact list ok but when I chose a contact - all it does is ask if I want to CALL the contact. It doesnt switch to the text insertion mode so that I can actuially compse a text. In the menu then it asks if I wasnt o call sms or mms the contact.
Any ideas whassup? Or how els one can get a 1 key method of getting to the SMS prog?
TIA

Having a compose shortcut will take to address book to choose a contact so that you can send emails. It will not direct you for making calls or sending SMS text.
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