Personalizing Your IM Conversations

The following tables show the emoticons that you can select from a palette and those available only by typing the code directly into an instant message. When using an emoticon from either set, however, you can simply type the corresponding code, if desired.

Palette of Emoticons

Graphic Code Description :) Smile :( Sad ;) Wink :D Big Grin ;;) Batting Eyelashes >:D< Hugs :-/ Confused :x Love Struck :"> Blushing :p Tongue :-* Kiss =(( Broken Heart :-o Surprise x( Angry :> Smug b-) Cool :-s Worried #:-s Whew! >:) Devil :(( Crying :)) Laughing :| Straight Face /:) Raised Eyebrow =)) Rolling on the Floor Laughing o:-) Angel :-b Nerd =; Talk to the Hand

Graphic Code Description i-) Sleepy 8-| Rolling Eyes l-) Loser :-& Sick :-$ Don't Tell [-( Not Talking :o) Clown 8-} Silly <:-p Party (:| Yawn =P~ Drooling :-? Thinking #-o D'oh! =D> Applause :-ss Nail Biting @-) Hypnotized :^o Liar :-w Waiting :-< Sigh >:p Phbbbt! <):) Cowboy :-c Call me :)] On the phone ~X( At wits' end :-h Wave :-t Time out 8-> Daydreaming

Code-Only Emoticons

Graphic Code Description :@) Pig 3:-O Cow :(|) Monkey ~:> Chicken @};- Rose %%- Good Luck **== Flag (~~) Pumpkin ~o) Coffee *-:) Idea 8-X Skull =:) Bug >-) Alien :-l Frustrated [-o< Praying $-) Money Eyes :-" Whistling

Graphic Code Description b-( Beat Up :)>- Peace [-x Shame on You \:d/ Dancing >:/ Bring It On ;)) Hee Hee o-> Hiro o=> Billy o-+ April (%) Ying Yang :-@ Talking the Ear Off ^:)^ I'm Not Worthy :-j Just Kidding (*) Star :-?? I don't know %-( Not listening

When you send an instant message containing an emoticon, both you and your contact see it in the Conversation area of your IM windows (assuming you both have emoticons enabled).

This task shows you how to:

• Enable emoticons.
• Add an emoticon to your instant message.

Here's How

To enable emoticons:

1. Open the Yahoo! Messenger Preferences window. (Remind me how.)

2. On the left side of the window, select the Messages category.

   

3. On the right side of the window, under Miscellaneous, check Enable emoticons.

   

4. Click the OK button.

   Now, when you send or receive emoticons in instant messages, they appear in the conversation area of your IM window.

   Tip: To disable emoticons, follow the steps above, but uncheck the Enable emoticons option. When you disable this option, you are disabling the graphical representation of the code. If a contact sends you an instant message containing an emoticon, you see the emoticon's code instead of the graphic.

To include an emoticon in your instant message:

1. Add an emoticon to your instant message in any of the following ways:

• Click the Emoticon icon, and select an emoticon from the palette that opens.

  

  

  Tip: To see a descriptive tooltip, hold the cursor over an emoticon.

• To use an emoticon that is not available on the palette or if you know the emoticon code, type the code directly into your message.

  

2. Click the Send button to send the message with the emoticon.

The Conversation area of the IM window displays the emoticon's graphic. This is how your contact sees the emoticon.

What's Next

You can get a contact's attention by using an Audible as an instant message.