Yahoo! Messenger 7.5 Tutorials

Using the Tutorials

Welcome to the Yahoo! Messenger tutorials! Each tutorial covers a topic related to using Yahoo! Messenger as part of your Internet experience; it includes several tasks on separate, tabbed pages. Each task gives you detailed information about using a specific Yahoo! Messenger feature.

Example of a tutorial and its task tabs

This page includes information about the following Yahoo! tutorial features:


 

Navigating Within a Task

Most tasks include links to related tutorials and online help, and a What's Next section where you'll find additional information. You can scroll down the page to view these, or jump to them by clicking the links on the right side of the page near the top of the task.

Click the links to jump to other areas of the task.

 

Navigating Within a Tutorial

To navigate among the different tasks that make up a Yahoo! Messenger tutorial, do any of the following:

  • Click one of the tabs near the top of the page.

    Click a tab to view the associated task.

  • Click the Back or Next links near the bottom or the page.

    Click the Back link to return to the previous task.  Click the Next link to go to the next task.

  • In the What's Next section at the bottom of the page, many tasks also include one or more links to other tasks in the same tutorial. Click one of these links to go to the associated task.

    Click a link in the What's Next section to go to the associated task.

 

Navigating Between Tutorials

There are two main ways to navigate from one tutorial to another:

  • Click a link in the Related Tutorials section near the bottom of a task page.

    Click a link in the Related Tutorials section to go to another tutorial.

  • Use the links at the top of the page to return to the content area index or the overall tutorial index.

    Click a link at the top of the page to go to an index of tutorials.

 

Viewing Enlarged Images

Some images that appear on tutorial pages are too small to let you see clearly the details that they include. To see a larger version of one of these images, click the small magnifying glass to the right of the image.

Click the magnifying glass to see a enlarged version of the image.

A page appears displaying the enlarged image. When you finish viewing it, click one of the Back to... links on the image page to return to the main tutorial.

Click the Back to... link to return to the main tutorial.

 

Checking a Word's Meaning

Some terms used in a tutorial may not be familiar to you. Click any highlighted word to go to the bottom of the page, where you'll see a definition for that word in the Words to Know section.

Click a highlighted term to go to its definition.

All vocabulary words are also included in the Glossary.

 

Printing a Tutorial Page

To print the tutorial page that you're viewing, click your browser's Print button. Note that the enlarged images will not be included and you will find word definitions in a section titled Words to Know at the end of the task.

 

Working in Two Windows

Yahoo! Messenger tutorials are designed to make it easy for you to view a tutorial in one browser window while working with Yahoo! products in a second window. Here's how it works:

  • When you click a link to another page in a tutorial (either the same tutorial or a different one), the new content appears in the browser window you're already using (Window 1).

  • When you click a link to a page outside of a tutorial, such as a help page or a Take Me to... link to a Yahoo! product page, the non-tutorial page appears in a new browser window (Window 2). Once Window 2 has opened, you can continue to view tutorial pages in Window 1 while working with other kinds of content in Window 2.

    Clicking a link to a non-tutorial page causes the new content to appear in a second window.

If you want to view more than one tutorial page at the same time, you can open an new window for tutorial content by clicking the Display in new window link at the top of the page.

Click the display in new window link to open a second window with the same content.

A new browser window opens, displaying the same tutorial page. From this page you can navigate to any other page; the original browser window and its content don't change.

Tip: If you click a link to a non-tutorial page and nothing seems to happen, it is possible that the new content is being displayed in Window 2, but that Window 2 is minimized or is behind other windows.