Using Your Yahoo! Contacts From Messenger
| Viewing a Contact | Adding a Contact | Communicating With a Contact |
Adding a Contact
You can add a contact to your Yahoo! Contacts through Messenger’s Address Book.
Tip: When you add a contact to your Messenger List as described in the Adding Contacts to Your Messenger List tutorial, you’re also adding the contact to your Yahoo! Contacts.
Here’s How
In the Messenger window, click the Address Book button (
).Begin adding a contact to your Address Book in one of the following ways:
Click the Add a Contact button.
Select Add a Contact from the Contacts menu.
The Add a Contact window opens.
In the Add a Contact window, enter information in at least one of the required fields indicated by *.
Enter information in any of the other tabs, then click the Save & Close button.
Messenger displays the new contact in the Messenger Address Book and updates your Yahoo! Contacts.
What’s Next
You can maintain a contact’s detail information through Messenger and have it automatically update your Yahoo! Contacts. This process is detailed in the Working With Contact Information tutorial.
The Messenger Address Book not only synchronizes with your Yahoo! Contacts, it also allows you to initiate Messenger’s communication features.
Words to Know
- Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email, instant message, or text message.
- Messenger List: a list of coworkers, friends, family, and associates who also use Messenger.