Using Instant Messaging
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Using LiveWords
LiveWords help you quickly search the Web for more information about any topic, word, or phrase that you share in an IM conversation. You choose the categories you’re interested in, rank their importance, and LiveWords does the rest!
LiveWords is turned on by default. You can customize LiveWords by choosing categories that you’re interested in.
Here’s How
To customize LiveWords:
From the Messenger menu, select Preferences.
Select the LiveWords category. Choose an interest level for each category you’re interested in.
When you have chosen all of your categories, click the Apply button and then click the OK button.
To use LiveWords:
Send (or receive) an instant message.
LiveWords underlines the word(s) that are associated with the categories you have selected. The LiveWords icon (
)
displays next to the text.Click the LiveWords icon to search for more information.
Yahoo! Search displays information based on your search words.
Tip: You can also highlight any word in an instant message and search on it.
If you want to turn off a specific LiveWord, highlight the word and then click it.
The Yahoo! Search window opens.
Click the down arrow (
)
button, then choose the Turn Off This LiveWord option.
What’s Next
If you like, save a conversation to a text file so that you can open it anytime in a text editor.
Words to Know
- IM: the acronym for instant message.
- LiveWords: this feature enables contextual searches from any topic, word, or phrase in Yahoo! Messenger.