Using Yahoo! Phone Out
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is a premium Yahoo! Messenger feature.| Signing Up for Phone Out | Placing a Phone Out Call | Putting a Call on Hold | Managing Your Phone Out Account |
Putting a Call on Hold
When you have a Yahoo! Phone Out call in progress, you can place the call on hold, just as you would with a telephone that has a hold feature. While the call is on hold, the connection is maintained, but you and your contact can’t hear each other. Putting a call on hold allows you to place another call or to answer a call from someone else. You can leave a call on hold indefinitely.
Here’s How
In the Call window, click the Hold button.
A message informs you that the call is on hold, and the Hold button changes to a Resume button.
When you’re ready to resume the call, click the Resume button.
Tip: If your friend puts you on hold, you won’t see any change to your Call window, but you will hear complete and utter silence or maybe Musak.
What’s Next
When you complete your call, you can review your Yahoo! Phone Out account to see how many minutes you have left on your phone card.
Words to Know
- Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email or instant message.
- On hold: when the connection during a phone call is maintained, but the person on the other end cannot hear anything on your end.
- Yahoo! Phone Out: a pre-paid Yahoo! Voice account that allows you to make calls using Messenger from your computer to any regular phone or mobile phone in over 30 countries.