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Sharing Photos With Yahoo! Messenger

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Saving Shared Photos

You can save any or all of the shared photos to your computer.

 

Here’s How

  1. Click the Save button at the bottom of the Share Photos side panel to save the selected photo to your computer, or click the down arrow on the Save button for more options.

    Click the Save button.

  2. If you select:

    • Save to My Computer (or click the Save button): The Save As window opens. Locate the folder in which you want to save the selected photo, change the photo’s file name (if desired), and then click the Save button.

      The Save As window

    • Save All to My Computer: The Browse For Folder window opens. Select the folder in which you want to save all of the shared photos (or click the Make New Folder button, and give the folder a name), then click the OK button.

      The Browse For Folder window

    • Save to Yahoo! Photos: The Save Photo to Yahoo! Photos window opens. Select the album in which you want to save the selected photo (or click the New Album button, and give the album a name), change the photo’s caption (if desired), and then click the OK button.

      The Save Photo to Yahoo! Photos window

    • Save All to Yahoo! Photos: The Save Photo to Yahoo! Photos window opens. Select the album in which you want to save all of the shared photos, and then click the OK button.

      Save Photo to Yahoo! Photos window

 

What’s Next

You can learn more ways to add photos to the Share Photos side panel. For more information, see the Adding and Removing Shared Photos tutorial.

 
 
 

Words to Know

  • Album: a container in a Yahoo! Photos account that holds one or more photos.