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Adding and Removing Shared Photos

Dragging and DroppingUsing the Add Photos ButtonCopying and PastingRemoving Shared Photos

Using the Add Photos Button

If you’re already sharing photos, you can add more photos from your computer to the Share Photos side panel using the Add Photos button.

Tip: You can’t share photos while conversing with Windows Live™ Messenger contacts; the feature isn’t supported.

 

Here’s How

  1. At the bottom of the Share Photos side panel, click the Add Photos button.

    Click the Add Photos button.

    The Photo Sharing window opens.

  2. Locate and select one or more photos.

    Select photos and click Open.Enlarge

    As you select photos, their file names appear in the File name field.

  3. Click the Open button.

    Yahoo! Messenger adds the photos to your and your contact’s Share Photos side panel.

    Tip: You can select multiple photos from a folder; however, you can select photos from only one folder at a time. To select photos from another folder, repeat steps 1 through 3.

 

What’s Next

You can copy and paste photos from the Windows clipboard.

 
 
 

Words to Know

  • Clipboard: a temporary storage area in Windows that is used for storing various types of data (such as text, graphics, sound, and video). The clipboard can hold one piece of information at a time for use in a program or to cut/copy and paste information between programs.
  • Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email or instant message.
  • Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.