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Adding and Removing Shared Photos

Dragging and DroppingUsing the Add Photos ButtonCopying and PastingRemoving Shared Photos

Copying and Pasting

You can copy and paste photo files from your computer to the Share Photos side panel using the Windows clipboard.

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

 

Here’s How

  1. Locate and select the photo file you want to share on your computer.

  2. Select Copy from the Edit menu (or press the Ctrl+C keys).

    Select Copy from the Edit menu.

    This action copies the selected file to the clipboard, although there is no explicit indication of success.

  3. In the message input area of the IM conversation window, select Paste from the Edit menu (or press the Ctrl+V keys).

    Select Paste from the Edit menu.

    A message tells you that Messenger is waiting for your contact to respond.

  4. Click the Start Photo Sharing link.

    Click the Start Photo Sharing link.

    Tip: If you don’t click the Start Photo Sharing link and your contact accepts the file, Yahoo! Messenger performs a simple file transfer instead of sharing the photo in the Share Photos side panel. See the Sharing Files tutorial for more information about file transfers.

    Your contact has the option to accept or decline your invitation. When your contact clicks Accept, your IM window expands and the Share Photos side panel appears. The same thing happens to your contact’s IM window.

 

What’s Next

You can remove photos from the Share Photos side panel.

 

Help Topics

 
 

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.
  • Conversation: an exchange of instant messages between you and a contact.
  • IM: the acronym for instant message.
  • Message input area: the text box at the bottom of the IM conversation window where you type in your message.
  • Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.