Working With the Contact List
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Using Contact Cards, Buttons, and Menus
Sending an instant message to a contact is easy. All you have to do is double-click the name in your list to open a conversation window and start chatting. To help you make calls, send text (SMS) messages, and send emails, each contact name in your list includes a contact card, a menu, and, if your list is set to detailed view, a few extra buttons. Through the contact card, you can also check out what your friend’s been up to by reviewing his or her updates.
Note: Pingbox™ visitors don’t have contact cards.
Here’s How
In the Contact List, move the cursor over a contact’s name.
If your list is set to detailed view, two buttons appear to the right of the contact name—a phone button and an SMS button. If the list is set to compact view, the buttons are in the contact card.
Click the phone button to place a PC-to-PC call and click the SMS button to send a text message.
To access additional communication options, click the display image to the left of the name, then select an option from the contact card.
If you friend is sharing updates, you’ll see the updates at the bottom of the contact card.
To work with other contact options, right-click the name, then select an action from the menu.
What’s Next
Learn more about working with contact details in the Working With Contact Information tutorial.
Words to Know
- Contact: a person with whom you interact; someone to whom you might want to send an email, instant message, or text message.
- PC-to-PC calling: the ability to call another person’s computer from your computer; similar to placing a phone call. Both you and the person you are calling must have a Yahoo! ID and be logged into Yahoo! Messenger.
- Pingbox: an embedded box on a Web page where visitors to the page can send you instant messages and which lists visitors on your Messenger List.
- Updates: a service that lets you know what your friends are up to, such as when they post photos on Flickr or write a review on Yahoo! Travel.