Using IMVironments
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Sharing an IMVironment
You can share IMVironments with any of your Yahoo! Messenger contacts during instant messaging.
Tip: IMVironments aren’t available when you converse with contacts outside the Yahoo! network, such as your Windows Live™ Messenger contacts and your Pingbox™ visitors.
Here’s How
In the conversation window, click the IMVironment button.
Select an IMV from the displayed menu.
The selected IMV displays in the conversation area of the window, even if you’re already conversing with a contact.
Tip: To close the IMV, select No IMVironment from the menu.
What’s Next
IMVs are enabled by default, and turning them off (or back on) is easy. In the Messages category of the Preferences window (accessed through the Messenger menu), uncheck Enable IMVironments, and then click the OK button.
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.
- IMVironment (IMV): a themed environment that you can select when instant messaging your friends. Potentially, both you and your friends see the IMV during your conversation.
- 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.
- Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.