Showing Your Personality With Display Images
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Selecting and Sharing Your Display Image
You’re a flower in spring, a studious coed, a traveling vagabond, a display image. Wait. A display image? Well, that’s actually what we call the picture you use to portray yourself to your contacts, so you can be a spring flower, a coed, or pretty much whatever you like.
Your display image can be a picture or an avatar. An avatar is a character that you create and personalize to convey your own unique personality. You decide what you want your display image to be.
Tip: You can’t share display images with Windows Live™ Messenger contacts.
Here’s How
In the Messenger window, click Messenger, then select My Display Image from the menu.
The Display Image window opens. If this is the first time you’ve opened this window, you’ll see examples of what your picture or avatar can be; otherwise, you’ll see your current picture and avatar choices.
In the window, select a picture or avatar to share.
To select and share a picture:
Click Share my picture option, then click the OK button.
The pictures window opens.
Select a picture from the list, or browse for one on your computer.
Tip: Choose any picture with a file extension of .bmp, .jpg, .png, or .gif.
Click the OK button.
Your selected picture appears in the display image window.
Click the OK button to close the Display Image window.
Your display image shows up on your list as well as your friends’ lists.
To create and share an avatar:
Click the Share my Avatar option, then click the OK button.
The Avatars web page appears.
Select a gender, then click the Create my Avatar button.
A generic avatar of the selected gender displays in the next web page.
Follow the online instructions to customize your avatar by changing its clothes, hair, skin color, background, and more.
Save your changes before closing the browser window.
Your display image shows up on your list as well as your friends’ lists.
What’s Next
If you don’t want to share a display image, click the circle next to Don’t share a display image at the top of the display image window.
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.
- Windows Live™ Messenger: Microsoft® Windows’ free instant messaging application.