Chatting by using Windows Messenger - Part 4: Sending and receiving messages (902536)

SUMMARY

This article is Part 4 of the Chatting by using Windows Messenger guide. This part describes how to send and receive messages.

To view the other topics of the Chatting by using Windows Messenger guide, see the Microsoft Knowledge Base articles that are listed in the "References" section.

The Chatting by using Windows Messenger guide includes the following topics:

Part 1:  Introduction
Part 2:  Registering for Windows Messenger
Part 3:  Adding contacts
Part 4:  Sending and receiving messages

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Part 4: Sending and receiving messages

Windows Messenger displays all your contacts and lets you know who is already signed in.

Start chatting

You can use the Windows Messenger chat function to exchange casual messages with contacts. To do this, follow these steps:

Click Send an Instant Message.
Select a recipient from the list of contacts, and then click OK.
Type a message, and then click Send.
The message appears instantly on the contact's screen.
You can also see the Conversation window on the taskbar. The contact can answer the message immediately.

REFERENCES

For more information about this topic, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Registering for Windows Messenger

Part 3 Adding contacts

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