Re: Instant messaging questions
- From: Chris Skarstad <toonhead5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 12:10:20 -0600
hi, Dustin
I'll place your question before my answer for clarity.
At 11:16 AM 11/12/2006, you wrote:
I can not figure out how to add my yahoo
messenger contacts, there is a search edit box at the top of the main
window, and when I read my contact list, there first name is spoken, along
with there email. I would rather it just speak there name. How are you all
dealing with these issues?
Ok, let's take this one at a time. Sit back, relax, all is cool.
Firstly, you do not have to worry about the search box at the top of
the contact list window.
The way you add Yahoo contacts is exactly how you add any other
contact in windows live. Go to the contact list, and then press alt
c for contacts, and then arrow down to add a contact and press
enter. Then simply ttype in their e-mail address or Yahoo ID into
the instant messaging address edit box, and then shift tab to the ok
button. With luck, your friend should show up soon if they're online.
They also may have to add you to their list, i don't know if Yahoo
also supports adding msn contacts, but simply adding them to your
list is usually all it takes.
Secondly, you can get rid of this particular behavior by upgrading to
JAWS 7.10. Unfortunately, earlier versions of JAWS still do this,
but JAWS 7.1 fixes that little problem of speaking the e-mail address
after the name.
On a somewhat related note, it may also help you if you press
enter on one of your contacts and bring the conversation window to
focus. Next, go to the tools menu with alt plus t, and then arrow
down to show toolbars, which is a sub menu. In this you'll find 2
items, standard, and formatting. If both of them are checked, you can
press enter on each item to uncheck it. In other words if you go into
the show toolbars sub menu and press enter on standard, you will have
to do the same thing for formatting to turn it off. This makes your
instant messenger window a whole lot less cluttered, leaving you with
a lot less stuff to worry about. As for Yahoo messenger, i don't
use it much so I can't speak on that, but hopefully someone else can.
Hope this helps.
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