I've never seen the option in Windows Messenger, so guess that means no
you can't, smiles.
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:58:22 -0400, "Jennifer Aberdeen"
<freespirit328@xxxxxxxxx> said:
> Yes, I agree. It takes forever for it to finish talking
>
> Can I change their names in Windows Messenger? I just realized that I
> don't
> think I have Live Messenger.
>
> Jen
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Holdstock" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: windows live messenger and when someone signs in
>
>
> > Just right click on a contact and click on Edit Nickname or when you
> > create a new contact one of the fields is Nickname.
> >
> > It then shows that name in your contacts list, and basically everything,
> > including in the message box shows there nickname.
> >
> > I find nothing more annoying then when in a conversation when it says;
> > blah blah blah blah blah is typing a message and their name is really
> > long. Very irritating!
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jennifer Aberdeen" <freespirit328@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:06 PM
> > Subject: Re: windows live messenger and when someone signs in
> >
> >> Peter,
> >>
> >> How do I give the people in my list nick names?
> >>
> >> I've tried but can't find how to do it.
> >>
> >> Jen----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Peter Holdstock" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
> >> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:05 PM
> >> Subject: Re: windows live messenger and when someone signs in
> >>
> >>
> >>> URL for what?
> >>>
> >>> Peter
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "raul Gutierrez" <rpgutierrez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 7:58 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: windows live messenger and when someone signs in
> >>>
> >>>> Hi, please send me the URL
> >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>> From: "Peter Holdstock" <peterholdstock@xxxxxxx>
> >>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:35 AM
> >>>> Subject: Re: windows live messenger and when someone signs in
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> In WLM you can give people nicknames. This is what I've done so that
> >>>>> JAWS doesn't say there full name including emotions etc.
Once you give
> >>>>> them a nick name, JAWS will announce this when they sign in
instead of
> >>>>> the longer name.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hope that helps
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Peter
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 6:18 AM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: windows live messenger and when someone signs in
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>I have this all the time with WLM 8.1 and JAWS 8.0.423 demo, and it
> >>>>>> doesn't bother me, as I often read the contacts list anyway to see
> >>>>>> who's
> >>>>>> online etc, however it's nice to know when someone's just signed in,
> >>>>>> even though it truncates them sometimes.
> >>>>>> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:20:29 -0500, "Chris Skarstad"
> >>>>>> <toonhead@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> >>>>>>> Hi folks. I don't really know if this is a screenreader specific
> >>>>>>> thing. But A while ago, when I upgraded to the latest and
> >>>>>>> supposedly greatest version of Windows Live Messenger, one thing
> >>>>>>> that
> >>>>>>> really began to annoy me is that when someone signed in with a
> >>>>>>> particularly long screen name, it got cut off. For example, if
> >>>>>>> someone's name said something like, Toonhead, can't wait for the
> >>>>>>> next
> >>>>>>> harry potter book to come out! What happens is, it gets cut off,
> >>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>> you hear, Toonhead, can't wait for the... has just signed in.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> It didn't do this with older versions of WLM, so figuring
that going
> >>>>>>> back to an older version might fix the problem, that's what I did.
> >>>>>>> But as you can probably guess, the problem still persists. Is this
> >>>>>>> happening with anyone else using Windows Live Messenger, and if so,
> >>>>>>> is there a setting that I can change so the entire screen name is
> >>>>>>> read when someone signs in? When I hit the keystroke to hear the
> >>>>>>> last
> >>>>>>> person who signed in, the entire screen name is read out, but when
> >>>>>>> they sign in, it isn't. So if anyone has any kind of idea
what to do
> >>>>>>> I would very very much appreciate it! I hate having to go to my
> >>>>>>> contact list every time someone I want to talk to signs in with a
> >>>>>>> different screen name just so I can tell what it is.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
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