Chapter 19. Chatting and Texting with Windows Live Messenger
In the earliest days of personal computing, people communicated with others mostly by e-mail. Today, people have many different ways to communicate online in addition to e-mail. Online chat is one of those ways. With a chat program, people can communicate in real time by sending text messages back and forth to one another. All it takes is a chat program and an account with an online chat provider.
Windows Live Messenger is an add-on program from Microsoft and part of the Windows Live family of applications, which you can add to your computer and use to communicate with others online in a variety of ways. For example, you can chat online, send text messages, share photos, and even hold a video or audio conference. This chapter offers a brief overview of Windows Live Messenger to get you started. I start with a quick overview of the technology and then explain how you can download and install Windows Live Messenger on your computer. Then, I show you how to use Messenger to chat, text, and share photos. Although this chapter doesn't offer a complete look at all of Messenger's features, you'll find enough information here to help you understand what Messenger can do, as well as where to go for more information.
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For detailed coverage of Messenger, see "Windows Live Essentials," from Wiley.
Overview
Online chat, also called instant ...
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