Blackbe;rry WINDOWS LIVE MESSENGER FOR SMARTPHONES User manual

User Guide
Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
BlackBerry Smartphone with a Touch Screen
Version: 2.2

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Contents
Basics............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
About Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices.................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Sign in to Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices........................................................................................................................................................... 3
Change your display name................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Delete Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Contacts........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
About contacts....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Add a contact......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
View a contact's information............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Associate a contact with contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device............................................................................................................... 5
Delete a contact..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Block a contact....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
View blocked contacts.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Organize offline contacts..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
A contact no longer appears in my contact list................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
Conversations.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Send a message..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Open a conversation............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Add an emoticon.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Prevent conversations from appearing in the main message list.................................................................................................................................................. 7
Switch conversations............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Call or send an email message to a contact quickly during a conversation................................................................................................................................. 7
Send a conversation as an email message......................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Copy a conversation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Clear a conversation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
End a conversation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Start a conference................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
View a list of conference participants................................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Stop grouping messages in conversations........................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
I am not receiving notification for incoming messages................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Text sometimes changes after I type it............................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Conversation history.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
View the conversation history for a contact...................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Delete a conversation history.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Availability.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Change your availability status........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Create a custom status message......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Delete your custom status message................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Receive notification when a contact becomes available................................................................................................................................................................. 13
About sound profiles............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Change a sound profile......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Legal notice.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15

Basics
About Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices
You can use Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry® devices to chat with other Windows Live Messenger users from your BlackBerry
device. To use Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices, you must have a Windows Live ID. For more information about Windows
Live Messenger, visit get.live.com/messenger/overview.
You can send and receive email messages and use other applications on your device while the Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry
devices application is running. When you receive a new instant message, an indicator appears in the device status section of the screen.
Sign in to Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices
1. On the Home screen or in the application list, click Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices.
2. Type your Windows Live™ ID and password.
3. Set the Domain field for the user name that you typed.
4. Click Sign in.
To sign out, on the Contact list screen, press the Menu key. Click Sign out.
Change your display name
1. On the Contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Info.
3. Change your display name.
Delete Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices
1. In the device options, click Advanced Options.
2. Click Applications.
3. Highlight the Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry® devices application.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Delete.
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User Guide Contacts
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Contacts
About contacts
The contact list displays your list of individual contacts, or Windows Live™ Messenger users. Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry®
devices uses your existing Windows Live Messenger contact list.
Add a contact
1. On the Contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Add a Contact.
3. In the email address field, perform one of the following actions:
• Type an email address.
• Type part of the name for contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry® device. Click a contact name.
4. Click OK.
5. To associate the contact with a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device, perform one of the following actions:
• If the contact is in your main contact list, click Select Contact. Click an email address.
•If the contact is not in your main contact list, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click Save.
View a contact's information
1. In the contact list, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Contact Info.
Associate a contact with contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry device
You can associate a contact with a contact in your main contact list who has an email address, phone number, or both. You can then call
or send an email message to the contact quickly during a conversation.
1. In the contact list, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Link to BlackBerry Contact.
4. Perform one of the following actions:
• If the contact is in your main contact list, click Select Contact. Click an email address.
• If the contact is not in your main contact list, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key.Click Save.
Delete a contact
1. On the contact list screen, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Delete Contact.
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Block a contact
If you block a contact, you appear as offline in that contact's contact list.
1. On the contact list screen, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Block Contact.
To unblock a contact, highlight a contact. Press the Menu key. Click Unblock.
View blocked contacts
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Options.
3. Change the Show Blocked Contacts field to Yes.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
Organize offline contacts
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Options.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
• To group offline contacts, change the Show Offline Contacts field to Group.
• To hide offline contacts, change the Show Offline Contacts field to No.
• To view offline contacts, change the Show Offline Contacts field to Yes.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
A contact no longer appears in my contact list
Try performing the following actions:
• If you have set your client to hide offline contacts, organize offline contacts so that you can view offline contacts.
• If you have collapsed the group that the contact is in, expand the group. On the Contact list screen, click the group.
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Conversations
Send a message
1. In the Contact list, click a contact.
2. Type a message.
3. Press the Enter key.
Open a conversation
Conversations appear in the Conversations group and in the main message list on your BlackBerry® device.
On the Contact list screen, in the Conversations group, click a contact.
Add an emoticon
1. When you are composing a message, press the Emoticon key.
2. Click an emoticon.
Prevent conversations from appearing in the main message list
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Options.
3. Change the Show Conversations in Message List field to No.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
Switch conversations
1. During a conversation, press the Menu key.
2. Click Switch Conversation.
3. Click a contact.
Call or send an email message to a contact quickly during a conversation
To perform this task, the contact must be associated with a contact in the main contact list on your BlackBerry® device.
During a conversation, perform any of the following actions:
• Press the Menu key.Click Call <Contact Name>.
• Press the Menu key.Click Email <Contact Name>.
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Send a conversation as an email message
1. During a conversation, press the Menu key.
2. Click Email Conversation.
Copy a conversation
1. During a conversation, press the Menu key.
2. Click Copy Conversation.
Clear a conversation
1. During a conversation, press the Menu key.
2. Click Clear Conversation.
End a conversation
1. During a conversation, press the Menu key.
2. Click End Conversation.
Start a conference
1. During a conversation, press the Menu key.
2. Click Invite.
3. In the drop-down list, click a contact.
4. Click OK.
View a list of conference participants
1. During a conference, press the Menu key.
2. Click View Participants.
Stop grouping messages in conversations
In a conversation, by default, consecutive messages that you send or receive are grouped together.
1. On the Contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Options.
3. In the Group Messages In Conversation drop-down list, click No.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
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