Blackbe;rry YAHOO MESSENGER - LEARN MORE User manual

Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
Version: 2.5
User Guide

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Contents
Basics........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
About Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry devices.................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Sign in to Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry devices............................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Change your nickname or display picture............................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
About sound profiles.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Availability................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
About your status....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Change your status.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Add a status message................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Create a custom status.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Show when you are on a call.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Appear offline to a contact....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Receive notification when a contact is online........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Contacts...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Add a contact.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 6
View a contact's information.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Link a contact with a contact in the contacts application.................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Rename a contact...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Delete a contact......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Ignore a user............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
View ignored users..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Organize offline contacts.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
A contact no longer appears in my contact list...................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Contact groups........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Add a contact group.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Move a contact to a different contact group.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Rename a contact group........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Delete a contact group.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Conversations............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Send a message.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Send a message to a user that is not in your contact list...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Add an emoticon........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Send a file to a contact.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10
Start a conference...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
View a list of conference participants..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Email a conversation.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Copy a conversation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Clear a conversation.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Switch conversations................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
End a conversation..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Stop receiving messages from users that are not in your contact list................................................................................................................................................. 12
Prevent conversations from appearing in the messages application.................................................................................................................................................. 12
Stop grouping messages in conversations.............................................................................................................................................................................................. 12
I am not receiving notification for incoming messages........................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Text sometimes changes after I type it.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Conversation history.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Turn on conversation history.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
View the conversation history for a contact........................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Search for text in a conversation history................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Delete a conversation history................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Provide feedback........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Legal notice................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17

Basics
About Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry devices
YoucanuseYahoo!®MessengerforBlackBerry®devicestochatwithotherYahoo!®Messengerusersfromyourdevice.TouseYahoo!Messenger
for BlackBerry devices, you must have a Yahoo! ID. To get a Yahoo! ID, visit edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register. For more information about
Yahoo! Messenger, visit messenger.yahoo.com.
Sign in to Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry devices
1. On the Home screen or in the application list, click Yahoo! Messenger.
2. Type your Yahoo!® ID and password.
3. Click Sign In.
To sign out, press the Menu key. Click Sign Out.
Change your nickname or display picture
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Details.
3. Perform any of the following actions:
• To change your nickname, type a name.
• To change your display picture, press the Menu key. Click Change Display Image. Click a picture. If necessary, center the picture in
the box. Press the Menu key. Click Crop and Save.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
About sound profiles
You can set notification options, such as vibrate or tone, for Yahoo!® Messenger for BlackBerry® devices in the sounds application. The Yahoo!
Messenger Alert item specifies how you are notified when a contact that you have set an availability notification for becomes available. The
Yahoo! Messenger New Message item specifies how you are notified of incoming Yahoo!® Messenger messages.
Depending on the sound profile that is set in the sounds application on your device, you might not hear the audible notification that you have
set for Yahoo! Messenger for BlackBerry devices. For more information about sounds, click the Help icon on the Home screen of your BlackBerry
device.
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Availability
About your status
Your status is made up of a status indicator and a status message. You can create a custom status by typing your own status message and
choosing a status indicator.
Change your status
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Details.
3. Change the Status field.
Add a status message
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Details.
3. Type a status message.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
Create a custom status
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Details.
3. Change the Status field.
4. Click New Status.
5. Type a status message.
6. Perform any of the following actions:
• To change the status indicator that appears beside your status message to busy, select the Show busy icon check box.
• To add the custom status to the status list, select the Add to status list check box.
7. Click OK.
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Show when you are on a call
Depending on your wireless network, this feature might not be supported.
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click My Details.
3. Select the Show When I'm On The Phone check box.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
To stop showing when you are on a call, clear the Show When I'm On The Phone check box.
Appear offline to a contact
1. On the contact list screen, in a contact group, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Appear Offline to.
4. To appear offline to the contact permanently, select the Permanently check box.
5. Click Yes.
To appear online to the contact again, click Appear Online to.
Receive notification when a contact is online
You can receive a message when the contact is online. Depending on the sound profile that is set on your device, you might also receive an
audible notification.
1. On the contact list screen, in a contact group, highlight an offline contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Set Alert.
4. Click OK.
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Contacts
Add a contact
When you add a contact, that contact must accept or decline your invitation.
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Add a Contact.
3. To specify a contact group, change the Group field.
4. Type a user name.
5. Type a message.
6. Click OK.
7. To link the contact with a contact in the contacts application, perform one of the following actions:
• If the contact is already in the contacts application, click Select Contact. Click a contact.
• If the contact is not yet in the contacts application, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click
Save.
View a contact's information
1. On the contact list screen, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Contact Details.
Link a contact with a contact in the contacts application
When you link a contact with a contact in the contacts application, you might be able to perform additional tasks. For example, during a
conversation, you might be able to call or send an email message to the contact quickly from the menu.
1. On the contact list screen, in a contact group, 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 already in the contacts application, click Select Contact. Click a contact.
• If the contact is not yet in the contacts application, click New Contact. Type the contact information. Press the Menu key. Click
Save.
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Rename a contact
1. On the contact list screen, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Contact Details.
4. Type a name.
5. Press the Menu key.
6. Click Save.
Delete a contact
1. On the contact list screen, in a contact group, highlight a contact.
2. Press the Menu key.
3. Click Delete Contact.
4. Click Delete.
Ignore a user
You must delete a user from your contact list before you can ignore the user.
When you ignore a user, the user cannot add you. If you ignore a user who has already added you, you appear as offline in that user's contact
list.
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Ignore a User.
3. Type the user name or the email address of the user that you want to ignore.
4. Click OK.
To unignore a user, highlight an ignored user. Press the Menu key. Click Un-ignore.
View ignored users
1. On the contact list screen, press the Menu key.
2. Click Options.
3. Change the Show Ignored Contacts field to Yes.
4. Press the Menu key.
5. Click Save.
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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 changed options 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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