Setting Up and Using Yahoo Messenger
IV.	Initiating Chat
	Note: Before, you can complete any of the activities on this page, you must have added friends to Yahoo Messenger.
1.	To send a message to one friend, double click on your friend's name in your contact list. The Instant Message box will appear, and you can write your message in the box at the bottom. Click Send when you finish your message.
2.	The large box in the middle scrolls down as your messages between you and your friend fill the screen. If your friend is typing a message back to you, the very bottom section will show "(Name of sender) is typing a message." If you have the sound turned on, you can hear little typing sounds.
3.	Speaking: If you want to speak, make sure you have a microphone attached to your computer and have the sound on your computer turned on. Click on the Voice icon (picture of a microphone above) to activate voice chat.
IV.	Starting a Voice Conference
1.	With Yahoo Messenger open, click on Contacts and then Invite to a Conference . . .
2.	Next, the following screen appears. It shows only your friends who are currently logged in to Yahoo Messenger. Select a friend from the left; then click Add. The added names will appear on the right under Invitation List. After you have finished adding the names, click on Invite.
3.	Next, the Voice Conference screen will appear on your screen. Below you see the text chat from a voice conference.
4.	This works similar to the Instant Message box except that there are several people instead of one.
5.	Speaking: If you want to speak, make sure you have a microphone attached to your computer and have the sound on your computer turned on. Click on the Voice icon (picture of a microphone above) to activate voice chat. Use the mouse to hold down the green talk button while you are speaking.
	I. Logging In and Adding Friends to Yahoo Messenger
	II. How to Archive Yahoo Messenger Files & III. Retrieve chat logs
	Updated April 2006