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Get Started with Windows Messenger 5.1
2. Start an Instant Message Conversation

• In Windows Messenger 5, double-click the online
  contact you want to converse with. If the contact
  is Offline or Away, you cannot conduct an instant
  message conversation with the contact.

1. Add Contacts

• Click Add a Contact.
• Complete the Add a Contact form. Select
  company name to search for the contact on your
  corporate network. Click on Next.
• The Search Results window will display the
  contact. If its the right contact, click on Next
  and then Finish. Your contact has now been added
  to the All Contacts pane in the Windows
  Messenger 5 client.
• Please note You can group your contacts by
  category for ease of locating co-workers,
  partners, suppliers, etc. The maximum number of
  contacts allowed by Windows Messenger 5.1 is 150.

• In the Conversation window that opens, type your
  message in the bottom pane and click Send.

• Your message will appear in the conversation
  pane. All the messages that you and your contact
  type will appear in this pane.

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Get Started with Windows Messenger 5
4. My Status
3. Sharing Files or the Desktop
My Status is one of the key features in Windows
Messenger 5. When you sign into Windows Messenger
5, you register your status and effectively send
updates to anyone who has added you to his or her
Windows Messenger 5 contacts.
You can collaborate on a file or share your
desktop in real time, without files being loaded
on both PCs.

• In the screen on the left, notice that
• Brian is Online in Windows Messenger 5.
• Cynthia is signed in, but has set her status to
  Away so you know not to send messages to her.
• Mike is currently Offline and is not signed in to
  the service.

• In the Windows Messenger 5 client, double-click
  the online contact you want to share a file or
  desktop with.
• In the Conversation client, click Start
  Application Sharing. When your contact accepts
  your invitation, the Sharing client will
  automatically run.
• The Sharing client will contain all the
  applications and files you currently have open.
  Select the file you wish to share and click
  Share.
• A new window will run on your contacts screen
  showing the file or application you are sharing.
  Minimize any Windows Messenger 5 conversations
  you are not using and keep the Conversation
  client to one side of your screen, or it will
  block your contacts view.
• If you want to share more than one file or
  application, its easier to share your desktop
  instead. When sharing one file, your contact can
  see only that file.
• To let your contact make changes in a shared
  document, click Allow Control.

To change My Status You can change your status
information from within Windows Messenger 5 by
selecting File ? My Status (you can also
right-click the Windows Messenger 5 icon in the
notification area of the Start taskbar) and
selecting either Online, Busy, Be Right Back,
Away, On The Phone, Out To Lunch, or Appear
Offline.

• 5. Transferring Files
• You can transfer files in real time by
• Dragging and dropping the file onto your IM
  conversation
• OR
• Selecting File ? Send a File or Photo.
• The recipient must accept the transfer to receive
  the file.
• A link appears in the recipients IM window
  that opens his or her download folder. If you
  would like to customize the location where your
  downloads are saved, within Windows Messenger 5
  go to Tools ? Options ? Preferences and update
  the folder location under File Transfer.

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