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User Guide
Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry Smartphones
BlackBerry smartphone with a trackwheel
Version: 2.1
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Contents Basics........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3 About Windows Live Messenger for BlackBerry devices............................................................................................................................................................................3 Sign in to
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Change your availability status ................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13 Create a custom availability status..............................................................................................................................................................................................................13 Delete cu
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User Guide Basics 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™ Mes
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User Guide Contacts 4
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User Guide Contacts 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, click the trackwheel. 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 Blac
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User Guide Contacts 2. Click the trackwheel. 3. Click Delete Contact. 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. Click the trackwheel. 3. Click Block Contact. To unblock a contact, highlight a contact. Click the trackwheel. Click Unblock. View blocked contacts 1. On the contact list screen, click the trackwheel. 2. Click Options. 3. Change the Show Blocked Contacts field to Yes. 4. Click the
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User Guide Conversations Conversations Send a message 1. In the Contact list, highlight a contact. 2. Click the trackwheel. 3. Type a message. 4. Press the Enter key. Open a conversation Conversations appear in the Conversations group and in the main message list on your BlackBerry® device. 1. On the Contact list screen, in the Conversations group, highlight a contact. 2. Click the trackwheel. 3. Click Open Conversation. Add an emoticon 1. When you are composing a message, press the Symbol key t
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User Guide Conversations Send a conversation as an email message 1. During a conversation, click the trackwheel. 2. Click Email Conversation. Copy a conversation 1. During a conversation, click the trackwheel. 2. Click Copy Conversation. Clear a conversation 1. During a conversation, click the trackwheel. 2. Click Clear Conversation. End a conversation 1. During a conversation, click the trackwheel. 2. Click End Conversation. Start a conference 1. During a conversation, click the trackwheel. 2.
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User Guide Conversations I am not receiving notification for incoming messages Try performing any of the following actions: • In the profile list, click the active notification profile. Change the notification option for the Windows Live™ Messenger New Message item to Tone, Vibrate, or Vibrate+Tone. • In the profile list, for the active notification profile, verify that the Volume fields for the Windows Live Messenger item are not set to Mute. Text sometimes changes after I type it If AutoText r
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User Guide Conversation history 10
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User Guide Conversation history Conversation history View the conversation history for a contact To perform this task, on the Options screen, the Save Message History field must be set to save conversations on your BlackBerry® device or on a media card. 1. On the Contact list screen, highlight a contact. 2. Click the trackwheel. 3. Click View History. 4. Click a conversation history. Delete a conversation history 1. On the Contact list screen, highlight a contact. 2. Click the trackwheel. 3. Cli
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User Guide Availability 12
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User Guide Availability Availability About the availability status Your availability status is made up of a status message and an availability indicator. You can create a custom availability status by typing your own status message and choosing an availability indicator. By default, the availability indicator appears as available. Change your availability status 1. At the top of the Contact list screen, click your user name. 2. Click an availability status. Note: If you change your availability
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User Guide Availability About notification profiles In the profile list, you can set notification options such as vibrate or tone for Windows Live™ Messenger for BlackBerry® devices messages. The Windows Live Messenger Alert notification profile specifies how you are notified when a contact becomes available. The Windows Live Messenger New Message notification profile specifies how you are notified of incoming Windows Live Messenger messages. Change a notification profile 1. In the profile list,
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User Guide Legal notice Legal notice This guide describes tasks associated with a BlackBerry device with a trackwheel. ©2008 Research In Motion Limited. All rights reserved. BlackBerry®, RIM®, Research In Motion®, SureType® and related trademarks, names, and logos are the property of Research In Motion Limited and are registered and/or used as trademarks in the U.S., Canada, and countries around the world. Microsoft, Windows Live, and the Windows Live logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation
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User Guide Legal notice PUNITIVE, OR AGGRAVATED DAMAGES, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS OR REVENUES, FAILURE TO REALIZE ANY EXPECTED SAVINGS, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, LOSS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, OR CORRUPTION OR LOSS OF DATA, FAILURES TO TRANSMIT OR RECEIVE ANY DATA, PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY APPLICATIONS USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH RIM PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, DOWNTIME COSTS, LOSS OF THE USE OF RIM PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR ANY PORTION THEREOF OR OF ANY AIRTIME SERVICES, C
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