YAHOO MESSENGER : CREATE CONTACT LIST

Create Your Contact List

1. Before you can use Yahoo Messenger to communicate with others, you will need to create a contact list. In order to do this, you must know their Yahoo username. For example, the person you want to communicate with has a Yahoo user name umucdemo.

To add this user to your contact list, you need to select the add icon located on the Messenger tab.

2. Enter the Yahoo ID (username) of the person you wish to add to your contact list. If you think you will have a hard time remembering who the username belongs to, enter the person's first and/or last name. This is the name that will be displayed on your contact list. Click on Next.

3. You can categorize usernames on your contact list. Simply type the name of the group into which you want to categorize the username (i.e., work, school, family, friends, etc.). Yahoo messenger will send an instant message to that person, who can then accept or deny your request to include his/her name on your contact list. If that person is off-line, the "accept/deny" message will be presented to him/her the next time he/she logs in to Yahoo Messenger.

Note: If the person whose username you are adding to your contact list does not recognize you by your Yahoo username, he/she may select "deny" upon receiving the request. Therefore, you will find it helpful to include a brief note as shown in the example image below. When you have entered your note, click Next.

The person whose username you are attempting to add to your contact list will receive a Yahoo Message that resembles the one shown below. Likewise, when someone attempts to add your Yahoo username to his/her contact list, you will receive the same type of message.

4. The "add to messenger list" status window appears. Yahoo Messenger includes an address book feature, in which you can add contact details for each name on your list. To add more details about a particular contact, click the "Add More Details" button.

Because of potential privacy concerns associated with the online storage of your Yahoo Messenger Address Book, we recommend that you RESTRICT the information you include on the contact details form to only that which is absolutely necessary for instant messaging this person from contact list. Once you have filled in any info you want to include, select the Save & Close button to exit the contact details form.

5. Repeat this process for any Yahoo usernames you wish to add to your contact list. If you chose to enter in additional information as outlined in step 4, you will need to repeat Steps 1-4 to enter addional contacts. Other wise you can select Next to add addional contacts or select Finish when you are done adding contacts. Remember, you can only use Yahoo Messenger to communicate with those people whose usernames appear on your contact list.

We recommend that you also add your own username to your contact list. That way, you will be able to see your name/online status the same way that others see it on their contact lists.

6. Check your contact list in Yahoo Messenger. As shown in the screen image below, Yahoo Trainer has been added to the contact list. In this case, Yahoo Trainer's username is actually umucdemo. Note the following:

• A yellow smiley face next to the display name indicates that the person is online.
• A gray face means that the person is either off-line or "invisible".

7. To change your own status (how others see you), use the drop down status selector at the top of Yahoo Messenger (see image below). You may select from seven existing status messages or click "New Status Message" to create your own. In the second screen image shown below, we see that Yahoo Trainer has changed her status to "Be Right Back".