How to Use Yahoo! Messenger in Trillian

Yahoo! Messenger is a terrific instant messaging service, but it's likely that not all of your friends are using it. Some may be using AIM, others MSN. In the past, if you wanted to communicate with everyone you'd have to use each instant messenger service independently, eating up system resources and cluttering your desktop with windows. Now you can just use Trillian to chat via Yahoo! Messenger and the most popular IM services.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Yahoo! Messenger account
• Trillian

1. Start Trillian either by selecting it from the Start menu or by double-clicking its icon on your desktop. If you haven't already downloaded and installed Trillian then you can get it at the Cerulean Studios website (see Resources below).
2. Wait for Trillian to log in each of your Yahoo! Messenger accounts, or add new accounts from the "Manage My Connections" menu option. Adding a new account requires your account screen name and password, so if you don't already have them, then click the "Register for a New Account" button and create them.
3. Look at the "Online" bar in your Trillian window to ensure your Yahoo! Messenger connection is in use. If the red gems are bright as opposed to dim and opaque, then your Yahoo! Messenger connection is enabled.
4. Double-click on a contact in your contact list who has a red gem next to his or her name. These are your Yahoo! contacts, and double-clicking their screen names will bring up a chat box.
5. Type your message in the message box and press "Enter" to send it.
6. Right-click on the Trillian system tray icon to bring up the right-click context menu. From here you can set your online status ("Away" or "Out to Lunch," for example). You can also create custom "Away" messages, and you can set your status for each of your different IM accounts using the same command.

Tips & Warnings

• Use simple emoticons to ensure they display properly within the chat window. There are special Trillian emoticons and, while most instant messaging servers will have equivalents, some will be displayed as text. Ask your contacts whether they're seeing emoticons or simply the emoticon commands to find out which are enabled.
• If you lose connection with the Internet for whatever reason, Trillian will restart. Just be aware that the Yahoo Messenger connection you use may not restart automatically even if you've set it to do so, as server lag can hamper the auto login function. If it's not popping back on, you can restart it manually.

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