How to Save an AIM Conversation
Sometimes the best and easiest way to talk to someone is with AOL Instant Messenger® (AIM). But if your conversations contain information you might want to access again, you need a way to preserve your AIM chats. Save your conversations before you close the program so you don't lose the text forever.
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Instructions
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Click on the "File" menu of the AOL Instant Messenger application and select "Save" from the pull-down menu. You can find the "File" menu in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
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Choose and type in a name for the saved AIM chat in the "File Name" box (on a PC) or the "Save As" box (on a Mac). Make sure to choose a name that you know you can remember easily later.
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Pull down the "Save as type" menu (on a PC), or the "Format" menu (on a Mac), and select the file format you want to save the conversation as from the pull-down menu. Choose "Text Only" (on a PC) or "Text File" (on a Mac) if you just want to save the text of the conversation. Choose "Rich Text Format" (on a PC) or "HTML File" (on a Mac) if you want to be able to open the file in a web browser.
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Decide where you want to save the file on your computer and select that location from the pull-down menu. Save it to a location where you can easily find it. Press the "Save" button to store your AOL Instant Messenger conversation.
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webmig
May 24, 2008
if I use public pc's or public Mac's, how can I automatically set MSN Messenger to save theese conversations into Windows Live SkyDrive or any other... I want something that will just run automatically. -
webmig
May 24, 2008
if I use public pc's or public Mac's, how can I automatically set MSN Messenger to save theese conversations into Windows Live SkyDrive or any other... I want something that will just run automatically.
