How to Get Extra Emoticons for Yahoo Messenger

Using Yahoo Messenger is a great way to talk and have fun with friends and family. Using the emoticons that come with the program can make your conversations that much more fun and expressive. There are many ways of getting more emoticons from Yahoo Messenger, including downloading programs and even discovering some hidden emotions right in Yahoo Messenger. Everything is easy to do and soon you can have even more emoticons to play with.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer
• Internet
• Yahoo Messenger

1. Find hidden emoticons that are already loaded in your Yahoo Messenger program. There are different websites which list them including the official site. With a little practice learning the various keystrokes soon you can surprise your friends and then teach them what you know.

2. Download SweetIM, which is a great program to use as an add-on in Yahoo Messenger. You not only get emoticons, but also animated smilies, avatars, and games. This program also installs a toolbar on your webpage, but if you don't want to use it you can click it off from your toolbar options menu.

3. Download Smiley Central which installs a toolbar on your webpage so that you can use smilies not only in Yahoo Messenger, but also in email messages and blogs.

Tips & Warnings

• Make sure you have the latest version of Yahoo Messenger because some of these programs and keystrokes don't work with older versions.

Resources

• Download Yahoo Messenger from the official site.
• Find hidden smilies at the official Yahoo Messenger Site.
• Download this program from Sweet IM.
• Download emoticons from Smileys For Free.