How to Text With Skype
Texting with Skype is simple and only requires a few steps. It's done right from your computer keyboard while you are connected to the Internet and logged in to your Skype account. Skype accepts your text message and forwards it to the destination cell phone just as if you sent the text from an actual cell phone.
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Instructions
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Connect to the Internet and log in to your Skype account console.
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Click on a contact in your list of contacts or click on "Call Phones" and enter a phone number you want to text. If you typed in a phone number, then click on the "SMS" button. Either way, you should see a box at the bottom of your Skype window that is pink and white.
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Click in the white area and begin typing your text message. You have 160 characters at your disposal and this includes any emoticons you may choose to include.
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Click on the blue and white "txt" button to the right of the pink and white box to send your message.
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Tips & Warnings
Texting with Skype requires Skype credits, which you can load with a $10 minimum and is not included in any of the subscriptions Skype offers. The cost of the text depends on where in the world the destination phone is originally serviced out of. It is cheaper to send a text to a phone in the United States and Canada than it is Mexico or Europe.
If you don't have any Skype credits, texting will not work with Skype. Double-check the number you are attempting to send a text to. There are no refunds for sending a text to the wrong number no matter where in the world the mistaken phone number may be.
