User Manual

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Windows Live ID: One Online ID to Rule Them All
From here, there are a wide range of options you can congure for your Windows
Live ID. (Or not. Remember, it’s your choice.) Some of the more important ones include:
Personal information: 3 Click the Details link on the left side of your Prole
page to access a page where you can edit your personal information, including
your name, personal photo, contact information, work information, general
information (gender, occupation, location, interests, and more), social infor-
mation (relationship status, relationship interests, hometown, places lived,
humor, fashion, and favorite quote), and education information.
Status: 3 At the top of the Prole page is a conversation balloon with the text,
"Share something new." This is where you can type a personal note, similar to
a Twitter post (or “tweet”) or Facebook status post.
Importing Contacts from Other Services
After you’ve completed lling out your Windows Live ID, you may want to import
contacts from other services, especially if you intend to use this account for e-mail
or to communicate with others using Windows Live services and applications such as
Windows Live Photos (photo sharing), Windows Live Spaces (blogging), or Windows
Live Messenger. To do so, click the Add Friends to Your Prole link on the Prole page.
(Or just navigate to profile.live.com/connect.) From this page, shown in Figure 1-8,
you can add individual people to your contact list or import them from other e-mail
accounts and online services.
FIgure 1-8: Windows Live helps you import contacts from other services.
You can also

update your status
on Windows Live
with Microsoft’s
instant messaging
(IM) application,
Windows Live
Messenger. This
app works as a
front end of sorts
to Windows Live on
Windows-based PCs.
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