SKYPE CALLING TRICKS
Skype lets
make voice and video calls to Skype contacts at no cost at all as well
as landline and mobile calls at low rates. While calling on Skype, keep in
mind these tricks to get most of the tool.
SHARE SCREENS
No
more need to screen capture a video beforehand to share it with friends
and colleagues! You may display a presentation, explain how to use a software,
show photos without sending them and much more just having switched the Share Screens option. All you need is to select a
contact or group, start a call, click the “+” button on the taskbar, and select Share
screens. You may get up to 10 people together on a Skype
call and share your screen with everyone. To stop sharing your sreen,
select Stop sharing.
Skype is a must-have tool for any PC user. Just
imagine how much money it saves us on text messaging and international calls!
Unlike Facetime designed for Mac and
iOS users, Skype can be installed almost to any PC or smartphone. In Windows 10
OS, it’s already pre-installed, so you may sign in with your Microsoft ID
Skype provides a handful of indispensable IM, voice and
video calling possibilities. Most of us use the tool not knowing
about the half of its nice features. Let’s have a look at some hidden
Skype options which will save you a lot of time and make your
communication more productive or cheerful.
HIDDEN SKYPE EMOTICONS
Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. That’s why
Skype emoticons are so popular. The common emoticons list can be
accessed by clicking on the smiley at the top of the compose message box.
Almost every new software version brings some new pieces to the set. However,
there are some emoticons which Skype developers will hardly ever make visible
on the palette, because they refer to bad language or habits, some seasonal
notions or just duplicate already visible smileys.
To generate hidden emoticons, you just have to know and type the
corresponding keyboard shortcuts in the brakets. Here are some of them
published on the official Skype website:
SKYPE CHAT TRICKS
CHANGE TEXT FONT
AND SIZE
QUICKLY EDIT YOUR LAST MESSAGE
SE LINE BREAKS
FORWARD CALLS TO
MOBILE OR LANDLINE
CLEAR HISTORY
BACK UP & TRANSFER SKYPE CONTACTS
Here are others which
still exist but not declared anywhere officially:
Try also the following shortcuts:
(bandit), (heidy), (headbang), (rock), (lalala), (tumbleweed), (wfh) and
you’ll see these emoticons:
SKYPE CHAT TRICKS
Instant
messaging is still the key Skype’s functionality. The software doesn’t provide
too much text customization on the surface. However, if you dig deeper, you’ll
be able to do much more while texting on Skype.
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CHANGE TEXT FONT
AND SIZE
By
default, Skype’s font is 8pt Tahoma. If it’s too small and you want to change
it, go to Tools > Options > IM & SMS > IM appearance. Now hit the Change
font button and
customize it to your preference.
QUICKLY EDIT YOUR LAST MESSAGE
If
you noticed a typo in you last message just after hitting the Enter button, you may click the Up arrow and the message will appear back
in the edit box. Make the changes and hit Send message to resend the edited version.
If you’d like to edit a message a few IMs later, right-click
on it and choose Edit message. You can also delete messages in the same way
SE LINE BREAKS
Use
In Skype, whenever you press Enter, a message will be send. To create a
line break you should press down theShift key and then press Enter.
FORWARD CALLS TO
MOBILE OR LANDLINE
Don’t
miss a call when you’re offline or unable to answer on Skype. You can
set up call forwarding in Tools >Options. Under Calls, click Call
forwarding.
Click Call forwarding options and tick Forward my calls to. You can choose up to three mobile or landlines numbers worldwide, even in different countries, or you can choose to have calls forwarded to another Skype contact in your contact list. If you pick up the first option, make sure that you have enough money on your Skype account.
Click Call forwarding options and tick Forward my calls to. You can choose up to three mobile or landlines numbers worldwide, even in different countries, or you can choose to have calls forwarded to another Skype contact in your contact list. If you pick up the first option, make sure that you have enough money on your Skype account.
CLEAR HISTORY
For
your convenience Skype keeps chat history on your computer. If it may
compromise your privacy as anyone has access to your computer can easily see
it, you can delete Skype history. Go toTools > Options > Privacy > Privacy Settings and find the button Clear
history. You may also set the period during which your history
will be kept, e.g. Skype may clear all the history every two weeks and not keep
it at all.
BACK UP & TRANSFER SKYPE CONTACTS
When
you want to change your Skype ID, you can easily back up all the contacts
from one Skype account to be transferred into another. To do so,
open the main Skype window, go to Contacts > Advanced > Backup
Contacts to File. It will generate a .vcf file which you can
save on your PC. Once you are signed in with a new ID, proceed to Contacts > Advanced >
Restore Contacts from File and import the saved contacts
file.
