Tips and Tricks for Chatting with Skype
We all love chatting with Skype so this week we’ll be posting hints and tips on group chat, chat history, bookmarking, emoticons and lots more to help you get the most out of Skype.
Starting a Chat
Chat is great for talking to your friends, family and colleagues when you don’t feel like speaking or maybe you’re busy in a meeting. To start a chat
1. Select the participant you would like to chat with from your Contacts List.
2. Then simply click the chat toolbar button.
3. A chat window will appear where you can type text chats to your friend and read their replies instantly.
Emoticons
A picture tells a thousand words and with Skype you can send emoticons or small pictures in chats to show how you’re feeling. You can send emoticons by typing in a shortcut such as “” or 
or by selecting the drop down menu labelled emoticons to select the picture you’d like to send. For example, if you write your friend will see a picture showing “thumbs up”.
If you don’t like these little figures, you can disable them under Skype -> Preferences -> Chat.
Hi, I’m Shehani from Sri Lanka. i’m 23. i would like to have some friends to chat.
Is there a way to escape the text I type in order to avoid it being shown as some emoticon at the other end, even if the user I talk to has enabled Emoticons?
HI I’m sonali i”ld love chating
HI I’m sonali i”ld love chating
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Hi there, I have downloaded the new skype 2.7 for Mac – it works beautifully except…. I cannot seem to open a chat? When I click on the chat icon of one of my contacts nothing happens. Pressing Apple 2 does not open the chat window. Under ‘Window’ drop down menu – the chat option is greayed out….?
Can you please help me?
Thanks!
Hi i have downloaded skype and whrn i click on one of my contacts and then i click the blue chat button it turns darker and my chat window doesn’t even pop up, whats wrong with it
Savanna NY
Hi i have downloaded skype and whrn i click on one of my contacts and then i click the blue chat button it turns darker and my chat window doesn’t even pop up, whats wrong with it
Savanna NY
Hi i have downloaded skype and whrn i click on one of my contacts and then i click the blue chat button it turns darker and my chat window doesn’t even pop up, whats wrong with it
Savannah NYC
Hi i have downloaded skype and when i click on one of my contacts and then i click the blue chat button it turns darker and my chat window doesn’t even pop up, whats wrong with it
Savannah NYC
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I would like to disable chat. I am being spammed.
Hey
Im havin a big issue with Skype Chat. I can chat and everything but in the window i dont see the text of what the other person sent but in stead i c al these urls and codes. I guess is computer language for what im sending to them but i want to b able to see the text itself
can u help me?
I do not want to chat with unknown persons, announcing themselves as ‘sexy’.
How do I disable chatting?
You can block chats from people you don’t know by adjusting your privacy settings. You’ll find them in Skype > Preferences > Privacy if you’re using Skype for Mac
I have the exact same problem as hawkster92 (comment from Dec. 31). How can I fix this problem?
Is there a way to set up the chat application in Skype so that an actual chat window opens upon receiving a message?
i.e.:- assume Skype is idle, and one of my friends texts me.
Can I set Skype up so that a window is open immediately?
Thanks.
@snaplejax make sure you’re running the latest version of Skype
@sixthblade go to Skype > Preferences > Chats and check ‘Open chats in separate windows’ – does that do the trick?
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@ hawkster92 and @ snaplejax: I have the same problem but seem to have found a solution. I’ve had the problem over several versions of Skype, including 2.8.0.722, so it’s not a version problem in my experience.
I fixed the garbled text by setting the system language to English in System Preferences and then rebooting my Mac. Before it was set to Arabic with Chinese as a secondary language, and I had the garbled chat text problem. With English as the primary, after rebooting the chats display text correctly. Because I like to use my computer in languages other than English, after booting into English, I switched back to Arabic/Chinese in System Preferences with no reboot. Then I launched Skype. It came in Chinese and the chat still displays correctly. So from my experience, it appears that the key thing is booting with system language set to English — after that, I can go back to other languages without garbled chat text.
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i would like to ask does Skype have chat room???