Vista - Print Conversation

06-20-2008

I haven't found a way to print a Live Messenger conversation directly
from Messenger. I have to save to a file and then print the file from
Word. My wife is computer impaired, so trying to get her to save to,
say, the desktop, then finding a program (Word, etc.) and loading the
file to print is a divorce-promoter! I can't believe there's no way to
print directly from LM, so any help appreciated. My ver. is 2008 (Build
8.5.1302.1018)

06-20-2008

Unfortunately there isn't a way to print directly from a message window
however there is an easy way to print your conversations.
Messenger allows you to "record" your conversations. Go to tools/options and
click on the "Message" option.
In there you should see a couple of settings for "Message History" This
allows you to store your messages to disk automatically and also allows you
to choose where you want to store them (from what you are saying storing
them on the desktop might be the best place).
This automatically creates an xml file of your conversations. Simply double
click this file and it will open in IE and you can print from there.
Hope this helps.

Colin Brown
WL MVP

"Dan Wenz" <djwenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:LJednWSDrbM_O8bVnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@xxxxxx

Quote:

> I haven't found a way to print a Live Messenger conversation directly from
> Messenger. I have to save to a file and then print the file from Word. My
> wife is computer impaired, so trying to get her to save to, say, the
> desktop, then finding a program (Word, etc.) and loading the file to print
> is a divorce-promoter! I can't believe there's no way to print directly
> from LM, so any help appreciated. My ver. is 2008 (Build 8.5.1302.1018)

06-20-2008

Hi,

Just to add, you can print straight from the message history window just by clicking inside
it and pressing Ctrl-P on the keyboard. You don't have to open it manually and do it in IE.

Note: Message history window is not the conversation window, it's viewing the history by
right-clicking on the contact and choosing the option from the view menu.

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
(c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation
--

"Colin Brown WLMVP" <Hackersoft1@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:423E71C3-106C-44F4-A06D-F76D54A119FC@xxxxxx

Quote:

> Unfortunately there isn't a way to print directly from a message window however there is an
> easy way to print your conversations.
> Messenger allows you to "record" your conversations. Go to tools/options and click on the
> "Message" option.
> In there you should see a couple of settings for "Message History" This allows you to store
> your messages to disk automatically and also allows you to choose where you want to store
> them (from what you are saying storing them on the desktop might be the best place).
> This automatically creates an xml file of your conversations. Simply double click this file
> and it will open in IE and you can print from there.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Colin Brown
> WL MVP
>
> "Dan Wenz" <djwenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:LJednWSDrbM_O8bVnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@xxxxxx

Quote:

>> I haven't found a way to print a Live Messenger conversation directly from Messenger. I
>> have to save to a file and then print the file from Word. My wife is computer impaired, so
>> trying to get her to save to, say, the desktop, then finding a program (Word, etc.) and
>> loading the file to print is a divorce-promoter! I can't believe there's no way to print
>> directly from LM, so any help appreciated. My ver. is 2008 (Build 8.5.1302.1018)

>

06-21-2008

Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote:

Quote:

> Hi,
>
> Just to add, you can print straight from the message history window just by clicking inside
> it and pressing Ctrl-P on the keyboard. You don't have to open it manually and do it in IE.
>
> Note: Message history window is not the conversation window, it's viewing the history by
> right-clicking on the contact and choosing the option from the view menu.
>

Thanks to you and Colin Brown, I'll see if the wife can handle those
options - no problem for me but she keeps threatening to buy a Mac,
hoping that will be easier on her than the PC, but at age 70 that's a
stretch :-) Maybe I can make a script "program" to do that with one
ctl-keystroke, but I'm not a programmer, so will have to check with my
fat Win XP reference tome.

06-20-2008	#1 (permalink)
Dan Wenz n/a posts	Print Conversation I haven't found a way to print a Live Messenger conversation directly from Messenger. I have to save to a file and then print the file from Word. My wife is computer impaired, so trying to get her to save to, say, the desktop, then finding a program (Word, etc.) and loading the file to print is a divorce-promoter! I can't believe there's no way to print directly from LM, so any help appreciated. My ver. is 2008 (Build 8.5.1302.1018)
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06-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
Colin Brown WLMVP n/a posts	Re: Print Conversation Unfortunately there isn't a way to print directly from a message window however there is an easy way to print your conversations. Messenger allows you to "record" your conversations. Go to tools/options and click on the "Message" option. In there you should see a couple of settings for "Message History" This allows you to store your messages to disk automatically and also allows you to choose where you want to store them (from what you are saying storing them on the desktop might be the best place). This automatically creates an xml file of your conversations. Simply double click this file and it will open in IE and you can print from there. Hope this helps. Colin Brown WL MVP "Dan Wenz" <djwenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:LJednWSDrbM_O8bVnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: > I haven't found a way to print a Live Messenger conversation directly from > Messenger. I have to save to a file and then print the file from Word. My > wife is computer impaired, so trying to get her to save to, say, the > desktop, then finding a program (Word, etc.) and loading the file to print > is a divorce-promoter! I can't believe there's no way to print directly > from LM, so any help appreciated. My ver. is 2008 (Build 8.5.1302.1018)
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06-20-2008	#3 (permalink)
Jonathan Kay [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Print Conversation Hi, Just to add, you can print straight from the message history window just by clicking inside it and pressing Ctrl-P on the keyboard. You don't have to open it manually and do it in IE. Note: Message history window is not the conversation window, it's viewing the history by right-clicking on the contact and choosing the option from the view menu. -- Jonathan Kay Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com (c) 2008 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature or citation -- "Colin Brown WLMVP" <Hackersoft1@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:423E71C3-106C-44F4-A06D-F76D54A119FC@xxxxxx Quote: > Unfortunately there isn't a way to print directly from a message window however there is an > easy way to print your conversations. > Messenger allows you to "record" your conversations. Go to tools/options and click on the > "Message" option. > In there you should see a couple of settings for "Message History" This allows you to store > your messages to disk automatically and also allows you to choose where you want to store > them (from what you are saying storing them on the desktop might be the best place). > This automatically creates an xml file of your conversations. Simply double click this file > and it will open in IE and you can print from there. > Hope this helps. > > Colin Brown > WL MVP > > "Dan Wenz" <djwenz@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:LJednWSDrbM_O8bVnZ2dnUVZ_uadnZ2d@xxxxxx Quote: >> I haven't found a way to print a Live Messenger conversation directly from Messenger. I >> have to save to a file and then print the file from Word. My wife is computer impaired, so >> trying to get her to save to, say, the desktop, then finding a program (Word, etc.) and >> loading the file to print is a divorce-promoter! I can't believe there's no way to print >> directly from LM, so any help appreciated. My ver. is 2008 (Build 8.5.1302.1018) >
My System Specs

06-21-2008	#4 (permalink)
Dan Wenz n/a posts	Re: Print Conversation Jonathan Kay [MVP] wrote: Quote: > Hi, > > Just to add, you can print straight from the message history window just by clicking inside > it and pressing Ctrl-P on the keyboard. You don't have to open it manually and do it in IE. > > Note: Message history window is not the conversation window, it's viewing the history by > right-clicking on the contact and choosing the option from the view menu. > Thanks to you and Colin Brown, I'll see if the wife can handle those options - no problem for me but she keeps threatening to buy a Mac, hoping that will be easier on her than the PC, but at age 70 that's a stretch :-) Maybe I can make a script "program" to do that with one ctl-keystroke, but I'm not a programmer, so will have to check with my fat Win XP reference tome.
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