How Do You Add Animated Emoticons For MSN Messenger 8.0?
According to Merriam-Webster.com, an emoticon is an emotion that can be represented by an icon. In the virtual world of Internet messaging, computer chatters express emotion using emoticons. Microsoft’s MSN messenger, now called Windows Live Messenger, allows you to create your own emoticons using JPEG, Bitmap and PNG files. The software also supports animated GIFs. The next time you have a strong emotion to convey over the Web, you can actually animate it. Open MSN Messenger and log on. Click “Tools” at the top of the window and select “My Emoticons” from the drop-down menu. Click the “Create” button and then “Find Image.” A file selection window will open. Navigate to an animated GIF file on your hard drive and double-click it. The “Add a Custom Emoticon” window will open. Enter a name and a keyboard shortcut for the emoticon in the text boxes provided. The shortcut that you select allows you to press those keys and insert the emoticon into a chat conversation. Click “OK” to add the
