Blackberry 8707 - Manual (Page 197)

BlackBerry Messenger
Contacts
Add a contact
You must invite contacts to use BlackBerry® Messenger before they are added to your contact list.
1. In BlackBerry Messenger, on the contact list screen, click the trackwheel.
2. Click Add a Contact.
3. Perform one of the following actions:
• If the contact is not in your address book, highlight [Use Once]. Click the trackwheel. Click Request by Email or Request
by PIN. Type an email address or PIN. Press the Enter key.
• If the contact is in your address book, highlight a contact. Click the trackwheel. Click Request (Email) or Request (PIN).
4. Perform one of the following actions:
• If you want to set a password, and have turned on invitation passwords, type a question and answer. Click OK.
• If you do not want to set a password, and have turned on invitation passwords, click Cancel to proceed to the next step.
5. Perform one of the following actions:
• To add a custom message to your invitation, type a message. Click OK. Click OK.
• To use the default invitation message, click OK. Click OK.
Note: If you invite a contact using a PIN and the contact is in your address book, the contact's display name appears instead of the PIN.
Turn on invitation passwords
If you turn on invitation passwords, a question and password screen appear each time you invite a contact.
1. In BlackBerry® Messenger, on the contact list screen, click the trackwheel.
2. Click Options.
3. Set the Ask Password Question When Adding Contacts field to Yes.
4. Click the trackwheel.
5. Click Save.
Note: To turn off invitation passwords again, set the Ask Password Question When Adding Contacts field to No.
Respond to an invitation
1. In BlackBerry® Messenger, in the Requests group, highlight an invitation.
2. Click the trackwheel.
3. Click one of the following menu items:
• Accept.
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