Keeping in touch with friends and family by using Windows Live Spaces
Don't want to fill up the inboxes of your friends and family with
e-mail messages about what you've been doing? Want to write your holiday
newsletter all year long? Now you can share your thoughts, photos, family updates, and
more, in one place so the people you know are just a mouse click away from finding out the
latest.
Create your space
To create a space, you'll need a Windows Live ID. If you have a
Hotmail or MSN e-mail address, you already have a Windows Live ID.
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| | 1.
| Go to Windows Live Spaces at http://spaces.live.com and click Try it. | | 2.
| Sign in with your Windows Live ID.
If you need a Windows Live ID, click Sign up to
create one. |
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That's it! Your space is now created and will display the default
design and content. (Visitors to your space don't see the Welcome to your space
module.)
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| When you first create a space, it is displayed with the default design and content |
Write a blog entry
A blog is your online journal. Blog entries are about what you
want to say or share with others: what you did on your vacation, rants and
raves, love poems, anything at all. It doesn't matter where your inspiration
comes from, just tap into it and let your keyboard do the rest.
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| | 1.
| In the Welcome to your space module, click Add blog entry. | | 2.
| Type the title and the content of your blog entry. | | 3.
| If you want to change the format of your blog entry, use
the available formatting tools to make the changes you want.  | | You can write blog entries and share them with your friends and family |
| | 4.
| Click Publish entry.
Your space displays with your blog entry in the middle of the main page. |
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Share photos
Adding photos to your space lets the people in your life see what
you've been up to lately. Share pictures of your family, your vacation, or your new hobbies and passions. Organize your photos by
date or subject or just add them randomly to add an element of surprise. To
learn more about adding photos to your space, read Sharing photos with your friends and family.
Add a list
Maybe you want to share the time and location for upcoming soccer
games, your favorite restaurants, or books you've read. Whatever it is,
you can keep all of them in a list. There are a few specialized lists in Spaces
designed for books, music, movies, and blogs to make it easy to get started and
minimize the work that you need to do.
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| In the Welcome to your space module, click Add a list. | | 2.
| In the List title text box, type the name of the list. | | 3.
| If you want to include a brief explanation about the
list, type it in the List description text box. | | 4.
| Select the appropriate list type. | | 5.
| Click Add a list.
The list is created and you can begin adding individual items to it. | | 6.
| Click Add item and add the
information you want to include.
For books, movies, or music list items, you can search the web for additional
information about the item, including an image, and include it in your list. | | 7.
| Click Save. | | 8.
| Repeat steps 6 and 7 to add as many list items as you
want.
The newest list item is added to the top of your list. To reorder your list,
use the Order numbers to put the items in the order you
prefer, and then click Save.  | | You can change how a list appears in your space by reordering it |
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| To return to the main page of your space, click the name of
your space, located above the Lists column. |
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Customize your space
To learn more about customizing the design, layout, and modules
on your space, read Your space, your style: Personalizing
your Windows Live space.
Invite friends
The simplest way to let your friends and family know about your
space is to add them to your friends list. Then, when you go to Spaces home,
you'll see the latest updates from your friends and Messenger contacts.
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| | 1.
| In the Welcome to your space module, click Invite friends. | | 2.
| Type the e-mail addresses of your friends and family or
select them from your contact list. | | 3.
| Click Send.
Your friends and family will receive an e-mail message letting them know that you've
added them to your friends list. After they click Be friends in the e-mail
message, your friends will appear on your friends list and you will appear on theirs (until they click Be friends
they will appear in your friends list with “Invited” under their profile picture). |
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Set permissions
Your space can be as private or as public as you want. By using
permissions, you can control who can see your space.
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| | 1.
| In the Welcome to your space module, click Change permissions. | | 2.
| Select who can view your space: Anyone on
the Internet, People I choose, or Just
me. If you select People I choose you can choose people from
your Messenger contacts, your friends list, or your contact list. | | 3.
| Click Save. |
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| You can create a blog, lists, and invite friends to view your space |
Blog
A frequently updated online journal or column. Blogs are often used to publish personal or company information in an informal way. Short for web log.
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