You can talk to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world, for free.
First you need to find your friends who are using Skype and add them to your contact list. Get help with adding contacts. When you've added your friends, it's easy to call them.
To call someone in your contact list
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In Skype, find the person you want to call.
If you have lots of contacts, you can type a name into the search box to find the person you're looking for.
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Click the contact.
Remember: if the contact has one of these status
icons next to their name it means they're on Skype so
it's free to call.
If you see one of these icons it means they're on
a phone or mobile so you will need a little Skype
Credit or a subscription
to call.
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Click the Call button.
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When the other person answers, the Call window will appear.
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To hang up, click the End call button.
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Useful things you can do on a call
During the call, you can:
Put your call on hold.
Mute your microphone so the other person can't hear you.
Show the dial pad, so you can dial extensions or make DTMF
tones.
Share your screen or send files.
