How to fileshare using Skype

By Fiona Beal

Skype is fantastic for sharing large files

Skype is fantastic for quick file-sharing. I recently discovered that a file that is too big for email will go easily with Skype.

Step 1: Join Skype free

Skype is a marvellous way of keeping in touch with others. You can use it as follows:• with a webcam (which I normally don’t)• as a phone call• as a chat box

Join Skype here

Step 2: Invite contacts

To add a Skype contact:• Click on Contacts / new contact• In the new screen fill is as much information

as you have• Skype will come up with a suggestion which

you will recognise.• Skype will send them an invite which they

have to agree to

Look for a contact

Usually putting the person’s name is

sufficient for Skype to find them

Step 3: Send them a document

To add a document:• Click on their name to pen the chat box. • Open the folder where the document is stored.

Click on the Restore/Down button to minimise it a bit so that you can drag the document across

• Open Skype and also click on the Restore/Down button to minimise your screen a bit.

• Drag the document into the chat box.

The two places open side by side after

clicking Restore/Down on each one

This is a great way to share files if you are at somebody’s house and you don’t have a flash drive. I

was at a friend’s house and we each needed a large document from one another…too big for email. I

shared mine with my friend and she shared hers with me all in one hit by dragging the documents into the

chat box!

She shared hers with

me by dragging

hers across on her screen

I shared with her by dragging

mine across on

my screen.

Step 4: Save the file on your computer

• From there it is a just a case of saving the document on your computer.

• Once you have done that Skype will even show you where the folder is located on your computer.

I have now saved it. This is

where I put it.

Give it a try!