
Skype Login Screen
2. The most important Skype features
When on the Phone with the Messenger "Skype" you will recognize many Parallels to your cell phone or Smartphone. The most important functions:
- Contacts: Seek friends and relatives via the tab "contacts" > "add to contacts". You can find your well-Known with the help of the E-mail address or Skype Name.
- Chat With your contacts, you can chat as soon as one of them is online. In the settings you also define, whether everyone is allowed to write to you, or only your contacts.
- Skype-to-Skype telephony: Select from your contact list, a contact and click "Call" or "video call". As long as you only make calls with other Skype users, and to chat, no cost.
- Skype-to-phone: you are calling a mobile or landline connection, this is also with Skype possible. You incur, however, costs. In a further article we will clarify you to the payment options on.
- Own Skype number: in addition to your user account for Skype calls, you can also purchase a "real" phone number. So that they can then be called from Fixed or mobile terminals. When you Set up your new Skype phone number we can help you in this practice tip more.
- With a Skype number, are then also functions such as call forwarding available.
- Video-conference With up to 25 participants, you may run in to Skype, a group video conference. The details we have you here assembled.

Making calls with Skype
Common problems with Skype
Here, we have findings to help them to put together frequent problems with Skype:
- The video transfer does not work.
- No sound during the Transmission.
- The connection is bad.
Other portals for Chat and video telephony, we can provide you with the practice tip of the "best Skype Alternatives" before.
