You just have to open the options dialog box by clicking the gear wheel (found near the top of the main Lync window).Īlternatively, you can click the drop down arrow next to the gear wheel, choose Tools, and then choose Options:Įither way, you arrive at the Options dialog box.

So for those of you who can’t quite take all of that motion, there is a pretty simple solution.

I don’t usually consider myself particularly prone to AD(H)D, but I can’t seem to stop watching them (I’m particularly entranced by (ninja), I have to admit), and they make it hard to concentrate.

I have found myself actually making my chat window smaller and smaller so they will scroll off my screen faster. The Skype for Business ones, however, keep going. Now, many of the previous Lync incarnations were also animated, but after one or two repetitions they calmed down. Why distracting? Well, these happy little things are pretty much all animated. Or perhaps I should call them emoji? (I’ve consulted this article from the Guardian to try to understand how to use the terms, but I’m still not quite sure: ). The change I find most distracting, however, is the addition of the Skype emoticons. (Don’t ask me why they feel the need to repeat it.) If you’d like to learn more about the changes, you can visit the Discover Skype for Business site here.

Interestingly, the program itself still says “Microsoft Lync (Lync)” at the top. For one, in my task bar, my Lync icon now appears with the Skype S: Many of the functions I use with Lync have remained exactly the same, but there are some notable differences. Recently, my copy of Lync 2013 updated itself into something called Skype for Business.

List of hidden skype emojis