Basic
Features:
1) Joining a chat
room
How to join a chat
room: To join a chat room, enter your user-name or
handle into the "Name" field in the Login
screen and click on "Join" or press
<enter>. NOTE: A password is NOT
required to Talk Back to Dr. B.
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2) Communicating
with Others
Public
Chat:
Once connected, you will be able to chat with other
users by simply typing a message into the field at
the bottom of the screen and pressing <Enter>
on your computer. Any message you type will be sent
to ALL users unless you select a specific user, from
the user list.
Private
Chat:
To send a private message to a particular user,
select the user’s name from the user list. The
Private box will automatically be highlighted. Only
the select users will see the message (you will
notice that your name and the name of the recipient
with be enclosed in double quotes, indicating that
you have sent a private message). To switch from
Private chat to Public chat mode, simply select the
All Users entry from the user list.
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3) Forums: x
This feature allows
the user to join other chat rooms. When pressed, a
list of all publicly available active chat rooms is
shown. Simply, select the forum name from the list
and select Jump to Forum (which will switch you
automatically to the other forum) or Jump to Web
page, which will open a new browser window and load
the remote page containing the desired chat room.
Note: x is replaced
by the number of active forums - Private forums are
counted but will not be displayed in the list of
available chat rooms.
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4) Clear
Erases the Chat
area box.
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5) Invite a friend
or colleague to join you in a chat room.
Simply submit the
following line in the chat room (just as if you were
sending a message to someone else in the chat room):
/invite:Friend
Email,Your Name
For example: /invite:JohnM@localhost.com,Kate
This is will prompt
the system to sent an invitation e-mail to the
specified user, describing the chat room and
specifying the exact URL where the chat room is
located.
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Advanced
Features:
1) View info
View users’
personal statement (information entered by a user
describing the user's hobbies, physical description
and more see personal info). Select a user name from
the user list, and click on "view info" to
view that user’s personal info.
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2) View homepage
This allows you to
load another user’s homepage (if one is
specified by that user). Select a user’s name
fromthe user list, and click on "view
homepage" to view that user’s homepage.
Double-clicking on a user's name in the user list
will also display the user's home page. When you load
a user’s homepage you will be logged out of the
chat room.
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3) Page user
Once you select a
user from the user list, you can click "page
user" to beep that user; they will hear a
musical sound if they have speakers; a note will also
appear on the chatroom screen to let you know that
the user was paged.
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4) Navigate
Internet
If you wish to
continue surfing the Internet while chatting, you can
use this feature. Click on ‘surf’ and an
additional browsing window will be opened at the
Multisoft homepage.
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5) Personal info
Allows a user to
type in their own information such as hobbies,
physical description and more. Other users can view
this information by clicking on "view
info", while selecting a user name from the user
list.
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6) Show broadcast
message
When this is not
checked, messages sent to ALL users are NOT displayed
- only private messages will be shown. This allows
less text to appear on your chatroom screen.
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7) Sound
When this is not
checked a user will not hear sounds created by the
chatroom, such as the paging sound.
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8) Float
Use applet in
floating window, a window that can be moved and
resized on the user's terminal screen. This is
suggested for optimum viewing.
Note: Loading
another HTML page will automatically log-you off the
Chat Area. If you wish to continue surfing the
Internet while chatting, we recommend to click on the
"Navigate Internet" command in the
"advanced" menu.
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