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USER GUIDE
GETTING STARTED
Invitation
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 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.
Find User
Searches all the public forums for a particular user name. This feature is helpful in finding a friend or colleague even when the person is chatting in a different forum:
/find:User name
for example: /find:john
Note: The search is NOT case-sensitive.
CHAT ROOM COMMANDS
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
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
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.
Clear
Erases the Chat area box.
ADVANCED FEATURES
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.
View homepage
This allows you to load another user’s homepage (if one is specified by that user). Select a user’s name from the 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.
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 chat room screen to let you know that the user was paged.
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.
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.
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 chat room screen.
Sound
When this is not checked a user will not hear sounds created by the chat room, such as the paging sound.
Float
Use Text Chat in floating window, a window that can be moved and resized on the user's 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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