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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"enter"
If a password is required,enter the password in the login screen.
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.,
Active Forums
This feature allows the user to join other chat rooms.
When pressed,a list of all publicly available
active chat rooms is shown
.
Each forum name is proceeded by the number of active
users.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 page containing the desired chat room.
To create your own forum,enter the forum name in the topic box
and press Create.To make a forum private,
simply proceed the name with '*'i.e.: *Jane's Private Room.
Anyone that tries to create a chat room with the same name,
will be taken to this newly created chat room.
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.
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.
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 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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