Getting
Started |
| Establish Your Identity |
On the Main Chat Window there are two
boxes, Your Name and Your Profile. Enter your name in the first box and an
optional profile in the second box. Your profile can include links to Web pages in the
form http://www.address.com and links to e-mail addresses in the form mailto:name@address.com. |
| Enter a Chat Room |
Click a room name to see the list of
people in the room. Click the Enter Room button to enter a room. |
| Start Chatting |
Type your chat messages in the space at
the bottom of the chat room window and press the Enter key to send your message. |
| Launch a Private Chat |
Once you're in a chat room, double
click a name to launch a private chat session with any visitor in the room. |
Menu
items |
Places (main chat window only) |
| Enter Room |
Select this menu item to enter a chat
room. The Enter Room button performs the same function. |
| Refresh Rooms |
Select this menu item to refresh the
list of chat rooms. The Refresh Rooms button performs the same function. |
Room (chat room window only) |
| Close |
Select this menu item to close the chat
room window. |
Options |
| Font Name |
Select this menu item to choose a font
for the chat rooms. |
| Font Style |
Select this menu item to choose
Regular, Italic, Bold or Bold Italic font styles in the chat
rooms. |
| Increase Font |
Select this menu item to increase the
size of the chat room fonts. |
| Decrease Font |
Select this menu item to decrease the
size of the chat room fonts. |
| Entrance Alerts |
Select this menu item to display the
name and profile of each person who enters a chat room. Select it again to turn off the
feature. |
| Audio Alerts |
Select this menu item to allow other
people in the chat room to Ring you with an Audio Alert. Select it again to
turn off the feature. Select both this menu item and the Entrance Alerts menu item
to hear a sound each time a new person enters the chat room. |
People (chat room window only) |
| Ring name |
To signal someone with a sound, click
once on the name of the visitor you want to Ring, then select this menu item. The
sound will be played only if the person you select has Audio Alerts enabled. |
| Ignore name |
To Ignore someone, click once on
the name of the visitor you want to Ignore, then select this menu item. All chat
messages and private chat requests from that person will be ignored. |
| Unignore name |
To Unignore someone you're
ignoring, click once on the name of the visitor you want to Unignore, then select
this menu item. |
Help |
| Help Contents |
Select this menu item to display this
Web page. |
| About VolanoChat |
Select this menu item to display
product information about the VolanoChat applet. |