| How to log into a ParaChat Room |
To start chatting,
enter your user name (any nickname) and click "OK Connect!" Your user
name must be a unique for your current chat session. You may
also enter Your Profile, Email address, and a password (if have you been given password access). |
| Get user information |
You can get information on a
any user in a room. To see this information click on the visitor's name
from within the user list, and click on the "User Info" button. Any information that the user
entered into the Your Profile section will be displayed in the main chat room for you to view. |
| To send a message |
To start chatting,
Chat messages are displayed in the chat message area. To add to the conversation,
type in your message in the text box below the main chat window area and click on 'Send' button
or hit the return key on your keyboard. If you are on a Macintosh you will need to hit
the Return button on your keyboard.
By default your message is sent to all users. |
| Send a private chat request to a user |
You can send a private chat
request to any user in a room. To send the request to the visitor, click on the visitor's name
from within the user list, and click on the "Private Chat" button. You can also double click on a user
to envoke the private chat command. |
| Ignore a user |
You can ignore any
visitor in a room. To ignore a user, click on the user's name from within the chat user list,
and then select click on the "Ignore" button. All ignored users will have a strike-thru through their name.
You will
not see anything the ignored visitor types, and the ignored visitor will be unable to have a
private chat with you. To unignore a visitor, click on the user's name from within the chat user list,
and click on the "Accept User" button. You can ignore as many people as you wish. |
| Log Off button |
If you wish to leave a chat
room, click on the "Log off" button and you will exit the room |
Controls
customize your chat session |
The "Controls" button
envokes the ParaChat Control Panel. The control panel allows you to cutomize your chat session. The control panel
allows you to do the following:
-
Font Tab - font size, style, color and window color.
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Settings Tab - double space text, beep on enter, beep on exit, join/leave message and page the room admin
(if room admin is present)
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About Tab - version of the ParaChat server, your operating system version and your Java version.
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| Surf |
If you wish
to view a website that was enter into the main chat window, click on the "Surf" button and it will
open a new browser and you can continue to chat in your ParaChat room. |
| Help |
If you have any
questions on how to operate your ParaChat room, click on the "Help" button and you will be directed
the the ParaChat help pages. |
| Float |
If you wish to resize your
chat room, click on the "Float" button. This option opens the chat room in a separate window.
This separate window can be resized
and moved about on your screen. Close the window or click Unfloat
to return the window to the original Web page.
The default size of the floating window is 75% of your screen. Drag a corner or edge
to resize it. |
| "User(s) in" |
This option
displays the number of people in the room. |
| Page Room Admin |
To page the
room administrator / operator , open your control panel, click on the Settings tab and
then click "Page Room Admin" button. This will notify the admin user that you would like to chat with them.
If the admin is not present, you will be given a message notifiying you of this fact.
If you would like to use keyboard commands, type %page |
| Leaving a chat room |
If you wish
to leave the chat room click on the "Log off" button. |
