| How to log into a Chat 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. |
| 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. 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 main chat window. 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 invoke the private chat command. You will see a smaller window
pop up and you can chat with the user in that window. |
| Ignore a user |
You can ignore any visitor in a
room. To ignore a user higlight a user's name, from within the
chat user list, and then click on the 'Ignore' button. All ignored
users will display 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
un ignore a visitor, click on the user's name from within the chat
user list, and click on the 'Accept' button. You can ignore as
many people as you wish. |
| Ignore Private Messages |
You can ignore all private
messages. When a private message is initiated you can click on the
'Ignore' checkbox and all future private messages will not be
seen. |
Bold Button  |
If you wish to BOLD your
messages in the main chat window. |
Italic Button  |
If you wish to Italicize
your messages in the main chat window. |
Color Button  |
If you wish to change the color
of your messages in the main chat window. |
Smile Button  |
| Keyboard Shortcut |
Image |
Name |
|
| :) |
|
Smile |
|
|
| :( |
|
Angry |
|
| :D |
|
Big Grin |
|
| B) |
|
Cool |
|
| :)) |
|
Laugh |
|
| :O |
|
Oh My |
|
| (:) |
|
Ninja |
|
| :L |
|
Tongue |
|
| o:o |
|
Wacko |
|
| >:) |
|
Wub |
|
| ::blink |
|
Blink |
|
| ::blush |
|
Blush |
|
| ::closedeyes |
|
Closed Eyes |
|
| ::excl |
|
! |
|
| ::glare |
|
Glare |
|
| ::happy |
|
Happy |
|
| ::huh |
|
Huh |
|
| ::mad |
|
Mad |
|
| ::mellow |
|
Mellow |
|
| ::rolleyes |
|
Rolleyes |
|
| ::sad |
|
Sad |
|
| ::sleep |
|
Sleep |
|
| ::unsure |
|
Unsure |
|
| ::beer |
|
Beer |
|
| ::coffee |
|
Coffee |
|
| ::smoke |
|
Smoking Man |
|
| ::eye |
|
Eye |
|
| ::lips |
|
Lips |
|
| ::rose |
|
Rose |
|
| ::thumbup |
|
Thumb Up |
|
| ::thumbdown |
|
Thumb Down |
|
| ::aspirin |
|
Aspirin |
|
| |
|
|
Room Audio  |
Chat is equipped
with the following sound files.
| chicken |
doorbell |
splat |
|
| cuckoo |
laugh |
waterdrop |
|
|
Float Button  |
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. |
Control Panel 
(customize your chat session & roam to a different room) |
The 'Control Panel' button
evokes the Chat Control Panel. The control panel allows you to
customize your chat session. The control panel allows you to do
the following:
- Rooms Tab - displays other available rooms chat in.
- Create Tab - create a new public or hidden room
- Users Tab - search for other users
- Color Tab - displays a list of colors that you can use to
change your displayed user name in the main chat window.
- Icons Tab - click on a icon to be displayed in the main chat
window.
- Font Tab - local font size, my user font, and window color.
- Settings Tab -
- Double space text
- Beep on enter
- Beep on exit
- Join/leave message
- Timestamp messages
- Heartbeat - set a pulse to stay connected to the chat room
- Block all private - blocks all private massages
- Turn off Profile - turns off profile information
- Page admin (if room admin is present)
- Admin Console (if you are logged in as admin)
- Moderation Console (if moderation is turned on)
- About Tab -
- ParaChat Server version
- Your operating system version
- Your Java version.
|
Help Button  |
If you have any questions on
how to operate your Chat room, do one of the following: (1) avoid
activating the "Help" button at the bottom of the Chat
Room; instead, return to this page on the SCA View
website because we have modified the User Guide to conform to the
version of Live Chat we are using. You may reach this page by
clicking on the "Forum & Chat Welcome Message" Link at the top of
your Live Chat page; (2) in the yellow message window type in the
following: %help; (3) view "%help" shortcut options by
clicking here, or you can print out
these keyboard shortcuts; or (4) click on the "Help" button and
you will be directed the the help pages on the ParaChat website.
When you arrive at that site, click on: "User Guide" in the far
left hand column. If you have the "86" blocking program installed, hold
down the Ctrl key while you depress the "Help" button or
click on the Send button (for %help). You should note the ParaChat User Guide includes
a number of features not present in our version
of Live Chat. |
Log Off button  |
If you wish to leave a chat
room, click on the 'Log off' button and you will exit the room |
| Leaving a chat room |
If you wish to leave the chat
room click on the "Log off" button. |
