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<noinclude>[[Category:Tutorial|Chat]]</noinclude>__TOC__
==How to Use Chat==
 
* Communicate with other Sugar Learners and developers.
*'''Chat''' is an example of a '''shared Activity''', which allows [[The Undiscoverable/Collaboration|'''Collaboration''']] over a network.
: There are many different '''shared Activities''' in '''Sugar'''
: Collaboration is one of Sugar's strongest features.
 
 
===Boot Sugar===  
===Boot Sugar===  
*The '''Home (or f3)''' Screen appears
* The '''Home''' view (F3) appears
[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_f3_spiral.png|700px]]
{{:Nav-Tutorials}}
[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_f3_spiral.png|500px]]
: The Chat icon [[File:Activity-chat.png]] is on the right side of the Spiral of Activities
:[[Tutorials/Connecting_to_the_Internet|You must be connected to a network for Chat to Collaborate]].
 
 
===Start Chat===
===Start Chat===
===Share your Chat Session===
* Click on the Chat icon.
===Joining a Shared Chat Session===
[[File:Chat_Start.png|500px]]
;Click [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png]] in the frame or Hit '''F1''' key and you switch to the Neighborhood View.
 
* '''move mouse pointer to center of window to retract frame.'''  
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_f1_Network-Neighborhood_on_jabber.png|700px]]
===Share your Chat session===
===Quitting Chat===
* Click on the 'white disc with a dot inside' icon on the Activity toolbar.
*click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, in the right top bar
* Click [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png]] in the drop-down palette menu.
:"Stop Ctrl+Q" appears in drop down menu
[[File:Chat_Activity_share_dropdown.png|500px]]
*Click on it
: You must run Chat as a shared session for it to collaborate.
*You return to the '''Home (or f3)''' screen
: You are now [[The_Undiscoverable/Collaboration|collaborating]] in a shared Activity session.
: Your shared Chat session will show as an icon on the '''Neighborhood''' view (F1).
: Other Learners can join your Chat session from their Neighborhood view.
 
===Send Chat message===
: Type your message in the bottom text entry box of Chat.
* Hit the Enter key on your keyboard.
: Here '''Testing Chat''' is the message
: Note that the Learner's avatar name is displayed on the line before the message.
: In this case, '''Tris5-sugar:  Testing Chat'''
: This becomes useful if several other Learners join the Chat session.
 
===Use emoticons in your chat===
Click on the "happy face" icon on the toolbar.
: A drop-down palette menu appears and you can click on any of the emoticons on it.
[[File:Chat_Activity_emoticon_drop_down.png|500px]]
 
 
* Press the Enter key on your keyboard.
: The emoticon is added to your message.
[[File:Chat_with_msg_and_emoticon.png|500px]]
 
 
===Joining a shared Chat session===
: This is an example of joining another Learner's shared Chat session.
* Click [[File:Mesh_key_f1_small.png]] in the [[Tutorials/Introduction_to_the_Sugar_Interface#Frame|Frame]] or press the '''F1''' key and you switch to the '''Neighborhood''' view.
* Move the mouse pointer away from screen/window edge to retract the '''Frame'''.  
* Join another Learner's shared Chat session.
: Hover the mouse pointer over the Chat icon.
: Click '''Join''' on the pop-up palette menu.
: [[File:F1_Join_Chat.png|500px]]
 
 
 
: You are Chatting (collaborating) in the other Learner's Chat session.
: [[File:Shared_Chat.png|500px]]
 
: You can see your messages in yellow and the other Learner's messages in blue.
: Other Learners' colors will match the colors of their XO avatar.
: It will not always be blue.
* Move the mouse pointer to a corner of the screen/window.
: Wait until the [[Tutorials/Introduction_to_the_Sugar_Interface#Frame|'''Frame''']] extends.
* This screenshot is from a '''newly shared Chat session'''.
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_Chat_Activity_frame_shared_with_XO-1.png|500px]]
* An icon for the running '''Chat''' Activity is displayed on the top bar of the '''Frame'''.
* Avatars of the 2 connected Learners are displayed on the right bar of the '''Frame'''.
# Icon for the Learner - (Has the same pop-up palette menu as shown in the '''Home''' view version of the icon (not shown).
#  Pop-out palette menu for the Learner sharing this Chat session - '''Remove Friend''' (shown)
 
 
===Stop Chat===
:[[File:Shared_Chat_stop.png|500px]]
* Click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, on the right side of the toolbar.
: '''Stop''' Ctrl+Q appears on the drop-down palette label.
* Click on it.
* You return to the '''Home''' view screen.
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