Tutorials/Chatting with the Chat Activity

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  • Under Construction --Satellit 09:20, 15 December 2011 (EST)

How to Use Chat

Boot Sugar

  • The Home (or f3) Screen appears

Screenshot of Home f3 spiral.png

The Chat icon Activity-chat.png is on right side of the Spiral of Activities

Start Chat

  • Click on the Chat Icon

Chat Start.png

Send Chat Message

Type your message in the bottom field of Chat
  • Hit return
Here Testing Chat is the message
Note that the User's Avitar name is displayed on the line before the message
In this case Tris5-sugar: Testing Chat
This becomes useful if several other users join the chat

Use emoticons in your chat

Chat Activity emoticon drop down.png

  • hit return

Chat with msg and emoticon.png

Share your Chat Session

Chat Activity share dropdown.png

  • Click Mesh key f1 small.png in the drop down
You are now collaborating in a shared session

Joining a Shared Chat Session

This is an example of joining another users share chat
Click 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.
  • Join Chat
F1 Join Chat.png
View of Chat-Shared
Shared Chat.png
You can see your chat (yellow) and Other user's Chat in blue
Other's user's color will match the colors of their XO Avitar
It will not always be blue

Stop Shared Chat

Shared Chat stop.png
  • click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, in the right top bar
"Stop Ctrl+Q" appears in drop down menu
  • Click on it
  • You return to the Home (or f3) screen

Quitting Chat

Not shared

Chat Activity-stop.png

  • click on the white octagon icon with a black square in it, in the right top bar
"Stop Ctrl+Q" appears in drop down menu
  • Click on it
  • You return to the Home (or f3) screen
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