Webtv Chat Program Instructions

CONNECTING
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The only differences between Version 1 and Version 2 are the way servers, ports and rooms are entered and changed and an Alt text converter on Version 2. Use Version 2 if you're a room op. On Version 1 you are taken directly to room webtv on the Talkcity irc server. Once there you can stay or change servers and/or rooms by typing in your irc server name, port number and room name in the boxes at the top of the screen. Once the info is typed in, click the "Connect" icon to get connected and start chatting. On Version 2 you will be prompted to enter a server name, port number, room name, and password of you're a room op for the room to chat in. Type these names in and click "Ok" on the screen or hit "return" on the keyboard. Click "cancel" on the screen to cancel your entries and start the process over. Once everything is entered correctly, you will be connected to the chat room. Wait for everything to load before doing anything (Both versions). Everything is loaded when you see the post about the number of people in the room. Near the bottom of the screen (above the Webtv logo), there are options to return to this instruction page, change servers & rooms (Version 2 Only), clock and tell. Clicking "Intructions" will bring up the onscreen instructions in the area at the bottom of the screen, clicking "Change Servers & Rooms" (Version 2 Only) allows you to change to different servers and/or rooms, clicking "clock" posts a clock in the bottom area of the screen, and clicking "tell" posts a public message to everyone in the room about the features of this chat program.

CHATTING
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To post a public message that everyone in the room will see, go to the bar above the "Who" icon ("Alternate" icon on Version 2), type in your message and then hit "return" on the keyboard.

To post your message in alternate text, type your message in the bar and click the "Alternate" icon. (Version 2 only)

To post a private message to a certain person in the room, click the "Whisper" icon to bring up the window, then click the name of the persom you want to post a message to, type your message in the area to the right, then click "Whisper Message" on the screen or hit "return" on the keyboard.

To get a list of all the people in the room click the "Who" icon.

Below the "Who" icon is the message box area. This is used to post private messages to whoever you want if you don't want to click the "Whisper" icon. You can also post an action and get info about any person in the room.

To post private messages from the message box area, go to a box containing "/msg" and type in the name of the person you want to post to. Then type in your message in the box to the right of the"/msg" box you just typed the name into and hit "return" on the keyboard. The name of the person you typed into each "/msg" box remains there until you change it, or until you change servers and/or rooms. The message that you type in dissappears after you post it. This allows you to post private messages to people you select without having to re-type their names each time.

To post an action that everyone in the room will see, go to the box to the right of the box containing "/me" and enter in your action (smiles, laughs, etc.), then hit "return" on your keyboard.

To get info about a certain person in the room, go to the box to the right of the box containing "/whois", type in their name and hit "return" on the keyboard. This posts a message that only you see about the person you selected. The name you typed in dissappears after you hit "return".

Below the message box area is the saveable popups area. This is used to save messages. Type in a message in each box and hit "return" to post the message. This is a public post that everyone in the room will see. The messages you type in the boxes will remain there until you change them or erase them.

CHAT MENU
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Click the "Chat Menu" icon to use the various features of this chat program. Select one of the features then click "Go" to use it. The selected feature will appear in the area at the bottom of the screen containing the Webtv logo. Here's a list of the features:

IGNORE - Clicking this brings up the ignore panel. Using ignore allows you to keep certain people in the room from posting to you.

POPUPS 1-4 - Clicking these brings up more popup messages. Click the one you want to post it. Everyone in the room will see the post.

EMAIL SENDER - Clicking this activates the email sender. You can send email to anyone as you chat.

SURF & CHAT - Clicking this activates the surf feature. You can visit websites and surf as you chat. Note: Some frames extensive websites cause this function to glitch and remove you from the chat room.

EXTRA MESSAGE BOXES - Clicking this brings up extra "/msg" boxes, an action box, a who is box, and a topic box. The topic box allows you to change the room topic that is printed at the top of the room. Note: Some rooms don't allow the topic to be changed.

ICQ - Clicking this activates the ICQ message sender. You can send ICQ messages as you chat. Note: Webtv can only send ICQ messages, it can't recieve them.

GAMES - Clicking this allows you to play games as you chat. You can play pong, a slot machine, or blackjack.

TEXT TO SPEECH - Clicking this activates the text to speech synthesis program. You can type in words and sentences and hear them being spoken. Note: Only you can hear this.

MUSIC - Clicking this allows you to listen to music as you lurk in the chatroom. Click the music topic you want to listen to, then click the song you want and click "Play". Note: The music stops playing if you post anything in the chatroom. Note 2: At times playing music may cause the chat program to glith and disable the posting function. If this happens, just renter the room by clicking "Connect" on Version 1 and by clicking "Change Servers And Rooms" on Version 2 and re-entering in the server name, port number, and room name again.

NOTE PAD - Click this to bring up the note pad in the area at the bottom of the screen. With the note pad, you can type in info and notes and save them to look back at later.

SERVERS - Click this to bring up a list of server names and port numbers in the area at the bottom of the screen.

LANGUAGE TRANSLATOR - Click this to bring up the language translator in the area at the bottom of the screen. You can type in words, sentences and URL's and it will translate them to different languages.

CLOSE - Click this to close the Chat Menu and clear out the space at the bottom of the screen and bring back the Webtv logo.

Thank you for using The Webtv Chat Program. Enjoy your chat!

Created By Mark A. Stafford on 10/02/98.

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