Chat Help
You may require the latest version of Java to enter the chat 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 and E-mail address a password is not needed.
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.
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 evoke the private chat command.
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.
If you wish to view a web site 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.
If you wish to leave the chat room click on the "Log off" button
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