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Gmail for Beginners
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/ November 17, 2008 / 2:58 min.
Chatting in Gmail
While other email providers have separate chat applications available (Windows Live Mail, aka Hotmail has Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Mail has Yahoo! Chat, for example), Gmail is unique in that it integrates its chat messenger into the email client. If your Gmail contacts choose to be visible and are online when you need to send them a message, Gmail Chat allows for an instant response to your question or comment. Chats can also be stored and archived and are searchable, just like email messages.
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To begin a chat with an online contact
- Hover over the contact in the Chat module on the left of the Gmail window and select Chat.
- The chat window will appear on the bottom right of the Gmail window. Type a message as you would in any chat client and hit enter to send.
- To navigate away from Gmail but keep the Gmail chat open, select Pop-out from the bottom right of the Gmail chat window. The chat will open in a new window.
- Under the Settings menu (found at the top right of the Gmail window), select the Chat tab to change how your chats are handled. You can choose to save chat history, reposition the chat list location and turn sounds or emoticons on or off.
- If you use AIM you can choose to have Gmail chat manage that account. Select the Sign into AIM link and enter your AIM username and password. Your AIM buddy list will appear in Gmail chat.
- To change the way you appear to Gmail contacts in the chat window, click on Set status here and select your status from the pulldown menu.
- Hover over the contact in the Chat module on the left of the Gmail window and select Chat.
- The chat window will appear on the bottom right of the Gmail window. Type a message as you would in any chat client and hit enter to send.
- To navigate away from Gmail but keep the Gmail chat open, select Pop-out from the bottom right of the Gmail chat window. The chat will open in a new window.
- Under the Settings menu (found at the top right of the Gmail window), select the Chat tab to change how your chats are handled. You can choose to save chat history, reposition the chat list location and turn sounds or emoticons on or off.
- If you use AIM you can choose to have Gmail chat manage that account. Select the Sign into AIM link and enter your AIM username and password. Your AIM buddy list will appear in Gmail chat.
- To change the way you appear to Gmail contacts in the chat window, click on Set status here and select your status from the pulldown menu.
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