Microsoft Corporation RM-181 Manual De Usuario
M e s s a g i n g
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DRAFT
Connect
To connect to the service, access the instant messages menu, select the
IM service, if needed, and select
IM service, if needed, and select
Login
.
To disconnect from the IM service, select
Options
>
Logout
.
Sessions
When connected to the service, your status, as seen by others, is shown
in a status line:
in a status line:
Status: Online
,
My status: Busy
or
Status: App. off.
— to
change own status, select
Change
.
Below the status line there are three folders containing your contacts
and showing their status:
and showing their status:
Convers.
,
Online
and
Offline
. To expand the
folder, scroll to it, and select
Expand
(or press scroll right); to collapse
the folder, select
Collapse
(or press scroll left).
Conversations
— shows the list of new and read instant messages or
invitations to IM during the active IM session
indicates a new group message.
indicates a read group message.
indicates a new instant message.
indicates a read instant message.
indicates an invitation.
The icons and texts on the display depends on the IM service.
Online
— shows the number of contacts that are online
Offline
— shows the number of contacts that are offline
To start a conversation, expand the
Online
or the
Offline
folder, and
scroll to the contact with whom you would like to chat, and select
Chat
.
To answer an invitation or to reply to a message, expand the
Conversations
folder, scroll to the contact to whom you would like to
chat, and select
Open
. To add contacts, see “Add IM contacts,” p. 35.
Groups
>
Public groups
(not visible if groups are not supported by the
network) — The list of bookmarks to public groups provided by the
service provider is displayed. To start a IM session with a group, scroll to
a group, and select
service provider is displayed. To start a IM session with a group, scroll to
a group, and select
Join
. Enter the screen name that you want to use as