Are you crazy about Google Talk. Do you want to be become a master of Google Talk? Then here is a source for you to know each and every secret of Google Talk. I think this is a complete list of tips, tricks, hacks, howto’s, keyboard shortcuts and few miscellaneous facts about Google Talk. Tips & Tricks 1. Change the font size While holding the control key, move the scroll wheel on your mouse either up or down. This trick works while being focused in either the read or write area.
2. Insert line breaks If you want to have a message that spans multiple paragraphs, just hold shift and hit enter. You can add as many new lines as you want to create. 3. Bold Text To write something bold, you can use an asterisk before and after the word. For Example *Hungry Hacker* 4. Italic Text To use italics, use an underscore before and after the word. For Example _Hungry Hacker_ 5. Switch windows Hitting tab will cycle through open windows. It will select minimized conversations, to expand them just hit enter. If you just want to cycle through IM’s and don’t care about the buddy list, control-tab will do that and will automatically expand a minimized conversation if you settle on one. 6. Invitation Tips You don’t need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this in the options). 7. Show Hyperlinks You can show your homepage or blog URL simply by entering it in your away message (at the top of the main window). It will automatically turn to a link visible to others.
How To’s 1. Use multiple identities on Google Talk Want to run Google Talk with multiple Gmail identities? If you have several Google Gmail accounts you also may want to run multiple instances of Google Talk This is especially important for families that share a single PC. Basically, to have “Google Polygamy” you need to run Google Talk with the following switch: /nomutex - Right-click on the desktop
- Select New -> Shortcut
- Paste the following into the Address box:
“C:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex
- Click Next and choose a shortcut name such as Google Talk1, Google Talk2, or something related to your Gmail account for easy remembering which account is which.
2. Use Google Talk via a Web Browser You want to use Google Talk anywhere ? Follow these guidelines  - Opens your favourite web browser.
- Go to following Website
http://www.webjabber.net:8080/jim/
- Follow the instructions of the Page.
- You can talk with your friends
3. Conference Calls - Open up a copy of Google Talk on all computers with which you wish to conference.
- After one copy is opened make a new shortcut for Google Talk but at the end of it add /nomutex.
- If you installed it to the default folder then your shortcut should read “C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex.
- Open 2nd instances of the software on every user’s computer.
- After this start a chain: User 1 should connect on one instance to user 2. User 2 will connect on his second instance to user 3. User 3 will connect using his second instance back to user 1. With this chain everyone is connected to everyone.
4. Change Nickname You can’t change your nickname in a way that other people will see it change. Every nickname in the Google Talk Contact List is the part that is before @gmail.com (only the alphabetical characters are used) or the name you chosen for your GMail account. To change the nickname you need to do the following: - Go to your Gmail account and change the name there.
- Choose Settings, Accounts, and then Edit info. Click on the second radio button, and enter your custom name.
- As a result all of your emails will have that nick as well, there is no way to seperate the two.
- You can add a website in your custom message, it will be clickable when someone opens a conversation window with you.
5. Contacts You don’t need to say Yes or No when someone wants to add you as a friend; you can simply ignore it, the request will go away. (On the other hand, someone with whom you chat often will automatically turn to be your friend, unless you disable this). |
