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- Your Installation is Complete!
-
- Paltalk was installed in your windows start menu program
- directory and a shortcut was created on your desktop.
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- Thank you for your interest and remember to send Paltalk to a
- friend. It's easy to do, just press the Invite button and
- then supply their email address.
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- If you have any questions, you can get help by clicking on
- "Help" from the menu or by visiting our home site on the web,
- Paltalk.com and viewing our FAQ (frequently asked questions).
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- Also, feel free to email us at support@paltalk.com with your
- comments and questions.
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- !! NEW FEATURES in Verison 3.1 !!
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- 1. Voice Conferencing - Simply click "Groups" on the main
- Paltalk screen to join existing conferences, create your
- own or create a Permanent Group for you and your pals!
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- 2. VIDEO, VIDEO, VIDEO! Now you can actually see your pal
- in addition to speaking with them. Thats right, free video
- conferencing! Dont worry if you dont have a webcam, you can
- still see your pal if they have one. You can also get a
- webcam from Paltalk by clicking Help/Accessories.
-
- 3. Voice Mail - Simply double click an offline pal or right
- click any pal or click "file", "voice mail" to launch the
- voice mail window. Then click "record" to record your voice
- mail. Once the mail has been recorded, click "send" to mail
- the message. Remember to type your pal's address in the "TO"
- field so Paltalk knows where to send the voice mail.
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- 4. Enhanced Privacy - Simply click Setup / Preferences from the
- main window and set new privacy settings. You can now control
- whether other users see your email address, first and last names.
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- 5. Enhanced Firewall Network Support - If you are having trouble
- with the audio or video, click "Setup", "Advanced Sound Control"
- and then check "Firewall/Home Network Voice Support".
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- Quick Tips to get started:
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- To Add Buddies to you list:
- Click the "Add Pal" button, fill out any information you know.
- You do not need to fill in all the fields. You can just fill in
- just the email or the first name and a couple of letters of their
- last anem and then hit the Search button. A list of those people
- matching the your search criteria will be displayed. If your
- buddy is listed, click on them and then click the Add Pal button.
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- To Talk:
- When you open the program, online users will appear in bold type.
- To call a user, double click on their name. Once they answer,
- hold down the "ctrl" key on your keyboard to talk and release it
- to listen.
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- To Hangup:
- Click on the phone off the hook icon to hangup. You can also double
- click on the buddy in the main list that you are talking to as
- an alternate way to hangup.
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- To Text Chat:
- Single click to highlight a user and then click on the Text/Video
- button on the bottom left of the main wiindow. This will bring up a
- communicator window to that person. From that window simply type your
- message and hit Enter. If the user is not online when you send a
- text message, the message is stored and they will recevie it as soon
- as they login the next time.
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- Communicator Window:
- The text chat window described above can do much more than just text
- chat with a person so the window is more aptly descibed as a
- communication window. From the communicator window you can text chat,
- audio call, video call and send files.
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- To Video:
- Bring up a communicator window with the person you wish to exchange
- video with. You do this by selecting an online buddy from the main
- window and pressing the Text/Video button. Then press the Video button.
- Your buddy will be asked if they agree to turn on video and if they do
- the screen will enlarge and you will see two images on the right. One
- of you and one of them. The image of you should show fluid movement.
- The image of your buddy will update in snap shots, one every couple
- of seconds.
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- Right Click Menu:
- All functions are also accessible with a right click menu which
- may be seen by right clicking on a user (whether online or
- offline).
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- Help Screen:
- There is extensive help which may be accessed by clicking the
- Help menu on the top right of the PalList.
-
- Ctrl-key Talk Mode:
- Now you can easily use the CTRL key on your keyboard to talk and
- listen with paltalk. First, make sure Hands Free mode is NOT
- checked under Options on the main widnow. Then, when you're
- in an audio call with someone, just press and hold the CTRL key
- to talk and release it to listen.
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- Hands Free Mode:
- This feature may be selected by uners Options off the main window.
- This feature will allow you to talk hands free without having to
- hold down the CRL key to talk. For this feature to work correctly
- you must adjust a threshold meter. Please see the Hands Free
- section explained in the help to explain fully how to do this.
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- Send Paltalk to a friend:
- If you'd like to talk to a frined using Paltalk who's not currently
- a Paltalk member you can easily invite them to join by clicking
- "Invite" on the front panel of your PalList. A dialog box will
- then be displayed for you to input your pals email address or to
- search for the address in your address book if you choose.
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- File Transfer:
- You can send a file to an online pal by right-clicking their name
- and selecting 'File Transfer'. Then pick a file from your desktop
- machine and send it along!
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- Privacy:
- This feature allows you to restrict people from contacting you
- unless they are on your PalList. Simply click Setup / Privacy
- Blocking to invoke this feature.
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- Enjoy Paltalking!
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- Team Paltalk
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