Chat Room Insructions
by Betty Engel, Webmaster, and Josephine
1. Open your internet browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome, etc.) and go to the HEA home page (HEAinfo.org).
2. The main menu is near the top of the page. Point at Get Support and click.
3. Under Chat Rooms, point your cursor on Go There Now. It will change color and font. Click on it.
4. You're now at the Chat Room Page. Here you can see the chat room program loading (see the Java animation?)
5. Scroll down till you see the box labeled HEA Chat Rooms. The box is outlined in red.
6. In the Chat Username box put in your chat name (anything you like, no spaces). The other boxes are not necessary.
7. Click on the yellow ENTER box.
8. First you'll see a small box called "Welcome to the Chat Forum." Here's a picture of the box, enlarged. It will be sitting on top of the web page.
9. In a few seconds, you'll see 2 windows on top of the web page: the CHAT FORUM PRO v4 window (you only part of it in this picture) and a small Welcome to the Chat Forum window which may be covered by the CHAT FORUM PRO v4 window. Move the Welcome to the Chat Forum window so it becomes uncovered.
10. Click OK on the Welcome to the Chat Forum window. The window will close. This disclaimer window should only pop up the first time you log on.
11. In the HEA Chat Room Box on the webpage (outlined in red) you'll see the chat rooms that are available. Click on the room you want to enter (the selection turns blue). There are usually only be two rooms available. For the Open House, Room 2 will be a time-out room for people who want to step away from the main room to chat with whomever might be in Room 2.
12. Either click on the yellow Join Room button or hit ENTER on your keyboard. You're now in the chat room. You'll see the people who are in the room on the left and the messages and dialogue on the right. In the box at the bottom type what you want to say and either press ENTER on your keyboard or click on the yellow Send button.
13. Watch the right side of the Chat Room window to see what everyone is saying and to get messages about who has entered or left the room. When you have something to say, type again in the box in the bottom of the window and hit ENTER or click SEND.
14. You can have "private chats" with other people in the chat room. The private chats will only be seen by the 2 of you, and will appear in a separate window. To have a private chat, move your cursor over USERS in the menu and you'll see Private Chat. It will be highlighted in blue. Click on it.
15.When you want to leave, go to the Room menu and click on EXIT ROOM (circled in red in the picture below).
16. Now you're back at the website chat page and you'll see the red HEA Chat Rooms box. You're still logged in and can choose to enter or re-enter a room. Or you can choose to leave the program by clicking on LEAVE in the menu. See the arrow in the picture below.
17. Once you leave, this is what you'll see.
18. That's it! Whoo!
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