User Manual
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Welcome to aMSN user Manual
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Understanding Menus and Icons
- Video/Voice Conversations
- Adding Themes
Overview
Ok so you've installed aMSN now what? aMSN is accessed in various different ways depending on your system distro for example in Ubuntu its accessed via Applications>Internet>aMSN you should then see:
This is the main login window for aMsn you can login using your Hotmail address or other email providing it has been setup correctly
After logging in you should see
To start chatting with a contact click on a contacts name and your good to go
Understanding the Menus and Icons
The Switch from windows can be made harder if you've been using Windows Live Messnger this section is designed to help you understand the different icons and menu layouts within aMSN
lets start by taking a look at aMSN's main window menu's
Most options you see are pretty self explanatory but here is a small description of what each item in the menu is
Sign out
- Well this is pretty self explanatory clicking this item will log you out of your messenger account
Change Status
- This option is used to tell you contacts if your:
- Busy - Useful if your working on something
- Away - Useful if you need to pop out for a while
- Be Right Back - Not much explanation needed here
- Out to Lunch - Not much explanation needed here
- Idle - User has not type any messages for a period of time
- Appear Offline - This is used so that users cant see you online making users think your not signed in
- In a call - This can mean 2 things either your in a video or someone has called you on your cell/mobile
configure/add/remove Global Alarm
Options in this menu tell Amsn what to notify you about these options include:
- notify when user comes online
- notify when user goes offline
- notify when user changes status
- notify when user sends you a message
- open event history
this option is used to display chat logs of conversations with users in your contact list
