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Laboratory Exercise 14 – Chatting via Windows and Yahoo! Messengers

Office Productivity Tools 2 Laboratory Exercise # 14 Chatting via Windows and Yahoo! Messengers Objectives: At the end of the exercise, the students are expected to be able to: • Chat via Windows Messenger • Chat via Yahoo! Messenger • Use emoticons • Observe Netiquettes

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Laboratory Exercise 14 – Chatting via Windows and Yahoo! Messengers

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  1. OfficeProductivityTools2 LaboratoryExercise#14 ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers Objectives: Attheendoftheexercise,thestudentsareexpectedtobeableto: •ChatviaWindowsMessenger •ChatviaYahoo!Messenger •Useemoticons •ObserveNetiquettes •SendPrivateMessages Materials: •3½floppydisk Note:Allexercisesshouldbesavedinyourdatadiskandmustbesubmittedtoyourinstructorafterevery laboratorysession. BasicInformation: InternetChat RapidlybecomingoneofthemostpopularareasoftheInternetis chat.WhatexactlyisInternetchat?Internetchatisareal-time communicationamongusersusingthecomputer.Real-time meansoccurringimmediately.Onceachathasbeeninitiated, eitherusercanentertextbytypingonthekeyboardandthe enteredtextwillautomaticallyappearontheotheruser’smonitor. Youneedtoenterachatroombeforeyoucouldchattoother computerusers.AchatroomisasectiononanInternetserver thatallowsyoutochatwithoneanother.Anyoneinthechat roomcanparticipateintheconversationwhichisusuallyaboutaparticulartopic.Somechatroomssupport voicechats,andvideochatswhereinyoucanhearandseeeachotherwhilechatting. Thevalueofchatdependsonhowyouuseit.Chattingisagoodwaytomakefriends,meetacquaintances, exploreothercultures,keepintouchwithfamilyorrelativesandexchangeallsortsofinformation.Chat, though,cangetwildanddisorderly.Anybodycantakeonanypersona.Thisiswhyadultsupervisionis neededwhenchildrenengageinanyformofchatontheNet. TherearebasicallytwotypesofInternetchats:theWeb-basedchatandtheIRCorInternetRelayChat. TimetoChat! Youneedtoconnecttoachatserverthroughachatclientbeforeyoucouldstartachatsession.Achatclient isaprogramonyourcomputerthatisusuallyprovidedbyyourbrowsers.Youcaneasilydownloadachat clientifyourbrowserdoesnotsupportone.Althoughsomechatclientsaretext-based,thereareotherclients whosupportgraphicalchatswheretheuserscanassumetheappearanceofacertainfictitiouscharacter. Thepersonwhoestablishesachatroomservesastheoperatorandhastheresponsibilityinmonitoringthe conversationanddisconnectinganyonewhobecomesdisruptiveandoffensive. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  2. OfficeProductivityTools2 WhatareEmoticons(orSmileys)? AnEmoticon(orSmiley)isasequenceofordinarycharactersyoucanfindonyourcomputerkeyboard. Emoticonsareusedine-mailandotherformsofcommunicationusingcomputerssuchaschatting.Themost popularemoticonisthesmilingface(smiley).Ifyoudon'tseethatitrepresentsasmilingface,tipyourhead totheleftandlookatitagain.Thecolonrepresentstheeyes,thedashrepresentsthenose,andtheright parenthesisrepresentsthemouth.Theseemoticonsshowanemotionthroughanicon. IRCgainedfameduringtheGulfWarin1991wherepeoplefromallovertheworldarehungryfornewsthat cameacrossthewire.Duringthattime,mostoftheusersaregatheredononechanneltohearthesereports. SomeCommonChatEtiquettes Therearecommoncourtesiestofollowwhenchatting.Thepeopleinthechatroomsmaynotseeyoubutthe wayyoutalkisaprettygoodreflectionofyourself.Herearesomecommoncourtesiesandetiquettes followedwheninchatting: 1.DonottypeinCAPITALS.Typingincapitalsislikeshouting.Thisisuniversallyfrowneduponin chatrooms. 2.Observefirst.Ifyougotoalargeroomwithalotofconversation,waituntilyoufigureoutwhatis goingonbeforeyoupostamessage. 3.Trynottospyonothersindifferentchatrooms.Iftheymentionthattheyaregoingtoengageina privateconversation,respecttheirprivacy. 4.Bekindtonewcomers.Thesepeopleareusuallyunsureofwhattosayanddo.Befriendlyand welcomethemintothechatroom. 5.Donotabuseyourpowerifyouareanoperator(op)oraverywell-knownregulartoachatroom. Donotmanipulateconversationsorthrowanyundesirableremarksatpeoplejustbecauseyouknow morethantheothers. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  3. OfficeProductivityTools2 6.Donottakeupalotofspaceforpostingyourmessages.Mostpeopledon’tlikescrollingdownalot justtoseeafewmessagesafteryours.Ifyouneedtosaysomethingreallylong,chopitintobitsor senditinprivatetothepersonwhomyouwanttosenditto. 7.Saygood-bye.Whenyouleavearoomofpeoplethatyouhaveinteractedwith,saygoodbye.Ifyou havebeenmainlyonthesidelines,feelfreetodisappearwithoutaword. 8.Afinalword:Alwaysremembertobehaveyourselfwhilechatting.Manypeopleendupbeing pickedonbyotherchattersorworse,kickedoutofachatroomforbeingimpoliteandrude. Yahoo!Messenger TherearealotofWebsitesthatofferinstantmessagingtoavidchattersallovertheworldsuchasYahoo!and MSN.Thesetwoarethemostpopularinstantmessagingserviceoverthenetandhasthemostnumberof subscribers. Yahoo!Messengerallowsyoutosendinstantmessagestocomputerusersanywhereintheworldaslongas thatpersonisonline.Itallowsyoutosendandreceivetextmessagesinstantlyunlikewithe-mailwherein youhavetowaitforhoursandevendaystowaitforananswer.Italsoalertsyouifoneofyourfriendsis onlineandifyoureceiveanewe-mail. Yahoo!Messengerisafreeinstantmessagingservicethatutilizestheconnectionyouhaveestablishedwith yourInternetServiceProvider.YouneedtodownloadtheInstantMessengersoftwareandsignupwith Yahoo!ifyoustilldon’thaveanIDbeforeyoucouldbeginchattingwithyourfriends. Yahoo!Messengersupportsvoicechat,andevenallowsyoutoseeyourfriendsviaWebcams. AddingFriendstoyourYahoo!List AFriendListisalistofyourfriends,family,andassociateswhoalsouseYahoo!Messengerandotherservices ofYahoo!.Youcanchatwithanyoneonyourlistaslongastheyareconnectedinanyservicesprovidedby Yahoo!. Youcanaddasmanyas100Yahoo!IDsonyourFriendList (http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/use/use-10.html). OnlyvalidYahoo!IDscanbeaddedonyourlistbyclickingtheAddbuttonintheMessengerwindow.Once youaddafriendonyourlist,hewillbenotifiedandwouldbegivenanoptiontoacceptyourinvitationthen addyouinreturn.Yourfriendcanalsoblockyousothathewouldnolongerreceiveanyinvitationornotice orhemayopttojustcancelyourinvitationanddonothing. Ifyouwanttoinviteafriendwhodoesn’thaveaYahoo!Messengeryet,youcansendthemaninvitationand instructionsonhowtodownloadthesoftware. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  4. OfficeProductivityTools2 SearchingforaFriend YoucansearchforyourfriendsamongallYahoo!subscribersaslongasthatfriendofyourscurrentlyusesa Yahoo!Messengerorwhoseprofilesareforpublicviewing. Tosearchforafriend,fromtheToolsmenu,selectManageFriendList,andthenclickSearchforaFriendto openthesearchwindow.Youcansearchforafriendbasedonakeywordsuchasbadminton,basketball, computers,andothers.Youcanalsosearchusingtheperson’sname,Yahoo!IDandmayincludegenderand agepreferences. IfyoufindsomeonewhoalreadyusesYahoo!Messenger,youcanaddthemonyourFriendList.Otherwise, youcansendthemaninvitationtodownloadYahoo!Messenger.Youcanchatwiththemrightawayifthe emoticoniconbesidetheirnameisbrightyellow. SendingaMessage Youcanonlysendaninstantmessage(IM)tosomeonewhohasaYahoo!IDandisusingaversionofYahoo! Messenger. TosendamessagetoanyoneonyourFriendlist,double-clicktheYahoo!IDtoopenanIMwindow.To sendanIMtoagrouponyourFriendlist,right-clickonyourgroupnameandselectSendaMessage.To sendamessagetoanyonenotincludedonyourFriendList,clicktheMessagebuttonfromthetoolbar,then typetheYahoo!IDontheTofield. Ifyousendamessagetoyourfriendwhoisoffline(agrayemoticonfaceappearsbesidetheirname),the messagewillbesaveonyourfriend’sofflinemessagebox,andcanbereadonceheisonline. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  5. OfficeProductivityTools2 ReceivingandReplyingtoanInstantMessage Whenyoureceiveaninstantmessage,amessagewindowwillappearonyourscreen.Toreplytothat person,typeyourmessageinthetextinputboxandclicktheSendbutton.Youmaysetthepreferencesof yourYMthatwillenablethemessagetobesentwhenthe<ENTER>keyispressed. JustclicktheClosebuttonifyoudon’twishtoreply.Or,youcanclicktheIgnoreUserbuttonifyoudon’t wanttoreceiveanymoreinstantmessagesfromthatperson.Onceyou’veignoredsomeone,theywon’tbe abletosendyouanymoreinstantmessagesuntilyouremovethemfromyourIgnoreList (http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/use/use-02.html). IfyouwanttoignoresomeoneinyourFriendlist,youmustdeletethemfirstfromthelist,andthenyoucan ignorethem. EditingTextColorandFonts YoucanchangethecolorandFontofyourtextwhilechattingwithyourfriends.ClickingthePainter’s Paletteiconallowsyoutochangethecolorofyourtextthroughoutyourconversationwithyourfriend.The toolbarbelowthemessagetextboxallowsyoutoformatthetextyouusethroughoutyourconversation. SendingGraphicalSmileys Asidefromtypingwhatyoufeeltowardsyourfriend,youcansimplysendthemgraphicalemoticonsor smileystoshowthemwhatyoureallyfeel.Emoticonsenhanceyourwordswithemotions.Refertotheslides foralistofemoticonsyoucaninserttoyourmessages. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  6. OfficeProductivityTools2 BuzzingaFriend Yahoo!Messengerhasafeaturethatallowsyouto“buzz”afriendtogettheirattentionandtoalertthemof yourpresence. Tobuzzafriend,clickBuzzbuttonoryoumaysimplypress<CTRL+G>onyourkeyboard.Yourmessenger windowandofyourfriendwillvibrateandyouwillheara“dingdong”sound.Theword“BUZZ”will appearonbothofyourwindowstoknowthattheyreceivedanalert.However,youcanonlyusethisfeature onceinevery13seconds. EditingGroups Groupsallowyoutoseparateyourlistoffriends,fromyourfamily,classmates,co-workers,andothers.To addanewgrouptoyourFriendList: • • • • ClicktheToolsmenuatthetopofthemainMessengerwindow,selectManageFriendList,andthen selectCreateGroup.... EnterthenameofyournewgroupandclicktheOKbuttontoaddthegrouptoyourFriendList. Torenameyournewgroup,justclicktheRenameGroup...optionandtypethenameyouwantfor yourgroup. Todeletethegroup,youhavetodeleteallyourfriendsfromthatgroupfirst,thenright-clickonthe groupyouwishtodeletebeforeclickingtheDeleteGroupoption (http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mesg/use/use-31.html). LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  7. OfficeProductivityTools2 IMSecurity/Privacy AlthoughYahoo!Messengerallowsmemberstoexchangeprivateconversations,itdoesnotguaranteethat yourconversationwillneverbeknowntoothers.Thefriendyouchatwithmaysharethecontentofyour conversationtootherYMusersoranoutsidepartymayinterceptyoufromreceivingandsendingmessages. Asanexample,inanorganizationthatusesafirewall,thenetworkadministratorhastheauthoritytoreview allthenetworktrafficandcontentincludingyourinstantmessages. Yahoo!Messengerallowsyoutoarchive,print,andsaveyourmessages.Althoughyouchoosenottoretain theinstantmessagesyoureceivedandsent,thepersonsyouconversewithmaychoosetodoso. Topreventotherusersfromusingyouraccount,whenyoulogin,unchecktheboxlabeledRemembermyID andpassword.Andremembertoalwayslogoutafteryoufinishyoursessionhasexpiredsothatnoonewill alteroredityouraccount. Activity ChattingviaWindowsMessenger 1.FromtheStartbutton,clickonProgramsandchooseWindowsMessenger. Messengerscreenappearsjustliketheimagebelow. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers TheWindows

  8. OfficeProductivityTools2 2.ClickonthelinkClickheretosignin.The.NETPassportWizardappearsforthosewhousethisfor thefirsttime.ClickonNextbutton. 3.Thewindowbelowappearsaskingifyouhaveanemailaddress.Forthosewhohaveanexisting address,clickontheYes,usemyexistinge-mailaddressradiobutton.Usetheaddressyou registeredinYahoo.Enteryouremailaddressandpassword. 4.ChoosetheNo,signmeupforafreeMSNforthosewhodoesnothaveanemailaddressyet.Click Next. 5.WindowonthenextpageappearsaskingyoutosignupwithMSNHotmail.ClickNext. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  9. OfficeProductivityTools2 6.YouarenowdirectedtotheInternet.FillinthefollowingfieldsandclicktheIAcceptbutton. 7.ClickontheContinuebuttontogobackonthe.NETPassportWizard.ClicktheNextbutton. 8.Another.NETwizardwindowappearstellingthatyouaredoneinsigningupanemailaddress. SimplyclickontheFinishbutton. 9.ThemainscreenofWindowsMessengerappearsjustlikeshownonthenextpage. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  10. OfficeProductivityTools2 10.AccesstheToolsmenuandchooseAddacontact.TheAddacontactwindowappears. 11.ClickontheBye-mailaddressorsign-innameradiobutton.ClickNext. 12.Keyintheemailaddressofoneofyourclassmateinsidethelaboratoryinthetextboxandclick Next. 13.Anotherwindowappearstellingthatyouhavesuccessfullyaddedafriendonyourcontactlist.Click ontheFinishbutton. 14.NoticethattheaddressyouhaveaddedisnowlistedonmainscreenofWindowsMessenger.Those contactsthatareingreenmodestatesthattheyareonline.Whilethosethatareinredmodestates thattheyareoffline.Addasmanycontactsasyoucan. 15.Tosendamessage,double-clickonthepersonyouwanttosendamessage. 16.Fromtheconversationwindow,keyinHello!inthemessageboxandclicktheSendbutton.Notice thatwhatyouhavetypedappearsontheabovebox. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  11. OfficeProductivityTools2 YouhavemanyoptionsoncommunicatingusingWindowsMessenger.Itcanbewiththeuseofweb camera,amicrophone,orbysimplytypingamessagejustlikewhatyou’vedone. 17.Toaddsomeoneontheconversationyouarecurrentlyin,simplyclickontheInviteSomeonetothis Conversationoptionontherightsideofthewindow. 18.Tochangethefonttype,clickontheFontbutton.TheChangeMyMessageFontdialogboxappears. ChooseonOptimafromtheFontlistboxthenclickOK. 19.Touseemoticons,clickontheEmoticonsbuttonandchoosetheAngel.ClickSend. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  12. OfficeProductivityTools2 20.WidowsMessenger,justlikeanemail,alsoallowsyoutosendfiles.Fromthemainscreenof WindowsMessenger,clickonSendafileorPhotooption. 21.FromtheSendafiledialogbox,clickonthepersonthatyouwanttosendinafile.ClickOK. 22.TheSendafileto(nameoftheperson)dialogappears.Browseonthefileyouwanttosendandclick Open. 23.NoticethatontheMessagesthathavebeensentandreceivedbox,tellswaitingforconfirmation. 24.Youmaypresson<ALT+Q>tocancel.Thistellsyouthatyouhavecancelledyouraction. 25.Toexitfromtheconversationwindow,simplypress<ESC>keyorclickontheClosebutton.The messagessentfromWindowsMessengerareguaranteedprivate. InstallingYahoo!Messenger 1.Accesswww.yahoo.com. 2.ClickontheMessengerlinkatthetopofthepage.TheYahoo!Messengerpageappearsonyour screen. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  13. OfficeProductivityTools2 3.Ifthecomputeryouarecurrentlyusingdoesn’thaveaYahoo!Messengerinstalledinit,download thesoftwarebyclickingtheGetitnowlink.TheYahoo!MessengerInstallationwindowappearson yourscreen. 4.JustfollowtheinstallationprocedurebyclickingontheGetStartedbutton. 5.ClicktheRunbuttonineachwindow. 6.AfterthesystemhasfinishedinstallingYahoo!Messenger,theYahoo!MessengerInstallationwindow appearsonyourscreen.Makesurethattheoption,LaunchYahoo!Messengerischecked. 7.ClicktheFinishbutton. 8.OntheYahoo!IDdialogbox,keyinyourYahooIDandPasswordthatyoujustcreatedrecently. 9.Disabletheoption,RemembermyIDandPasswordoption. 10.ClickontheSignInbutton. 11.ClosetheYahoo!Insiderwindowifitappearsonyourscreen. AddingFriendstoyourYahoo!List LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  14. OfficeProductivityTools2 1.ClickontheAddaContactbuttonfromthetoolbar.TheAddtoMessengerListdialogboxappears onyourscreen. 2.EnteraYahoo!IDjustlikethegivensample.Inthisexercise,typetheYahoo!IDofanyofyour friendsinsidethecomputerlaboratoryintheEnterFriend’sIDtextbox.ClickNext. 3.KeyinClassmatesontheChooseorenteraMessengerListgroup…textbox.KeyinHello!onthe nexttextbox.ClickFinish. 4.ClickontheAddressBooktab.LocatetheYahoo!IDofyourclassmate.Right-clickitandchoose ContactsDetailsoption. 5.Fillinallthefieldsforyourclassmatescontactdetails.ClicktheSave&Closebutton. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  15. OfficeProductivityTools2 6.Yourfriend’sYahoo!IDisdisplayedunderthegroupClassmatesonyourMessengerwindow. 7.Ifyouhavebeenaddedbyanyofyourfriends,theNewFriendAlertwindowappearsonyour screen.ClickAccept&Add.TheAddaFriendwindowappearsonyourscreen.ClickOK. 8.Addatleast3ofyourfriend’sYahoo!IDontheClassmatesgroup. SendingaMessage 1.Double-clickaYahoo!IDofyourfriendunderthegroup,Classmates.AnInstantMessagewindow appearsonyourscreen. 2.OntheMessageInputtextbox,keyinanymessageyouwanttoconveytoyourfriend. 3.ClickontheEmoticonsbutton,andselectthelaughingsmiley. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

  16. OfficeProductivityTools2 4.ClicktheSendbuttonorpress<ENTER>key. 5.OntheMessengerwindow,right-clickonClassmates,andselectSendMessagetoallinthisgroup. 6.Keyinanymessageyouwant,thenclickSendorpress<ENTER>key. 7.Ifyourfriendhasn’tbeenreplyingtoanyofyourmessages,fromtheFriendmenu,clickonBuzz button. EditingTextColor,Fonts,andInstantMessengerWindow 1.ClickontheFormat button.Atoolbarappearsaboveonit. 2.ClickontheChangeTextcolor button,andthenselectanycolorofyourchoice. 3.Begintypinganymessagetoyourfriend.Ifyourpreferredcolorisnotincludedinthelist,click OtherColors. 4.Ifyouwantyourtexttoincludenotjust1colorbut3,chooseColorEffects. EditingGroups 1.Right-clickontheClassmatesgroup,thenclickonRenameGroup. 2.OntheNewGroupNametextboxoftheRenameGroupdialogbox,enterComputerLabKids. ClickOK. 3.Toaddnewfriendsonyourgroup,right-clickthegroup,thenselectAddaContacttoGroup. LoggingOff 1.TologofffromYahoo!Messenger,fromtheLoginmenu,clickonSignOut. 2.ClicktheClosebutton. LaboratoryExercise14–ChattingviaWindowsandYahoo!Messengers

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