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Changing User Settings

This section contains the following information:

User Settings Window Overview

The User Settings window enables you to configure the Instant Messenger display and startup parameters. Click the Settings icon in the Main window or select Settings from the Tools menu to display the User Settings window.

The User Settings window contains the following tabs and buttons:

General Tab

The General tab contains the following items:

Chat Tab

Start multiple chats in new windows check box - Select to simultaneously start multiple chat sessions in a new window.

Send message on enter key check box - Select to send messages when the enter key is selected. When this check box is unselected, messages are sent only when Send is clicked.

Chat Compose Formatting drop-down list - Select the font size and font color in which the message should be displayed, from the drop-down list.

News Tab

The News tab contains the following options:

Alerts Tab

The Alerts tab contains the following items:

Sound Tab

The Sound tab contains the following items:

Enable sounds check box - When checked enables you to receive a sound notification.

Play sounds when - The options within this frame enables you to specify when the sound notification should be received. The options available are: I send a message , I receive a new message, When I receive an alert,and A presence status changed

Access Tab

The Access tab enables you to specify the users who can chat, poll or send alerts to you. This tab contains the following items:

By default user can be seen by drop-down list - Specifies if everyone (All) can see you, or no one (None).

User can only be seen by the following if default set to None pane - Users listed in this pane are the only ones that can see you. By default, “All” is selected, which means that all users can see you.

Add/Remove users button - Displays the “Search for a user” window where you can add or remove users from the “User Settings” Access tab window.

Save to server drop-down list - Select the server to which the changes need to be saved.

Archive Tab

The Archive tab enables you to specify the type of messages that can be saved on the server. This tab contains the following items:

Enable Archive check-box - When enabled allows you to archive all messages.

Elements to Archive - The options within this frame enables to specify whether you want to archive everything, disable archive, or specifically archive all conferences, archive all alerts, archive all polls on the server.

If archive everything is selected, only disable archive, archive everything, options are enabled for selection.

About Tab

The About tab shows the Sun Java System Instant Messenger program version information.

To Change User Settings

Following are the activities associated with configuring User Settings:

Follow these steps to change your settings:

  1. In the Main window, select Settings from the Tools menu or click the Settings icon:
  2. Settings icon

    The User Settings window appears.

  3. Make your changes to the various tabs.
  4. Click Apply to save the changes in a tab without exiting the User Settings window, and then move to another tab.

  5. When you have finished making the changes, click Close for the changes to take effect and exit the User Settings window.
  6. The changes become effective immediately.


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