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Once sign in is complete, the Talk main screen displays.
Invite a Friend to Chat
You can invite anyone with a Google Account to become your
friend in Google Talk, so you can chat with each other and view
each other’s online status.
1.
While viewing your Friends list, touch
Add friend
.
2.
Enter your friend’s address and touch
Send invitation
.
Your friend’s address in Talk is a Gmail or other email
address that is configured to connect to Google Talk.
If your friend accepts your invitation, they are added to
your Friends list in Talk and you can share each others
status in Talk and other applications.
View and Accept an Invitation to Become a Friend
When a contact invites you to become a friend in Google Talk,
you receive a notification in the System bar
and the
invitation appears in your Friends list.
1.
Touch the invitation.
2.
Touch
Accept
, if you want to accept the invitation and chat,
Decline
, if you do not want to chat with and share your
Google Talk status with the sender right now, or
Block
, if
you do not want to receive any more invitations from that
person.
If you touch
Accept
, the friend is added to your Friends list
in Talk and you can share your status in Talk and other
applications.
Options While Chatting
There are several options that are available while you are
chatting.
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Touch
Chat Menu
to the right of the chat window. The
following options display:
• Go off the record/Stop chatting off the record
: Set whether you
want to stop saving your chat to the chat history.
• Friend info
: Display information about the friend with which you are
chatting.
–
View in Contacts
: View the friend’s Contact information.
–
Nickname
: Create a nickname for the friend.
–
Show in Friends list
: Set how to show this friend in you Friends list.
Options are: Always, Never, or Automatically. Automatically determines
whether your friend is popular with you.
