How to join a chat room:
To join a chat room, enter your user-name or handle into the "Name" field in the Login screen and click on "Join" or press <enter>. If a password is required, enter the password in the login screen (note: PCFL Chat Rooms do not reuire a password).

Communicating with Others:

Public Chat: Once connected, you will be able to chat with other users by simply typing a message into the field at the bottom of the screen and pressing <Enter> on your computer. Any message you type will be sent to ALL users unless you select a specific user, from the user list.

Private Chat: To send a private message to a particular user, select the user. s name from the user list. The Private box will automatically be highlighted. Only the select users will see the message (you will notice that your name and the name of the recipient with be enclosed in double quotes, indicating that you have sent a private message). To switch from Private chat to Public chat mode, simply select the All Users entry from the user list.

Active Forums
This feature allows the user to join other chat rooms. When pressed, a list of all publicly available active chat rooms is shown. Each forum name is proceeded by the number of active users. Simply, select the forum name from the list and select Jump to Forum (which will switch you automatically to the other forum) or Jump to Web page, which will open a new browser window and load the page containing the desired chat room.

To create your own forum, enter the forum name in the topic box and press Create. To make a forum private, simply proceed the name with '*'   (i.e.: *Jane's Private Room). Anyone that tries to create a chat room with the same name, will be taken to this newly created chat room.

Clear
Erases the Chat area box.

Advanced Features

View info:View users. personal statement (information entered by a user describing the user's hobbies, physical description and more see personal info). Select a user name from the user list, and click on "view info" to view that user. s personal info.

View homepage:This allows you to load another user. s homepage (if one is specified by that user). Select a user. s name from the user list, and click on "view homepage" to view that user. s homepage. Double-clicking on a user's name in the user list will also display the user's home page. When you load a user. s homepage you will be logged out of the chat room.

Page user:Once you select a user from the user list, you can click "page user" to beep that user; they will hear a musical sound if they have speakers; a note will also appear on the chat room screen to let you know that the user was paged.

Navigate Internet:If you wish to continue surfing the Internet while chatting, you can use this feature. Click on . surf. and an additional browsing window will be opened at the Multisoft homepage.

Personal info:Allows a user to type in their own information such as hobbies, physical description and more. Other users can view this information by clicking on "view info", while selecting a user name from the user list.

Show broadcast message:When this is not checked, messages sent to ALL users are NOT displayed - only private messages will be shown. This allows less text to appear on your chat room screen.

Sound: When this is not checked a user will not hear sounds created by the chat room, such as the paging sound.

Float: Use applet in floating window, a window that can be moved and resized on the user's terminal screen. This is suggested for optimum viewing. Note: Loading another HTML page will automatically log-you off the Chat Area. If you wish to continue surfing the Internet while chatting, we recommend to click on the "Navigate Internet" command in the "advanced" menu.