Some people say Google Talk is nice because of its minimalistic design, but they coudn't use an Instant Messenger that doesn't have smileys and font customization. Here are some tips that will make your work with Google Talk better.
Keyboard shortcuts
* CTRL + Mousewheel up/down: Change the font size in a conversation window.
* CTRL + E: Center text
* CTRL + R: Right justify text
* CTRL + L or CTRL+J: Left justify text
* F9: Open Gmail to send an email to the person you talk to
* F11: Start a call
* F12: Stop the current call
* ESC: Close the current window
Conversation
* Some smileys are converted by Google Talk: :-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :-) B-) :'( :| :O :x :P :D :) :( :)
* To write bold text, type *your gtalk message*
* To write italic text, type _your gtalk message_
Startup parameters (go to Start/Run and type "c:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe" /one_parameter_from_the_list_below)
* /nomutex: allows you to open more than one instance of Google Talk.
* /register: write Google Talk settings in the registry.
* /checkupdate: check for new version.
* /factoryreset: revert to default settings.
* /mailto email@gmail.com: send an email with Gmail.
* /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode.
Related:
New Google Talk build (includes avatars)
thnx.. nomutex is new for me..
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ReplyDeleteCoz, lot of my friend use gtalk too.
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I just discovered that 'B)' (minus quotes) is displayed in blue.. What's up with that?
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the italics and the bold options ... also, the most hilarious thing - I must've accidentally hit F11 a couple times without knowing what I was doing and thought it so strange that gtalk initiated a call with my chatting partner seemingly unprompted. That was odd! Fun, though...
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ReplyDeleteIt will be gr8 if we can hv confernce ablity for gtalk.
ReplyDeleteu can use conference with gtalk.. bt only if sumone invites u to tht...which can b done through gmail
ReplyDelete^word types everything after '^' in ALL CAPS
ReplyDelete^word^ types everything between the two '^' in ALL CAPS and BLUE
Anonymous' April 27, 2009 1:54 PM PDT post doesn't work for me.
ReplyDelete(^word types everything after '^' in ALL CAPS
^word^ types everything between the two '^' in ALL CAPS and BLUE)
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ReplyDeleteThese are just awesome tips. I think you need to add better emoticons in Gtalk and make it more good for us. And sometime gtalk sing didn't work well with firefox.
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how to send an sms when i recived any gtalk messanger account message
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Type: BO
ReplyDeletein all caps. it shows in blue font. Why?
in gtalk, when the letters can be replace by a smily, gtalk identify it in bolded blue.. i.e. BD, BO,:) and so on
ReplyDeletebut how to change font size if I don't have a mouse? I use netbook with touchpad....
ReplyDeleteCTRL + '=': increase font size
ReplyDeleteCTRL + '-': decrease font size
CTRL + '0': set to regular font size
i have tried many things ^blue^ and so on... none of them work for me. any idea why? my friend used purple in a chat and she doesn't know how. if anyone can help please email me at pelleest@gmail.com
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How to send message to everyone at a time
ReplyDeleteNeither Ctrl-+ nor Ctrl-MouseWheel works for me. Rather sad as the used font is to small for me. Back to Skype where I can read stuff without having to lean forward to the monitor.
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DeleteHow to change the different font style in gmail chat.... ?
ReplyDelete* To write bold text, type *your gtalk message*
Delete* To write italic text, type _your gtalk message_
I'd like to disable the auto bold and other such feature. I don't want smilies converted to anything other than what I put.
ReplyDeleteIf I type this: *nod*
I don't want it made bold. I want the asterisks left in place. If I add a smiley like this: :)
I want the smiley left as it is. The smiley changeis especially irritating when pasting code to someone.
I'd just like to see a messenger client that leave my text alone exactly as I typed it.
PS: And in courier font.
the trick to make the text bigger doesn't work
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