The Google Talk downloadable application for Windows offers many features for communicating with your friends and family.All most all of you have already switched/using to Gtalk, and started chatting there, you might also know some tips and tricks of it like how to type in bold, italics etc... I have collected all the tips and tricks (most of them) of Gtalk at one place;-
If you'd like to change the appearance of your chat windows, choose a custom theme. Here's how:
- Sign in to Google Talk.
- Click Settings at the top of your Friends list.
- Highlight Appearance, and select a theme from the drop-down menu under Chat Theme.
- A preview of each theme is displayed when selected from the drop-down menu.
- Click OK.
- Changing your chat theme doesn't affect the appearance of your friends' chat windows.
Keyboard Shortcuts 4 Google Talk
1. ALT + ESC: Minimize the current window
2. TAB: Switch between multiple chat windows
3. CTRL + I: Same as TAB
4. SHIFT + TAB: Same as TAB but in reverse order
5. CTRL + TAB: Same as SHIFT + TAB
6. Windows + ESC: Open Google Talk (if it's minimized, or in the tray)
7. F9: Open Gmail to send an email to your friend
8. F11: Start a call with your friend
9. F12: Stop the current call
10. ESC: Close the current window
Conversation Text
- A message can be 32767 characters long.
- Certain smileys are recognized by Google Talk and will be shown in blue.
- :-| :-O :-x :-P :-D ;-) :-( :O :x ;-| ;-O ;-x ;-P ;-D ;-) ;-( ;| ;O ;x ;P ;D ;( B-| B-O B-x B-P B-D B-) B-( B'( BO Bx BD B) B( B) And you can put a ' between the characters to get another one shown in blue.
- To write text in bold, put it between *asteriks*
- To write text in italic, put it between _underscores_
- You can insert special characters like ♥♫☺ with 'Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Character Maps'.
Secret Startup Parameters
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- nomutex: allows you to open more than one instance of Google Talk
- /autostart: when Google Talk is run with this parameter, it will check the registry settings to see if it needs to be started or not. If the "Start automatically with Windows" option is unchecked, it won't start.
- /forcestart: same as /autostart, but forces it to start no matter what option was set.
- /S upgrade: Used when upgrading Google Talk
- /register: registers Google Talk in the registry, includig the GMail Compose method.
- /checkupdate: check for newer versions
- /plaintextauth: uses plain authentication mechanism instead then Google's GAIA mechanism. Used for testing the plain method on Google's servers.
- /nogaiaauth: disables GAIA authentication method. The same as above.
- /factoryreset: set settings back to default.
- /gaiaserver servername.com: uses a different GAIA server to connect to Google Talk. Used for debug purposes only, there are no other known GAIA servers.
- /mailto email@host.com: send an email with Gmail
- /diag: start Google Talk in diagnostic mode
- /log: probably has something to do with the diagnostic logging
- /unregister: ?
- /embedding: ?
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