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Added Friends? Now start chatting!
Once you've added friends to your Contact List, you can contact them or choose to use one of ICQ Lite's other features.
To use ICQ Lite to contact a user, right-click your friend's name in your Contact List. This will open the User Menu.
The following options are available:
Sending SMS & Instant Messages
- Double-click the user you wish to contact. This will automatically open a Message Session window.
Note: You can also choose to send a message by selecting Send Message from the User Menu.
- In the Message Session window, type your message.
- Choose the mode or modes (ICQ, SMS) in which you want to send your message by checking the option you want at the bottom of the box. The default is to send an instant message.
- Click Send. The text you type automatically moves to the upper part of the Message Session window. If you want to keep a record of your conversation, learn how to save your History here.
Note: For more information about sending and receiving SMS messages with ICQ Lite,
click here.
When you type your message, you will hear a typing machine sound. If you wish to disable this option, click the  icon next to the character count. You also have the option to set the font, font color and background color of your messages. You can also overwrite a user's font changes; all message text then appears in the ICQ default text.
For more details on sending a message, click here.
Sending Files
- Click the name of the user in your Contact List.
- Choose Send File. The Send File(s) to window will display. A box will automatically open from which you can browse for the file you wish to send.
Note: If this box does not appear, or you need to change the file you are sending, click the Select File button.
- Choose the file, then click Open.
- Enter a description or explanation of the file you are sending, and click Send.
For more information about sending and receiving files with ICQ Lite, click here.
Opening Saved Files
- Click a user's in your Contact List.
- Choose Open Saved Files. The Open dialog will display, showing message history folders that are sorted by name. Browse for the message file you would like to open.
- Choose the message history file you would like to view, then click Open.
Viewing User Details
- Click the name of the user in your Contact List.
- Choose User's Details. The User Details window will display.
- Click Get details from the ICQ directory at the bottom of the User Details window to view the most recent information the user has added to the ICQ Global Directory.
- View the different tabs on the left of the window to learn more about the user.
Note: You may add your own information and comments about the user in the About Tab. This will appear as blue text in the Remarks section of the user's Info Summary. Information you enter in this section will be visible only to you.
Move to Group
- To move a user to a new group, click the name of the user in your Contact List.
- Choose Move to Group. You'll see a selection of available groups.
- Click one of the groups to move the user into that category.
Renaming a User
- Click the user you wish to rename.
- Select Rename.
The user name will be highlighted.
- Type the new name you wish to appear on your Contact list for this user.
- Press Enter. The name you chose will replace the old name on your Contact List.
Deleting a User
- Click the name of the user you wish to delete from your Contact List.
- Select Delete. A confirmation window will display.
- Click Yes to delete a user or No to cancel the deletion. You can also delete the history of all messages for this user.
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