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82 Your T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide user guide
Chatting on or off the record
Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later and even search for them
in the Chats folder in Gmail. But, if you’d rather not store the messages in a chat, you can go off
the record.
1. On a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap Chat off record.
To resume saving the messages in the chat, press MENU, and then tap Chat on record.
Ending a chat
Do one of the following:
In the Friends list, press and hold the friend you want to stop chatting with, and then in the
menu that opens, tap End chat.
While on a chat screen, press MENU, and then tap End chat.
Changing your online status and picture
Changing your online status
1. Press HOME, and then tap
> Talk.
2. In the Friends list, tap the online status icon ( ) beside your name, and then select the
status you want on the options menu.
In addition to the standard status settings described in the table, you can also select a message
that you’ve entered previously. Or tap Clear custom messages to erase them and start over.
Your status and any message appear in your contact’s Friends lists and in other locations where
your status or status message are displayed.
Changing your status message
1. Press HOME, and then tap > Talk.
2. In the Friends list, tap the text box to the left of your online status icon, and then enter your
status message.
3. Press or tap the Enter key.
Changing your picture
1. Press HOME, and then tap > Talk.
2. In the Friends list, tap the picture to the left of your status message.
3. In the Select an album screen, tap the album where the picture you want to use is located.
4. Tap the picture you want to use.
5. Drag the green box to select the portion of the picture to crop, and then tap Save.
Managing your Friends list
Adding a friend
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 others’ online status.
1. Press HOME, and then tap
> Talk.
2. In the Friends list, press MENU and then tap Add friend.
3. Enter the Google Talk instant messaging ID or Google email address of the friend you want to
add.
Accepting an invitation to become a friend
When a contact invites you to become a friend in Google Talk, you receive a notification in the
Status bar and the invitation appears in your Friends list.