Here are the steps and at the bottom of this entry is a link to a movie that follows along with these instructions.
Open iChat (You will get a welcome screen
Click the “Get an iChat Account” button.
You will be sent to an AOL page. Although you are filling out information on this page, you are not creating an AOL account -- just an AIM account. The field that is labeled “Desired Email Address” is where you put your desired screen name. You would only use it as an email address if you wanted to use it on AOL as well as iChat.
If the iChat name you want is taken you will have to keep trying until you enter something that no one else is using.
Finish answering all the questions on this page and hit the Submit button.
You are finished there. Go back to the Account Setup Window in iChat and enter the approved screen name (leave off the @aol.com) and your password. Write them down somewhere or enter them in Keychain. Click the Continue Button.
At the final window, which urges you to set up the preferences, click the Done button. When you do your empty buddy list will appear and you are on line and ready to chat as soon as you know the iChat ID of your friends and they know yours.
The movie is here
In my next posting I will give some suggestions for setting up iChat preferences.
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( 2.9 / 59 )As promised in my last entry, here is another set of keyboard shortcuts, prepared by my friend Sunil Khanna. This set covers Keyboard Shortcuts for Finder, Text Editing, Expose and Spaces.
It is in PDF format and can easily be printed for easy reference.
http://www.capmac.org/~nancygravley/fin ... tcuts1.pdf
On another note, I am preparing a class on Mail and will add some tips on using Mail as soon as possible.
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( 2.9 / 86 )Do you prefer using your keyboard over your mouse? If so, I have a handy guide for you. This was created by Sunil Khanna, who is one of the board member for Capitol Macintosh Users Group in Austin, TX. We occasionally print out these and others like them, laminate them, and give everyone at our general meeting one to take home. This one is for general tasks.
http://www.capmac.org/~nancygravley/key ... tcuts1.pdf
In a few days, I will add another one. It will be geared toward finder, text editing, expose and spaces. We hope you find it to be useful.
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( 2.6 / 61 )First the basics, then a cool tip.
It is easy to copy and paste on your iPad even though you might have to close one application and open another to complete the process. For instance, you might want to copy something from an email message and then paste it into a Pages document.
To copy or Cut
Find the information you want to copy or cut and tap twice on a word. This option window will open
letting you select copy or cut as your choice. If you want to copy or cut more than just one word, use the little blue handles on each end of the word and drag them to encompass everything you want included. When you have your selection made, tap on the word Copy or Cut in the option window and that step will be complete.
To Paste
If you are moving text within the same document, just place your cursor at the insertion point, double click again, and the paste option window will open.
Tap on Paste and the information will be inserted.
If you are moving text into a different document in the same application, open the document and follow the same steps as noted above to paste.
If you are moving text into a document in a new application, close the application from which you copied and open the new application. Start a new document or open an existing document. Follow the same steps as noted above to paste.
Everyone got that. If any of it is not clear, please let me know.
Here is the secret tip. I found out that if you are using the iPad and working in Pages you can quickly highlight a whole paragraph for copying or cutting by tapping within the paragraph 4 times instead of tapping a word twice. I tried doing the same thing in Mail, thinking it would work on the iPhone and iPod Touch as well, but was never able to make it work. If someone does make it work, please let me know. I expect this works in other applications besides Pages.
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( 2.6 / 49 )If you have an iPad you might be interested to know there is a free user guide right on your iPad. You just have to know where to find it.
Click on the iBooks app. Click on Store. In the request field on the far right, enter iPad User Guide. When the option comes up, download it. It will be available in your iBooks book shelf.
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