User Task List

The following sections provide pointers to common tasks that you can perform with Instant Messenger:

• Launching and Logging In to Instant Messenger

• Contacts and Contact Groups

• Chatting

• Conferences

• Alerts

• News Channels

• Polls

• User Settings

• Exiting from Instant Messenger

Launching and Logging In to Instant Messenger

• To Launch Instant Messenger with Java Web Start (Solaris, Windows, Linux)

• To Launch Instant Messenger with Java Plug-in (Windows only)

• To Launch the Instant Messenger on Mac OS

• To Log in to Instant Messenger

Contacts and Contact Groups

• To Search for and Add Contacts to a Contact Group

• To Search for and Add Contacts by User ID

• To Move a Contact to Another Group

• To Delete a Contact from a Contact Group

• To Delete a Contact Group

• To Rename a Contact Group

• To Send a File to a Contact

Chatting

• To Send an Instant Message (To Invite Someone to Chat)

• To Respond to a Chat Invitation

• To Send a File to a Contact

• To Start a Side Chat

• To Save a Chat or an Alert

Conferences

• To Enter a Conference Room

• To Remove a Contact from Conferences or News Channels

• Managing News Channel

• To Create a News Channel

• To Set the Subject for a Conference

• To Moderate a Conference Room

• Subscribing and Unsubscribing to Conference Rooms

Alerts

• To Set an Alert for Change in a User's Status (To Watch a User)

• To Send an Alert

• To Chat with the Sender of an Alert

• To Mark an Alert as Read

• To Forward an Alert to Another User

News Channels

• To Create a News Channel

• To Administer News Channels

• To Delete News Channel Messages

• To Delete a News Channel

• To Modify News Channel Messages

• To View News Channels

• To Post News Channel Messages

• To Add Recipients of an Alert, Poll, or Forwarded News Channel Message

• To Subscribe to and Unsubscribe from News Channels

Polls

• To Conduct a Poll

• To Respond to a Poll Question

User Settings

• To Change User Settings

• To Add/Edit Privacy Profiles

• To View Users Who Can See Your Status

• To Change Your Status

• To Clear a User's Status Watch

• To Customize the Appearance of Instant Messenger

Exiting from Instant Messenger

• To Exit Instant Messenger

• To Delete Sun Java System Instant Messenger Instances from Windows Cache (Java Web Start)

• To Delete Sun Java System Instant Messenger Instances from Windows Cache (Java Plug-in)

• To Delete Sun Java System Instant Messenger Instances from Solaris Cache