Tips & Tricks for Gtalk Lovers

I am mad about G-talk and almost of all my friends have my Gmail ID only. I left all other messenger as soon as Google announced GTalk Client software. I like Google Talk as it is light and fast. CPU memory usage is very low when compared to MSN, Yahoo, AIM messengers and more over it is spam free. Here are some tips and tricks for you to make your Google Talk experience much more interesting. To know more about G-talk, Pls click here

Line Break
Hold SHIFT and hit ENTER

Bold text
To bold your text, put an asterisk (*) before and after content.

[Example] *these will be bold*

Italic text

To italic your text, put an asterisk (_) before and after content.

[Example] _these will be italic_

Switch between chat windows
Hold CTRL, click on I will cycle you through each chat window

Minimize chat window
ALT + ESC minimize chat window. (For Gmail talk, it only work when chat window is a popup)

Restore chat window
WINDOWS + ESC will restore your GTalk from minimized mode.

Open multiple Gtalk application
Click Start -> Run and enter the following in Open dialog.

“C:\Program Files\Google\Google Talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex

See more parameters like this at the end of the entry

Misc Gtalk information

• You don’t have to say YES or NO when someone adds you. Simply ignore it and the request will go away.
  
  
  
  
• A message can be 32767 characters long.
  
  
  
  
• You can change your Gtalk chat name in Account Page
  
  
  
  
• Adding a web URL in custom message will result it to be clickable.