2013 1stHELP: Communicate, contacts

Communicate, contacts
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Other avatar right-click window

• Communication: summary 

Meet people

• People 

To add a person to your Friends list:

• Avatar present:  Right click on avatar -- Click Add Freind
• From Nearby list: Click green info button. Click Add Freind  
• From the person's Profile:  Click Add Friend 

Interests
To find people who share your interests: Fill out your interests in your profile: 
Profile Button (framed head)
Click on an interest for a list of other people with similar interests
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Let someone find you on the map:

• On the person's profile, 
• Click the gear
• Click permissions
• Check see me on map
• Be sure to save

Give these instructions to the person: 

• Open world map (Ctrl m).
•  Look to right side  for drop-down list that says: "Online Friends."  
• Click on down pointer   
• Click on the name of the person you want to find.  
• Click Teleport button if you want to drop in on them.

See when your friends (or students) come online:

• Preferences (Ctrl P) 
• Notifications, 
• Tell me when my friends log in or out -- check box

Friends conference 

 IM more than one Resident at a time? (Also works for teleport.)

• Go to Friends list.   
• Hold  dowl Ctrl and click the Friends you want to  IM.    
• Click IM/Call   

Remove person frrom friends list ("defriend")

• Right click on your avatar 
• Click on Friends 
• Find name of avatar 
• Right click on name of avatar 
• Click on Remove Friend
• (With friends list in MySL, click on gear)
• On profile, click the Add Friend button. 

Block: Block the person from contacting you. 

• From chat, IM, or group IM history: 
• Hover cursor over name
• Click on the person's green Info button.
• Click on gear
• Click on block 

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