Sams Teach Yourself ICQ in 24 hours

Tips point out shortcuts and solutions

Notes clarify concepts and procedures in a straightforward manner

Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls

Learn how to...

Send instant messages, files, and greeting cards

Read your email from wthin ICQ

Find people vvho share your interests vvithin the ICQ community

Customize ICQ to look and act the vvay you want

Chat withanyone on the Internet 1--vvhether they are an ICQ user or not!

Protect your privacy

Announce your presence on the WebwithICQ Web Front

Contents at a Glance

Foreword

Introduction

• Part I Installing and Setting Up ICQ
  
• Hour Joining the Instant Messaging Revolution
  
• DownIoading and Installing ICQ
  
• Setting Up a New ICQ Account
  
• PART II Learning the ICQ Basics
  
• Hour Learning the Basics of Using ICQ
  
• Sending and Receiving Instant Messages
  
• Sending and Receiving Files, Web Links, Greeting Cards, and
  
• More
  
• Customizing ICQ
  
• Telling the World About Yourself
  
• Keeping Track of Your Contact List
  
• PART III Using ICQ to Find Contacts and Make Friends
  
• Hour 10 Finding Others Who Share Your Interests
  
• Looking Through the ICQ PeopleSpace Directory
  
• Finding and Joining an Active List
  
• Creating Your Own ActiveLists, Interest Groups, and User Lists
  
• Setting Up Your Ignore, Invisible, and Visible Lists
  
• PART IV Using ICQ for Chat and Email
  
• Hour 15 Using an ICQ Chat Room
  
• Chat with Others in IrCQ-Net
  
• Using Email and ICQ Together
  
• PART V Mastering ICQ
  
• Hour 18 Protecting Your Privacy on ICQ
  
• sing ICQ as a Personal Assistant
  
• Sarching the Message Archive
  
• Creating an ICQ Home Page
  
• Connecting ICQ to Your Internet Phone or Videoconference
  
• Software
  
• Expanding ICQ with Plug-Ins and Add-Ons
  
• Navigating and Searching the Internet Using ICQ
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• Appendixes
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• Appendix A Popular Active Lists
  
• Common Chat Acronyms and Faces
  
• ICQ Resources on the Web
  
• Glossary
  
• Index