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<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Microsoft Comic Chat README</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" TOPMARGIN=0 LEFTMARGIN=0 LINK="#0000ff" VLINK="000080"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="readme.gif"> <TD><FONT FACE="ARIAL" SIZE=4><B>Microsoft Comic Chat 1.0 <BR> Readme</B></FONT><P> </TR> </TABLE> <P> <CENTER><TABLE BGCOLOR="#ffffff" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 BORDER=0 WIDTH=90%> <TR><TD> <BR> <BR> <BR> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">This document provides information to supplement the Microsoft® Comic Chat™ Web page at <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/ie/comichat/default.htm">http://www.microsoft.com/ie/comichat/default.htm</A>. <BR> </FONT> <P> <HR> <P> <FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial"><B><A NAME="Contents">Contents</B></FONT> <OL> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Overview">Comic Chat Overview</A></FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Platform">Supported Configurations/Platforms</A></FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Connect">Connecting to IRC Chat rooms</A></FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Admin">Administrative Features</A></FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Faq">Frequently Asked Questions</A></FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How long will it take me to download Microsoft Comic Chat?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How big is Microsoft Comic Chat to download?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How much space does Microsoft Comic Chat take up?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can I uninstall Microsoft Comic Chat?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Will you be updating Comic Chat?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How do I connect to other IRC chat rooms (channels)?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What Chat Servers are currently available for the Windows platform?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why doesn't Comic Chat run inplace from Internet Explorer?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why do I get a message that I am missing msvcrt40.dll or comic.ttf?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why can't I get access to any Microsoft Comic Chat or IRC chat rooms? </FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why do I get an "HTTP 1.0 / 404 Object Not Found" error from your chatroom web page?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How can I tell what version of Microsoft Comic Chat I am running?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How can I change my nickname, character, profile, or background settings?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can I create my own comic characters?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can I create my own backgrounds?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why don't all the characters have gestures?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Does Comic Chat run under Windows NT 4.0?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How does the emotion wheel work?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How can I tell characters apart when there are duplicate characters?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How do I print? </FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Why does it say my nickname is in use when I go to another chat room?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">How do I get more panels across the screen?</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What is the difference between Comic Chat and IRC chat?</FONT> </UL> </OL> <P> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Overview">1. Comic Chat Overview</FONT></B></A> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comic Chat is a new kind of graphical chat program, developed at Microsoft. In recent years, a number of graphical chat programs have appeared for online services and the Internet. Comic Chat takes a different approach to other graphical chat programs, by using a visual representation of conversations based on comics conventions. As users type text into Comic Chat, a comic strip unfolds showing the various participants in the conversation as comics characters, and their utterances in word balloons. Inside of each Comic Chat client is a small, fast expert system for comics generation. On the fly, each Comic Chat client automatically determines a number of aspects related to comics generation. These include: </FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Which characters to place in each panel</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The gestures and expressions for these characters</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Where the characters should be placed, and how they should be oriented</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The outline form of each word balloon</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The layout of word balloons in the panels</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When to move on to a new panel</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">What zoom factor to use for each panel</FONT> </UL> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To get the most current information on Comic Chat, and to download the currently released version look at the Comic Chat page on Microsoft's World Wide Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/ie/comichat/ <P> To contact the Comic Chat team with your suggestions, bug reports, or comments please email us at: comichat@microsoft.com. <A HREF="mailto:comichat@microsoft.com">Click Here to Email COMICHAT Now</A> </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Platform">2. Supported configurations/platforms</A></FONT></B> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Microsoft Comic Chat requires the following configuration: </FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">486/66 with 8 MB RAM (Pentium with at least 16 MB RAM is recommended)</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Windows® 95 and Windows® NT4.0</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">256 color video display <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">9600 bps modem or faster</FONT> </UL> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Connect">3. Connecting to IRC Chat rooms</A></FONT></B> <P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you want to connect to a room on an IRC chat server that you already know about, you can do this from the Connect dialog box. Enter the server address, port number, and (optionally) the chat room name. For example: Comicsrv1.Microsoft.Com, 6667, #Comic_Chat. Currently we support the following chat rooms on our servers:</FONT> <BR><TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=35><TD><TR> <TABLE BORDER=2 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=5> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Server</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Port</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Room</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv1.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Comic_Chat</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv1.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Comic_Help</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv1.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Newbies</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv1.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Pet_Chat</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv1.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Sports_Chat</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv2.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Family_Chat</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv2.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Internet_Chat</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv2.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Politics_Chat</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Comicsrv2.Microsoft.Com</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">6667</FONT></TD> <TD> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">#Singles_Chat</FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </TD></TR></TABLE> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><I>If you want to connect to an IRC chat room on a new server</I>, click the File menu, and then click New Connection -- or click the Session menu, and then click Connect. When using the Session/Connect menu option you will need to first disconnect if you are connected to a server. In the Connect dialog box that pops up you will see the "Server" and "Go to Chat Room" entries, and you will need to provide the following information:</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In the <U>Server</U> box, type the IRC or MIC server name. For example, the default entry for Microsoft Comic Chat is ComicSrv1.Microsoft.com. Replace this with the IRC server you are going to connect to.</FONT> <P> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">In the <U>Go to chat room</U> box, type the room name preceded by a number sign (#). For example, the default room name for Comic Chat is #Comic_Chat. <P> </UL> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><I>If you want to change to a different existing room on the same server</I>, click the View menu, and then choose Chat Room List. This will show you all of the rooms that currently are available on that server. </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">You can change to one of these rooms by double-clicking on the room name, or by clicking the room name and then clicking the Go To button.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you are running in-place within Internet Explorer you will be able to change to another room on the same server, but you will not we able to change servers with this method. To change servers you will need to click on a link to a room (.ccr file) which points to another server.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><B>Possible Connection issues:</B></FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">You may receive a message explaining that the channel is full when connecting. This may happen as our channels start to see heavier usage. If this happens you can click on the View menu, then click Chat Room List. This will list all of the channels that are currently active on the server. You can select a different channel and enter it by double-clicking the room name or selecting the room name and clicking the GoTo button.</FONT> <P> You may receive a message explaining that you can't connect, or the connection was refused, or 'No Authorization'. Some of these cases will occur when you connect to an IRC server that uses IDENTD queries to verify the IRC client before allowing it to connect. Comic Chat does not respond to any IDENTD requests and thus you will fail to be authorized on those servers. If this happens you will need to try and connect with a different server in the same chat network (Efnet,DALnet,Undernet).</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">When using Microsoft Comic Chat on an IRC channel where most of the other users are using IRC text clients, it is a good idea to begin by setting Comic Chat to not send comics data. You can do this by clicking the View menu, select Options, then choose the Settings tab. Check the box that says "Don't send graphics information". This will prevent special comics messages from being sent to the other IRC chat clients, and will prevent you from confusing (or annoying) some of the users in the room.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Admin">4. Administrative Features</FONT></B></A> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There are a number of features that become available when you are an administrator. The features will be added to the end of the Member menu and will also be available when you right click in the member list window. They will allow you to do the following: <UL> <LI>Set the topic for the room <LI>Kick another user from the room <LI>Make another user an administrator <LI>Remove administrative capability from another administrator </UL> These features are only available when you create a new room, in which case you are by default and administrator of that room, or if another administrator grants these rights to you. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <BR> <HR> <P> <A NAME="Faq"><B><FONT SIZE=3 FACE="Arial">5. Frequently Asked Questions </FONT></B></A> <P> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How long will it take me to download Microsoft Comic Chat? </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Here are some sample speeds with approximate times:</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">14.4K baud - 13 minutes </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">19.2K baud - 10 minutes </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">28.8K baud - 8 minutes </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How big is Microsoft Comic Chat to download? </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The program with its existing artwork is currently 1 MB compressed. <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How much space does Microsoft Comic Chat take up? </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The Comic Chat program with its existing artwork is currently 4 MB. Subsequent artwork and character updates will increase the size of the program. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Can I uninstall Microsoft Comic Chat? </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Yes. To uninstall Comic Chat, open Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove Programs. Select Microsoft Comic Chat from the list</FONT>. <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Will you be updating Comic Chat? <BR> </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> This is the 1.0 Release of Comic Chat, we anticipate making further releases. We will be updating our Web site when new information becomes available so you should check it periodically to find out when new updates are available.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> What Chat Servers are currently available for the Windows platform?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Most IRC servers are designed to run on the various flavors of UNIX, we are currently only aware of 2 chat servers for the Windows NT platform. <P> The Microsoft Internet Chat (MIC) server is a high-performance, scalable chat server that can be deployed stand-alone or in a chat server network. The Microsoft Internet Chat server supports standard IRC clients as well as its own family of Microsoft Internet Chat clients. MIC features user authentication, channel search capabilities, whispers, private chats, chat auditoriums, binary objects (for gaming use) and Unicode support. MIC is not yet available, but is scheduled for release in the fourth quarter. <P> There is also a third party IRC server product called ConferenceRoom™ which has recently been released by Webmaster, Inc. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Why doesn't Comic Chat run inplace from Internet Explorer?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Beta releases of Internet Explorer did not include a necessary DLL for docobjects to open inplace. The only way to launch inplace from Internet Explorer with these older versions was to have office 95 installed. Office includes the docobj.dll which allows inplace activation of a doc object. The latest releases of Internet Explorer allow proper inplace activation via the actxprxy.dll. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Why do I get a message that I am missing msvcrt40.dll, riched32.dll or comic.ttf ?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Most machines will have these files which are provided by Internet Explorer or other Microsoft products. To assist users who are missing one or more of these files, we are planning to make available a 'fat' version of the Comic Chat setup which will include these extra files. Please check our web page for more details on where to find this version.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Why can't I get access to any Microsoft Comic Chat or IRC chat rooms? <BR> </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> If you are accessing the Internet from your corporate network, you will be able to download the Comic Chat program; however, most corporate proxy servers limit access to chat rooms. If you have any questions, please contact your system administrator or use a dial-up analog or ISDN line to access the Internet</FONT>. <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Why do I get an "HTTP 1.0 / 404 Object Not Found" error from the chatroom web page?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A: </FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The name of the room files and the names of the rooms on the server were changed. Your browser or your internet service provider may be caching the web pages and you are seeing the old page which links to files which no longer exist. To get around this you can try to refresh the web page and/or clear the local cache if your browser supports caching files. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How can I tell what version of</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Microsoft Comic Chat</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I am running</FONT>? <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> If you are running Comic Chat outside of Internet Explorer, click the Help menu, and then click About Microsoft Comic Chat. The version number will be listed at the top of the dialog box. From within Internet Explorer you can chose Microsoft Comic Chat Help from the Help menu, and then select About Microsoft Comic Chat.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How can I change my nickname, character, profile, or background settings?</FONT>? <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> To change any of these items you will need to run Comic Chat, Select the View menu, then click Options. This will bring up a tabbed dialog. Your Nickname and Profile are located on the 'Personal Info' tab. The Character and Background selections can only be changed when in Comics Mode, and they are located on their own tabs. Comics mode is set by selecting "Comic Strip" from the View menu. <P><B>Note:</B> In a change from the earlier beta versions of Comic Chat, you are not prompted to enter your nickname when connecting. To set it offline: Start Comic Chat, hit 'Cancel' on the Connect dialog, and then change it from the View/Options menu.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Can I create my own comic characters? </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> At this time, you can use only the characters provided with Microsoft Comic Chat. The next version will likely include new characters and allow you to create your own. <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Can I create my own backgrounds?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> At this time, you can use only the backgrounds provided with Microsoft Comic Chat. Only a limited number of backgrounds are provided with the beta release. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Why don't all the characters have gestures?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> In the original Beta 1 release there were some characters who's emotions had not yet been articulated. This has been updated in the latest version such that all the characters should have emotions.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Does Comic Chat run under Windows NT 4.0?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Windows NT 4.0 is supported in this final release.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How does the emotion wheel work? </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> The emotion wheel enables you to manually change your character's emotions. The center of the emotion wheel is neutral emotion. Where there are multiple levels of emotion, the intensity of the emotion increases as the control moves away from the center.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To see a tooltip describing each emotion, rest your mouse pointer over one of the eight faces around the perimeter of the emotion wheel. To change your character's emotions, drag the control (the dark dot in the center of the emotion wheel) from the center of the emotion wheel to the outside. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How can I tell characters apart when there are duplicate characters?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Move your mouse pointer over the character and then pause; a tooltip appears that displays the user name and character. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How do I print? </FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> On the File menu, click Print. The default printer resolution is set to medium resolution, which is usually 150 dots per inch. This default setting provides a fast printing speed. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">If you want to print at a higher resolution, click Properties, and then click the Graphics tab. Change the resolution to 300 or 600 dots per inch. This improves print quality but slows printing speed.</FONT> <BR> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Why does it say my nickname is in use when I go to another chat room?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Nicknames (IDs) must be unique. Your connection will be refused if:</FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> You are already connected to a chat room on the server.</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> You just recently disconnected and the server has not refreshed. </FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Someone else is using your nickname. </FONT> </UL> <P> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">To connect, you can either choose a new nickname or make sure that all Microsoft Comic Chat clients have been closed and then wait a minute and reopen Microsoft Comic Chat. </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> How do I get more panels to fit across the screen?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A: </FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">There are a few things you can try. </FONT> <UL> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> If you can, increase your screen resolution by using Display Properties in Control Panel.</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Maximize the program.</FONT> <LI><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Move the vertical splitter to the right to make the member list thinner.</FONT> </UL> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Once you have done this, click the View menu, click Options, then choose the number of panels you desire. You can select from 1 to 4 panels.</FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Q:</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> What is the difference between Comic Chat and IRC chat?</FONT> <P> <B><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">A:</FONT></B> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Microsoft Comic Chat is a graphical chat client that can be used like any text chat client on the IRC channel. Not everyone inside the chat room needs to be using Microsoft Comic Chat for this to work. Text chat users will automatically be assigned a character, so that the entire chat will be graphically represented to the Microsoft Comic Chat client user(s). </FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="#Contents">Return to Contents</A></FONT> <BR> <HR SIZE=3> <BR> <P> <A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/Misc/cpyright.htm"><FONT SIZE=1>©1996 Microsoft and/or its suppliers. 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