User's Manual

Messaging 81
View and Accept an Invitation to Become a Friend
When a contact invites you to become a friend in Google Talk,
you receive a notification in the System bar and the
invitation appears in your Friends list.
1. Tap the invitation.
2. Tap
Accept
, if you want to accept the invitation and chat,
Decline
, if you do not want to chat with and share your
Google Talk status with the sender right now, or
Block
, if
you do not want to receive any more invitations from that
person.
If you tap
Accept
, the friend is added to your Friends list in
Talk and you can share your status in Talk and other
applications.
Options While Chatting
There are several options that are available while you are
chatting.
Tap (
Chat Menu
) to the right of the chat window. The
following options display:
Go off the record/Stop chatting off the record
: Set whether you
want to stop saving your chat to the chat history.
Friend info
: Display information about the friend with which you are
chatting.
View in Contacts
: View the friends Contact information.
Nickname
: Create a nickname for the friend.
Show in Friends list
: Set how to show this friend in you Friends list.
Options are: Always, Never, or Automatically. Automatically determines
whether your friend is popular with you.
Block friend
: Block a friend from sending you messages and
remove the friend from your Friends list.
Remove friend
: Remove the friend as if you never accepted their
invitation. However, the friend is not blocked.
Note:
If you touch the
Remove friend
option, tap
Add friend
Send chat
invitation to
,
to make the Friend visible again.
Add to chat
: Select another friend to join in the current chat.
Clear chat history
: Remove the history of this chat from your
device.
Additional Talk Options
1. While viewing your Friends list, tap to search your
Talk messages. Use the on-screen keypad to enter a
search term. Tap on the keypad to search your Talk
messages.
2. Tap (
Menu
)
to display the following options:
All friends
/
Most popular
: List all friends or the most popular
friends.