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03 Edit Menu.

Oct 2008

3 Edit Menu

This is the iChat 3 Edit menu.

Most of this menu deals with what you are typing in the Text Entry Field at the bottom of any open Text Chat window except for Font and Colour choices that are in the Format Menu.

Basically it means that like any other app you can type in you can Copy, Paste, Undo/Redo Delete or Select All. Whilst some of them are obviously usefull some are there as the match other Edit Menus and then Select All seems superfluous. However you can also use the Copy and Select All on the incoming text of your Buddy.

If you want to send a Weblink this is the Menu that can change a Long URL into a Word or Phrase. Highlight the word in the text Chat entry field and then use the option here to bring up a box where you Paste the actual URL Link an hit enter and iChat will make the works Link for you to send to a Buddy. iChat will subsitute the word "here" if you have not highlighted anything in the Text Chat first.

You also have another place to insert Smileys from.

The Next Menu item is the View Menu.

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Created October, 2008 Major Update/Edit October 2024.

 ©  Ralph Johns. Created October 2008

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This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document. Some small tense changes have been made but the content is by and large untouched.

It has a mixture of basic info and problem solving help.

The sections below will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

About This Page

The Edit menu. Checks and alterations to what you are typing in Text chat. A text chat window of some sort has to be open for these to be active.

At first glance not all options seem to apply to your outgoing Text. However Copy and Select All work on Incoming Text of Buddies.

Inserting a Smilie or a Hyperlink can be done from this Menu. In terms of the Hyperlink it can only be done from here unless you are Copy and Pasting one from a web site (or another chat).

Essentially like any App where typing happens the same features can be applied in iChat.

Compatibility

As mentioned above this has had a major Edit/Update in September 2024 moving towards being fully HTML 5 compliant meaning that the Browsers listed below are likely to no longer work.

I have tested in Safari 18.1, Firefox 130.x and 131.0, Vivaldi 6.9.3447.48 and iCab 6.2.3 (All Mac Browsers) I don't have access to a PC let alone multiple browsers to test on.

The original pages worked with Win/IE 5.5 and later (should work in 5.0, but not confirmed), Firefox 2, Safari 3, Opera 9, iCab 3.02 and later, Mac/IE 5, Netscape 6 and later

Old browsers (IE version 4 or earlier, Netscape 4 or earlier) should/may only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.

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