Thread: Connect with everyone

STEP 1

DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL

1.Click the 'Free Download' button and browse for an appropriate location save the file.

2.Once downloaded, double-click the setup file and click 'Accept'.

3.On the next page, click 'Decline' to deny installation of other free software that come along with Digsby.

4.Click 'Accept' and then 'Finish'.

5.Once the installer has been saved, double-click the setup file and click 'Next'.

6.Click 'I Agree' and on the next screen, browse for an appropriate location to save the application.

7.Enter appropriate information to create your account and click 'Install'.

8.To add Digsby to the startup, select the 'Launch Digsby when my computer starts' check box.

9.Once done, click 'Finish'.

NOTE:

Make sure other checkboxes are deselected to prevent unwanted applications from being installed on your system.

STEP 2

USING DIGSBY

1.Run Digsby.

2.Enter your username and password in the respective fields.

3.Select the 'Auto login' checkbox to login automatically every time Digsby starts.

4.Once done, click 'Sign In'.

5.To change your status message, click the drop-down list and select an appropriate option.

6.Click the 'Add accounts' link to add an account.

NOTE:

You can also configure Digsby to display the current song being played by Windows Media Player as your status message by selecting the 'Listening to' option.

7.Clicking the 'Add 1M Account' button brings down a drop-down list as show.

8.Enter appropriate login details in the authentication window that appears.

9. In the similar way, you can add an e-mail or social networking account by clicking the 'Add E-mail Account' and 'Add Social Network' buttons respectively.

10.You will now be able to view your 1M contacts on the main screen.

11.Simply double-click a contact to send an instant message.

12.To send an e-mail to a contact, hover your mouse over the contact and click 'E-mail'.

13.To view past chats with the user, click the drop-down arrow at the right-hand corner of the screen and click 'View Past Chats'.

14.To log off a from particular account, from the 'Tools' menu, select the account and click 'Sign Off'.

15.To view files that were transfered previously, select the 'File Transfer History' option.

NOTE:

The 'Preferences' dialog box allows you to configure options such as File transfer locations, Skins, Privacy settings, Notifications and Widgets.

16.To set notification options for a user, right-click the user and select the 'Alert Me When' option.

17.You can configure where the notification pop-up would appear by selecting an option from the 'Enable pop-up notification in the' drop-down list.

18.Under the events sections, you can select appropriate check boxes as to when you would like to be alerted.

19.To delete a contact from your account, select it and click the 'Delete' option from the 'Digsby' menu.

20.In the similar way, you can rename a contact as and when required.

21.You can also create different groups and add new users from the 'Digsby' menu.

NOTE:

If your contacts have long or nick names, renaming them can be useful to avoid conflicts between users.

22.You can dock several users to a single window to avoid miscommunication.

23.To do so, simply double-click users you would like to chat with. You will be able to see different tabs with different usernames.

24.You can also conduct a video conference by clicking the video icon on the window. This would require having web cams on both ends.