Gtalk Tips and Tricks

Run Multiple Accounts In Google Talk Simultaneously

Google Talk does not provide option to login to multiple accounts by default. If you have several Gmail accounts that you want to login in Google talk, follow this procedure.

1. Right click on desktop. Select NEW and then SHORTCUT

2. Paste this into text box “c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe” /nomutex”
3. Click NEXT and name it Google Talk Multiple (or whatever).
4. Click OK until you are done
Use this new shortcut on your desktop to login to multiple accounts in Google Talk simultaneously.

Make the text bold, italic and underline in Google Talk

Yes you can do basic formatting with text in GTalk. There is no formatting panel or visible button to do so but you can easily write bold, italic and underline text. If you want to type a sentence or some word in bold, just add a * before and after that text so *ppv999* will give you ppv999. To make text italic, enclose the text in _underscores_.

Create contact shortcut on desktop

You can create a shortcut on your desktop to chat or call any friend. You can click this shortcut anytime to chat with your friend or call them. For example if you want to make a shortcut for ppv999@gmail.com, right click on your desktop and go to New > Shortcut and type gtalk:chat?jid=ppv999@gmail.com for text chatting or gtalk:call?jid=ppv999@gmail.com for call.

Write Paragraphs in Gtalk

If you want to write a message that spans multiple paragraphs, hold shift and hit enter to start a new paragraph. It will move cursor to new line.

Change the font size in Google Talk

Hold the control key and move mouse wheel up or down for adjusting the text size to your liking. This trick works on write and read areas.

Show Hyper links in Gtalk

You can show your website or blog by simply writing the URL in away message (at the top of main window). It will turn it in a clickable and invisible link to others.

Know calorie count of food items in Gtalk

You can know calorie count of food items using Gtalk. Add calories@lifemojo.com in your Google Talk (click add button and enter calories@lifemojo.com) and then send food name as message to know about calories in that item. Send messages like: rice to know about calories in rice.

Use Gtalk as free website live chat client

Place Gtalk button on your site and visitors can contact you using it. You can create your Google Talk badge here.

Is a Google Talk contact Invisible?

Yes there is a glitch in Google Talk’s invisible status and we can take advantage of it to know if a user is really offline or in invisible status to avoid you. Follow these steps to find out.
1. Select the chat as off the record with the target user (Google tells you HOW). This can only be done if the target user is online.
2. Now try sending chat to the target contact.
3. If the contact is invisible, he/she will receive the chat. In case if they are offline, you will get an error message like “ did not receive your chat”.
This is simple tip to checkout if a user is invisible on Gtalk.

Use Google Talk With Twitter

Invite twitter@twitter.com to your friends list in Gtalk and verify your account. Whenever you IM this account, the message will automatically publish on your twitter account.