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Create your free ooVoo account |
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After installing ooVoo, the Create a new ooVoo account window appears. |
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Choose an ooVoo ID and password. |
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Enter your e-mail address. |
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You can check your webcam by clicking File > Test my webcam. |
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You can test your microphone and speakers by clicking File > Settings > Audio Devices. |
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Build your Contact List |
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Click  . |
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Search for your friends by their name, e-mail address or ooVoo ID. |
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Select which user(s) to add to your Contact List and click  |
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ooVoo sends the user(s) a request to be in contact with you. When a user accepts your request, you will be able to see when your new contact is online. |
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Invite your friends |
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If you like ooVoo, you can invite other people to become ooVoo users. Start by clicking Contacts  Invite your friends.
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There are two ways to enter e-mail addresses:
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Enter an e-mail address and click  |
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Click  and select e-mail contacts from your Microsoft® Outlook™ address book.
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Click  . Each contact receives an e-mail with a link to download ooVoo along with a request to be in contact with you. |
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Import and manage contacts |
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Select Contacts Import contacts to search your personal address books for other ooVoo users. |
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Check which ooVoo users you want to add to your Contacts List. |
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Start or participate in video conversations |
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Select a user from your Contact List and click 
to start a video conversation (or simply double-click on the contact). |
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When you receive a call, you will hear a ring. You may choose to accept the call, reject it or chat with the caller. |
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Other features:
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Invite another user:
Click 
to invite other ooVoo users to join your ongoing conversation.
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Stop sending video:
Click 
to stop sending your video. Your display picture will be shown instead.
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Mute microphone:
Click 
to prevent other participants from hearing you.
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Record and send video messages |
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Select a user(s) from your Contact List and click  |
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You can click 
to include more ooVoo contacts or click 
to add people who don’t have an ooVoo account. |
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Click 
to start recording your video message. |
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Click 
to stop recording. |
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Click 
if you would like to preview the message. |
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If desired, you can add a subject for the message in the text box. |
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Click 
to send the message to all participants. |
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Receive and play back video messages |
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When you receive a video message, an alert pops up. Click on the link to open the message. |
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If you were offline when the message was sent and missed the alert, the 
will show how many new video messages are in your Received Messages folder. Click
to view the list of received messages. Select the desired message from the list and click Open. |
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Click  to open the message. |
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Other features:
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In addition to playing a message, you can reply to it and forward it to others. |
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Chat with text |
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Select an ooVoo user from your Contact List and click 
to start chatting. |
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Click to invite other ooVoo users to join the chat. |
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Send files |
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Right-click on a contact(s) and select  Send files. A standard file selection window appears. |
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Select the file(s) and click Open. |
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Receive files |
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When you receive a file, an alert pops up. Click Download to download the file. |
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Once the file has been downloaded, click Open to view it. |
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If you miss the popup alert(s), the  will shows how many new files are in your Received Files folder.
Click to view the list of received files and then select a file to download. |
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Manage your "Favorites" |
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Right-click an ooVoo contact and click  Add to favorites to designate the contact as a "favorite." A star will appear next to your favorite contacts. |
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Click  to switch to the Favorites bar. |
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All of your favorite contacts appear on the right side of the screen. If you don't designate any favorites, ooVoo automatically lists the people you call the most. |
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Right-click on a favorite to start a video conversation, start a chat session, send a video message, etc. |
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If you close the Favorites bar, you may reopen it by moving your cursor to the far right side of the screen. |
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Click  to
return to full application mode. |
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Add a personalized ooVoo link |
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Go to Your ooVoo Link |
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Enter your ooVoo user name. |
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Copy the HTML code and paste it into your blog, e-mail signature or website. |
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Other ooVoo users can click on your video link to call you or send you a video message. |
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ooVoo user.