User manual AOL SECURITY EDITION 9.0 QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

[. . . ] Quick Reference Guide A ten-minute tour gets you started using your new AOL software [10. 14. 04] Contents 1 2 Introduction Feel Safer and More Secure Online E-Mail Anti-Virus Protection Spyware Protection Pop-Up Controls Clear My Footprints Parental Controls McAfee VirusScan Online brought to you by AOL McAfee Personal Firewall Express Make Things More Trouble-Free Help Keep Your PC Running Smoothly Fast Start Computer Check-Up TopSpeed Web Acceleration Technology Settings Connections Communicate More Easily E-Mail 3 Address Book Spam Controls Mail Postcards Instant Messages AOL Calendar Alerts & Reminders Intellisync for AOL AOL Deskbar My Routine 4 Have More Fun Online Animated Expressions E-Cards Toolbar You've Got Pictures Service Member Directory AOL 9. 0 Security Edition LE 5 1. Introduction Before anything else, it's important to be safe online. With the very latest tools for automatically blocking spammers, intruders and scammers, 9. 0 Security Edition helps protect you and your family, while safeguarding your personal information and privacy. To all the great features you expect from AOL, new 9. 0 Security Edition now adds another: greater peace of mind. [. . . ] Select the postcard you want to use and then click Apply. You can also add your favorite postcard to your "Extras" list, by selecting the Extras icon and clicking Add to List. The Extras list makes items easier to access when you want to use them again. Picture Album Layouts: Picture Album layouts allow you to send a collection of pictures in any e-mail with several formatting options, including the ability to add captions. You can use pictures stored on your computer or pictures stored on AOL's You've Got Pictures® service. Make sure to select "Individual Pictures" when you are asked how you want to insert the images. Select the layout you want to use and then click Apply. You may drag and drop pictures in a Picture Layout to change the picture display order. You can also add your favorite Picture Album layout to your "Extras" list in the same manner that you can save your favorite postcard to your "Extras" list, by selecting it and clicking Add to List. The Extras list makes items easier to access when you want to use them again. Grouped Instant Messaging: Grouped IMs offer a great way to manage multiple instant message conversations simultaneously. Now each IM conversation appears as a tab in a single window, making it easy to find, open and navigate instant message conversations. Message waiting indicators let you know when you have received instant messages on tabs that aren't currently being viewed, and you can separate an instant message from the group if you want to view it alone: Note to members using 9. 0 Security Edition LE: Grouped IMs are turned off by default in LE. To turn them on, go to AOL Keyword: Filtering and Viewing Settings and click the checkbox next to "Use Grouped IMs to display my IMs. " Instant Images: You can share digital pictures directly with friends and family in instant messages. Just click the camera icon on your instant message conversation window. Pictures from your computer or any pictures you have on AOL's You've Got Pictures® service are available for easy sharing. The Instant Images feature is not available in 9. 0 Security Edition LE. File Transfers with IM: You can share any number or any size of files without having to upload and download them like you do with e-mail attachments. You can share files by clicking the file folder icon in the instant message conversation window, attaching the file directly in your instant message session, and then sending the file to your friend. The File Transfer with IM feature is not available in 9. 0 Security Edition LE. Live Video Instant Messages: If you and your buddy are both using 9. 0 Security Edition SE with Windows XP, and you both have Web video cameras, you can now talk to each other via a live streaming audio/video conversation: 1. Open an instant message conversation window and click the video camera icon. If you don't have Windows XP, you can still use a Web cam to record and save video clips. If you don't have a Web camera, the AOL service provides a library of pre-recorded video clips that express a wide range of feelings and messages. The Live Video IM feature is not available in 9. 0 Security Edition LE. AOL® Talk: Allows you to conduct real-time, one to one voice conversations with other AOL and AIM® users via instant messaging, using a PC microphone or an Internet (USB) phone. For the best voice quality, AOL recommends the use of an AOL Talk phone, available for purchase at AOL Keyword: Broadband Gear. [. . . ] Type the recipient's e-mail address or click the Address Book icon to the right to select an address. Click Send to send your E-Card. AOL Toolbar: Now the Toolbar is even easier to use and customize. Toolbar Carousel: Provides you the ability to customize your Toolbar. You can change the location of icons on the Carousel, add or remove icons, and rename them. Better scrolling capabilities allow you to move through the Carousel from one end to the other at your own speed. [. . . ]