Google Talk Tricks

Few tricks to enhance your chat experience with Google Talk messenger
Send Bold Text: Text embedded between two * characters is displayed as bold text. Example: This is a *bold* statement


Send Italics Text: Text embedded between two _(underscore) characters is displayed as italics text. Example: This is an _italics_ statement

Insert Line Breaks: If you want to have a message that spans multiple paragraphs, just hold shift and hit enter

Send mail: Press F9 to send a mail to the contact with whom you are chatting

Restore Google Talk Window: Press Windows Key + Esc to restore Google Talk window from system tray

Call a Contact: Press F11 to start a voice call with the chat contact and F12 to end the voice call

Login to Multiple Google Talk Accounts Simultaneously

You can login to multiple Google Talk accounts simultaneously with a very easy hack.

Follow these steps

Create a shortcut of Google Talk messenger on your desktop or any other preferred location .

(To create a shortcut, right click on your Google Talk messenger application and select Send To-->Desktop(create shortcut) )

Right click on the Google Talk messenger icon and select Properties option

Modify target location text "c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /startmenu to

"c:\program files\google\google talk\googletalk.exe" /nomutex

Click Ok