Ralph Johns

iChat Menus

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7 Format Menu

02-10-2006

This menu is one that allows you to change the Text in an active chat - as it is sent, on an individual post, line, word or letter basis by pulling up the Font and Colour pallets. Some versions of iChat have an Underline option here. iChat 3, where this picture comes from, does but it is not always active depending on the Font you are using.

Basically on a text by text basis you can change the Font, colour of Font on a word or letter basis but you cannot change the colour of the Bubbles (or the Text, Boxes or Compact variations in later versions)

It is somewhat unclear why Apple kets this separate from the Edit Menu as realistically there is so little here.

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© 2005 Ralph Johns: Edited 24/9/2005, 5/5/2006
Updated September 2006
Updated October 2008. Reviewed and Updated to HTML 5 October 2024

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This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document. Some small tense changes have been made but the content is by and large untouched.

It has a mixture of basic info and problem solving help.

The sections below will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

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To the right you can resize or colour the page as well as choose one of three Fonts.

About This Page

The 7th in this series of 8 pictures of the Different Menus - the Format Menu.

You can change the Font, it's Colour and the in using the Decoration buttons in the Font Pallet can Underline and Italics fonts that are not normally so.

Can be changed before typing so all new words are changed or words or even just letters can be changed to emphasize them.

Compatibility

Much of this page has been altered to be as HTML 5 compatible as possible. This may cause issues with any of the Browser below.

I have tested in Safari 18.1, Firefox 130.x and 131.0, Vivaldi 6.9.3447.48 and iCab 6.2.3 (All Mac Browsers) I don't have access to a PC let alone multiple browsers to test on.

Previously confirmed to work with Win/IE 5.5 and later (should work in 5.0, but not confirmed), Firefox 2, Safari 3, Opera 9, iCab 3.02 and later, Mac/IE 5, Netscape 6 and later

Old browsers (IE version 4 or earlier, Netscape 4 or earlier) may only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.

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