Your
guide to getting started with the most popular features of BT Yahoo! Internet
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Install
or Re-install BT Yahoo! Internet Software
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Add or Delete Family Accounts
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Pop-up Advertising Blocker
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Parental Controls
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Single Sign-on with User Chooser
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Instant Messenger
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Mail
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SpamGuard
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LAUNCHcast Radio
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Using a Webcam
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Sidebar
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Photos Album
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Briefcase
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Personal Website
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Free Firewall
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Personalise my Homepage
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Personalise my Browser
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Using my existing Yahoo! Account
Install or Re-install BT Yahoo! Internet Software
The BT Yahoo! Internet software is installed onto
your computer either when you first install BT Yahoo! Internet but if you
choose not to install it then you can always install it later.
The BT Yahoo! Internet software is full of useful
features to help you get the most out of the Internet such as:
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Pop-up Ad Blocker - to
help stop unwanted pop-up adverts
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Parental Controls - help
make your online experience more secure and protect you and your family
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Instant Messenger - see
instantly when your friends and family are online and chat with them for free
wherever they are in the world, plus with a webcam you can see them as well
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Personalised
Browser - each member of
the family can have their own settings, from the content they like to the
colours on screen. Includes new sidebar functionality for quick access to the
things you use most
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One click sign-on - simple and easy access to
the Internet and all the services you use the most with one click for each
member of the family
To install the BT Yahoo! Internet software:
1.
Go to http://bt.yahoo.com and enter your username and
password. Your username is also your email address and you will need to type it
in full (i.e. john.smith@btinternet.com not just john.smith)
2.
When logged in go to
the My Services page by clicking on this link or from the My
Account link on the BT Yahoo! home page (you
will find this in the top-right corner of the page). You can also click on the
"Browse BT Yahoo!" button and click directly on My Services in the top-right
corner.
3.
You may be asked to
verify your password for security reasons, if so simply re-enter the same
password you entered to log onto BT Yahoo! Internet.
4.
If you go to My
Account first, click once on the My Services tab at the top of the page.
5.
From My Services click
on "Download now" underneath BT Yahoo! Internet Software in the My Products and
Services section.
6.
If you have the
correct operating system (Windows 98SE, ME, 2000 Professional or XP) and enough
space on your computer the installation will begin automatically. If it doesn't
start you will see an error screen telling you the reason why.
7.
After the software has
downloaded the screen will change to tell you that it is installing the BT
Yahoo! Internet Software.
8.
Once installed you
will see a Congratulations screen to tell you the installation is complete and
you can close this browser window (click X in the top right corner)
9.
The Welcome to BT
Yahoo! Internet screen will appear. This is called the User Choose because it
allows you to simply click on the icons for each member of the family to
sign-in.
10. You will now be able to sign-in and
experience all the features of the BT Yahoo! services, many of which are
described in this user guide.
11. You will also see a BT Yahoo! Internet
icon and a BT Yahoo! Messenger icon on your desktop and in your computer's
start menu. For guidance on Single Sign-on with
User Chooser and BT Yahoo! Messenger
please refer to the sections in this guide.
12. You now have the very latest software
loaded on you computer.
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Add or Delete Family Accounts
With BT Yahoo! Internet you get a main account
(usually the person who pays the bill), sometimes referred to as the primary
account, and ten additional accounts for other members of the family, sometimes
referred to as sub-accounts.
The main account is created when you first order BT
Yahoo! Internet and it is only the main account holder that can add or delete
the extra family accounts.
To add or delete a family account you must be signed
in as the main account holder and complete the following steps:
1.
From the BT Yahoo!
Internet homepage at http://bt.yahoo.com
click on My
Account (which is in the top-right corner of the page). You can also click
on the "Browse BT Yahoo!" button and click directly on My Account in the
top-right corner.
2.
You may be asked to
verify your password for security reasons, if so simply re-enter the same
password you entered to log onto BT Yahoo! Internet.
3.
On the My Account
screen you will see all the family accounts in the Sub Accounts area as shown
below. If no family accounts have been set up this area will be blank. If you
are not signed-in as the main account holder you will not see this section on
the My Account page.
To add an account:
4.
Click on the "Create
New Sub Account Button"
5.
On the "Create a new
Sub Account" page complete all the details in the fields.
6.
When selecting a
username you only need to choose a name to go in front of "@btinternet.com"
which will be automatically added to the username and don't use capital
letters. Details of the format of your username and password are shown on the
right of the page.
7.
The fields must all be
completed, they are all used to personalise you online experience, the postcode
for example will personalise the weather report you see.
8.
Once this page is
completed click the Next button.
9.
If any details are
incomplete you will be prompted to re-enter the information at the relevant
field. If the username has already been taken by someone else then you will see
a message that says "Cannot create, account already exists". If this happens
try another username and click Next. Try and avoid common usernames (i.e. john@btinternet.com) as these will have
been taken, try and include your surname to make it less common or add numbers.
10. If successful you will then see a message
to configure an email account for this user. It is recommended that you click
"Yes".
11. You will then see a Congratulations page
and you can then log in as that new user or return to the My Account site where
you will see your new user in the Sub Accounts section. On returning to My
Account you may be asked to verify your password for security reasons, if so
simply re-enter the same password you entered to log onto BT Yahoo! Internet.
To delete an account:
12. From the My Account homepage click on the
delete word underneath the user you wish to delete.
13. You will be prompted to confirm that you
wish to delete this account by clicking on the confirmation box and the
clicking on the "Yes, Delete Sub Account" button.
14. You will then receive confirmation that
the account has been deleted and you can click on the link back to My Account
where you will see the account has been removed from the Sub Accounts section.
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Pop-up Advertising Blocker
With BT Yahoo! Internet we will block those annoying
pop-up adverts that you see when you view sites on the Internet. This feature
is part of the BT Yahoo! Browser. If you do not have the BT Yahoo! Browser
installed then please follow the simple instructions on How to install or reinstall my BT Yahoo! Internet software
on my computer in this guide.
Your pop-up advertising blocker is
automatically turned on for you.
On the BT Yahoo! Browser you will see an "X" in the
bottom right corner of the screen, this shows you the status of the blocker and
if you click on it you will see:
From here you can turn the blocker off so that it
won't block any advertising pop-ups or click on Options to change the severity
of the blocking level.
For more help
view the Online Protection tutorial at http://promo.yahoo.com/bt/tutorial/
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Parental Controls
BT Yahoo! Parental Controls gives parents peace of
mind by making sure your children have a fun and safe online experience - even
when you aren't around.
With BT Yahoo! Parental Controls , you can decide
what types of web content are inappropriate for your children, and even keep
tabs on what the children are doing online .
BT Yahoo! Parental Controls provides you with 4 easy
settings to match kids of all ages, including Kids, Teens, Mature Teens, and
Full Access.
But just as important as what kids don't see on the
Web is what kids do see. The Kids site (called Yahooligans!) has games, jokes,
science, sports, news and lots of other fun and educational content that's hand
picked for kids by a staff of editors.
Parents can use the default settings, or customise
them to suit each child in your family.
Here's what you get with your parental controls
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A single Web-based
interface to manage your settings - from anywhere
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Your choice of four
customisable levels of internet access
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A web filter to block
inappropriate content
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The ability to pick
specific sites to block or allow
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The ability to choose
who communicates with your child
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An Online Timer to
limiting your child's time online
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Activity Reports to
know what your child is doing online
Quick Guide To Set Up Parental
Controls
To set up parental controls you must first be using
the BT Yahoo! Browser. You can tell whether you are or not by looking at the very
top of browser window. If it says "BT Yahoo! Internet" then you are. If you do
not have the BT Yahoo! Browser installed then please follow the simple
instructions on How to install or reinstall my BT
Yahoo! Internet software on my computer in this guide.
When you are using the BT Yahoo! browser and have
connected to BT Yahoo! Internet setting up parental controls is
straightforward; click on the Parental Controls button on the toolbar or type
in http://bt.ypc.yahoo.com and you will
see the screen shown below:
All your family members you have set up will be shown
in the "Settings for all members" box.
If you have not created any family accounts the first
step is to set them up. For details on setting up family, sometimes call sub,
accounts please read the Add or Delete Family
Accounts section of this guide.
Click on the name of the person you want to set the
parental control for.
The parental controls setting screen for that member
of the family is then displayed as shown below:
Simply select the
access level you want to give that member of the family. The level of
protection is reduced in steps from full access down to kids which is very
restricted access.
After clicking "Save Settings" you will then be able
to edit these settings if you wish or just leave these default settings as they
are. You can also turn on additional functionality:
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Online Timer - will enable to you to select hours of
each day of the week and daily limits (for example only allow access to the
Internet before 10pm each day and for no more than 3 hours a
day). This does not rely on the clock on your computer so it cannot be bypassed
by changing the time on your clock!
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Permission Requests - allows the user with the parental
controls set to request permission to access sites or have contact with people
on instant messenger that are blocked. You can review and grant or decline
access as you see fit.
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Online Activity
Reports - Turning this
option on will begin recording this user's activities for up to seven days.
Activities recorded include web sites visited and instant messaging activities.
When you have finished setting the levels of access
click on Back to Settings Summary and you will be returned to the Parental
Controls main page.
The next thing you must do to make these settings
effective is to ensure your computer is activated for parental controls. This
is simply done by clicking the "Activate" button on the parental controls page,
signing-out and rebooting the computer.
Once the computer has been shutdown and powered back
on a padlock icon will be loaded into the system tray (normally in the bottom
right corner of your computer as shown below:
With parental
controls running you will be prompted to sign-in with the box shown below:
For more help
view the Online Protection tutorial at http://promo.yahoo.com/bt/tutorial/
or visit Parental Controls Help at http://help.yahoo.com/uk/bt/ypc/v3/
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Single Sign-on with User Chooser
Part of the installation of the BT Yahoo! Internet
software is the ability for each member of the family to have their own
one-click sign-in to the Internet. This feature stores your username (which is
also your email address) which means you only have to enter your password once
and click Sign In and you will be connected to the Internet and all your common
services will be started automatically for you (these include email, instant
messenger, pop-up ad blocker, parental controls and your personalised BT Yahoo!
homepage).
This feature is called the User Chooser, as it simply
enables you to choose your name from the list of users on your account, and
appears after you double-click on the BT Yahoo! Internet icon on your desktop
or Start menu. This screen is shown below:
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Simply click on the
member of the family and enter your password and you will be signed in on one
click.
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The very first time
you see this screen you will just see the main account holder and the "Other
User" icon. If you had other accounts don't worry they will be displayed but
you will need to click on the main account holder icon (which is always the
first one) and sign-in. As you add more accounts you will see them
automatically appear in this screen the next time you log-in.
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The "Other User" icon
is used by non-family members, so if you are visiting friends house you can
click on Other User and log in to your personal BT Yahoo! Internet service.
"Other User" requires both usernam and password and remember that the username
is the full email address (i.e. john.smith@btinternet.com not just john.smith).
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If you have forgotten
your password then simply click the "Forgotten your Password" link and follow
the screens to reset your password.
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If you have a Yahoo!
username because you used Yahoo! services before taking BT Yahoo! Internet
then you can simply enter your Yahoo! username and password at this screen as
well.
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You can also save your
password and sign into the BT Yahoo! Messenger automatically. To automatically
sign in to messenger, simply click on the "Sign In to Messenger" box.
To save your password, simply click on the box "Save My Password".
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To change your user
icon, click on the current icon associated with your name and then select
"Change my Icon." You will go to the "Choose my Icon" page,
where you will be able to select what icon you wish to associate with a
particular username. The icon will be displayed and saved once you sign in to
BT Yahoo! Internet.
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If there is just one
user of the Internet from your computer then you can choose to skip this step
by selecting "Setup Auto Sign-In". This will bypass the User Chooser
and automatically sign you in.
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If you have forgotten
your password then simply click the "Forgotten your Password" link and follow
the screens to reset your password.
For more help on
how to use User Chooser have a look at the tutorial at http://promo.yahoo.com/bt/tutorial/
and click on BT Yahoo! Browser or visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/bt/portal/portal-21.html
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Instant Messenger
Instant messages are used to communicate with friends
on the Internet. They are similar to email because they consist of text that
you type back and forth. However, unlike email, you don't have to wait hours or
days for an answer. As the name suggests, messages you send usually arrive instantly.
Messenger allows you to send instant messages. Use
Messenger to see when friends are online and chat back and forth with them,
like having a real conversation. If you have a webcam your friends can even
see you as well. It is a great way to connect friends and families from
anywhere in the world at no extra cost.
You must install the BT Yahoo! Internet software to
use Instant Messenger (please refer to the Install
or Re-install BT Yahoo! Internet Software section in this guide).
Once installed you will have a BT Yahoo! Messenger icon on your desktop and in
you computer's Start menu.
Double click on this icon and the BT Yahoo! Messenger
window will appear as shown below:
You will see which of your friends is on the Internet
because they will have a smiley face next to them. In the example above only Dannii
is online. To chat to Dannii simply double click on her name and a chat window
appears as shown below:
Note the drop down box "Send As:" it is recommended
that you always use the profile name that is automatically created when the
user was first created so that that those people you chat with don't know your
full email address.
Simply type a message in the bottom window and wait
for a reply, your conversation will be shown in the top box .
If one or both of you have webcams simply click the
webcam button and a video window will appear, each of you will have to accept
the others invitation to see their webcam. If both of you have a high speed
broadband connection then the Super Webcam service will start automatically.
Super webcam significantly improves the quality of the video image with twice
the resolution and 20 times faster refresh rate than standard webcam
connections.
You can also send a file by clicking the Send File button
and set up a voice call if you both have speakers and microphones connected to
your computer so that you can talk to each other.
If you use User Chooser and the BT Yahoo! browser you
will have Instant Messenger setup in the browser's sidebar (see the Sidebar section of this Guide).
For more help on
how to use instant messaging have a look at the tutorial at http://promo.yahoo.com/bt/tutorial/ and click on Communications or visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/uk/bt/messenger/
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Mail
The BT Yahoo!
Mail service is a comprehensive email services with many features. BT Yahoo!
Internet provides a massive 50MB email storage for the main account and 10MB
for all extra family (sub) accounts.
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Mail - comprehensive
email service with access either from the browser by clicking on the email
button on the toolbar or from the BT Yahoo! Mail preview section on the
homepage (known as webmail) or from a separate email application on your
computer such as MS Outlook Express (known as POP mail)
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Addresses - an online
address book for all your friends and family contact information
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Calendar - keep track
of all your appointments and set reminders so you don't forget
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Notepad - write down
those thoughts that you have in your head and get to them later, you can access
your notes from home, work or anywhere anytime.
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Mail Alerts - be
alerted to those important emails with sms text alerts to your mobile phone
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SPAM filter - SpamGuard
advanced filtering of spam emails
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Virus filter - VirusGuard
blocks viruses attached to emails
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Mail Preview - a
window on your homepage that show you a preview of your unread emails so that
you can quickly access them.
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Mail Usage - an
indicator of how much of the 50MB storage for emails you have used up so that
you can easilly manage the space you have.
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Extra Mail Storage -
to enable you to buy extra mail storage should you need more than the 50MB
provided.
For more help on
how to use BT Yahoo! Mail have a look at the tutorial at http://promo.yahoo.com/bt/tutorial/
and click on Communications or visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/uk/bt/mail/
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SpamGuard
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SPAM is unsolicited
email that you have not asked for that end up in your inbox. They have become a
menace to using email as they fill your inbox with emails you don't want making
it harder to use your email the way you want to. SPAM now accounts for half of
all emails.
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BT Yahoo! Mail has a SpamGuard
service that is automatically switched on for you. It will protect all you accounts
and filter any email it identifies as spam into a Bulk Mail folder and it will
automatically delete it after 30 days.
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If you want to turn SpamGuard
off and be unprotected against SPAM this can be done from Mail Options when in
BT Yahoo! Mail when accessed from the Internet (webmail).
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LAUNCHcast Radio
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LAUNCHcast Radio is a great service that enables
you to listen to music you like while you play and work. The music is
streamed over your broadband connection and contains no advertising just the
type of music you like to listen to.
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Open the browser
sidebar by clicking on the "Sidebar" button located in the
upper-left side of the browser, underneath the toolbar (for more help on the
Sidebar look at How do I use the Sidebar section of this guide.
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Click on the title
of any module to then select "LAUNCHcast Radio."
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From the LAUNCHcast
area click on the dropdown box to select the music station of your choice.
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You can stop, start
tracks and even skip tracks you don't like
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Alternatively, you
can launch the radio player from the Music site
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For more help on
how to use LAUNCHcast Radio visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/uk/bt/launch/
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Using a Webcam
If you have a webcam then you can really make use of
it with BT Yahoo! Internet.
BT Yahoo! Messenger will detect if you have the
webcam connected and if you click on the webcam button it will start your
camera, people you are chatting with can then see you if you send them an
invitation and you can see your friends and family if they have a webcam.
If both of you have a high speed broadband connection
then the Super Webcam service will start automatically. Super webcam
significantly improves the quality of the video image with twice the resolution
and 20 times faster refresh rate than standard webcam connections.
If your webcam takes digital pictures then make sure
you use your Photo Album service (refer to the Photo Album section of this
guide). Store and share you photo's online and even get print-outs, mugs and
jigsaws made up from your photo's.
If you don't have a webcam then why not buy one
online by clicking on BT Yahoo! Shopping, they cost less than £20. Visit http://uk.search.shopping.yahoo.com/search/uk?p=webcam&X=0
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Sidebar
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The BT Yahoo! Browser gives you a customisable
Sidebar for quick access to all your personal options and information. If you
do not have the BT Yahoo! Browser installed then please follow the simple
instructions on How to install or reinstall my BT
Yahoo! Internet software on my computer in this guide.
When you first install the BT Yahoo! Internet
software it will be visible on the left side of the screen when the browser
opens.
By clicking on the "Sidebar" button you can switch
from one, two or three pane view and even move the sidebar to the other side
of the screen.
The example shown is a three pane view with
LAUNCHcast Radio, Photo's and Messenger running.
To close the sidebar at any time click on the "X"
button next to the "Sidebar" button.
To select which services you want running in the
sidebar simply click on the top bar for any of the services and a drop down
list will be shown allowing you to swap that service with another.
Services such as Photos and Briefcase allow you to
drag and drop photos or files into the sidebar to be displayed. Therefore if
you have photo stored in My Photo's on your computer simply drag it into the
photo area on the sidebar and it will be saved in your online photo album and
displayed in the sidebar. You can even get your photos to change so you see a
screenshow of you online photo album in the Sidebar.
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For more help on
how to use the Sidebar have a look at the tutorial at http://promo.yahoo.com/bt/tutorial/
and click on BT Yahoo! Browser or visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/bt/browser/browser-34.html
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Photos Album
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With BT Yahoo! Internet you get an online photo
album with a massive 100MB of space for storing photos or images. Any images
you store can be set to be viewed only by you or can be shared with people
you choose, such as your friends and family round the world.
When you come back from your holidays, save your
photo's onto your computer, upload them into your online album and share them
instantly with friends and family.
If you have a digital camera you can download the
photo's onto your computer (usually in the My Photo's area) using the
software that comes with your digital camera. If you don't have a digital
camera yet then you can still use your online photo album to save photo's or
images people send you or your save from the Internet.
The easiest way to manage your online photo album
is from the Photo's module in the Sidebar (for help with the Sidebar refer to
the How do I use the Sidebar? Section
in this guide).
If you don't use the Sidebar then you can access
your photos album from the "Browse BT Yahoo!" button on the homepage and
click on "Photos" in the "Organise" section.
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The toolbar buttons:
Previous and Next - will cycle backward and forward
through your photos stored in your Photo album.
Slideshow - This icon will stop and start the
slideshow feature which will change the photos displayed automatically for
you.
Add Photos - to upload photos to your album (note
only files with ".jpg" at the end of the filename can be stored), you can
choose to create a new album to organise your photo's so each holiday can
have a separate album.
Random - will pick photos from your album at random
to display
Refresh - used to refresh the displayed photo
More
Drag & Drop - Drag a photo from your local
desktop, digital camera, or a friend's album on the web and drop it onto
Sidebar Photos.
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For more help on
how to use My Photo's visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/photos/
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Briefcase
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With BT Yahoo! Internet you get an online
briefcase with a massive 100MB of space. Use your BT Yahoo! Briefcase to
manage your documents between home and the office, save email attachments and
share important documents with friends and family or work colleagues anywhere
in the world.
The easiest way to manage your online Briefcase is
from the Briefcase module in the Sidebar (for help with the Sidebar refer to
the How do I use the Sidebar? Section
in this guide)
The first time you use Briefcase you will be asked
to activate your Briefcase by typing in a word that will be shown to you as
an image. Once this is done you can add delete and edit files.
If you start your computers file manager (e.g.
Windows Explorer) you can drag any file from your computer straight into your
Briefcase simply by holding the left mouse button down over the file and
dragging it over the Briefcase module in the Sidebar and letting go.
If you don't
use the Sidebar then you can access your briefcase from the "Browse BT
Yahoo!" button on the homepage and click on Briefcase under the Organise
section.
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For more help on
how to use your Briefcase visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/uk/bt/briefcase/
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Personal Website
With BT Yahoo! Internet each family account gets
15MB of space to build your own website.
Building you own website is a great way to publish
your own information to the world-wide web, after a few easy steps your can
build a professional website that can be viewed by anyone on the Internet.
If you run a club you can publish fixture, results or
club information in one place or if you have your own business promote it to
increase awareness and sales or simply build a site to be creative and share
your information with others.
The personal website service is called Geocities.
To build an simple website:
Click on the BT Yahoo! Browser button on the homepage
and click on GeoCities (My Website) link or type in http://uk.geocities.yahoo.com/
From the GeoCities homepage click on Yahoo! PageWizards
Select the type of site you want to build from the
templates
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Photo Page - will link
to your online photo album to display your photos on your website
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Baby Announcement -
announce your good news
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Birthday Invitation -
for announcing that special day and giving details to your friends and family
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Personal Page - for
creating your own site
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Party Invitation - for
announcing your party and giving details to your friends and family
A page wizard will then launch depending on the
choice of site and take you through some simple steps to build your site.
You can then tell all your friends and family the
address of the site (URL) for them to look at.
You can go back to the Geocities homepage at any time
and edit your website
You can create more than one website as long as you
don't exceed you 15MB allocation.
For more help on
how to build and manage your personal website visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/uk/bt/geo/
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Free Firewall
A firewall is a piece of software that monitors all
incoming traffic and allows in only those connections that are known and
trusted. It also helps your computer to be "invisible" on the Internet, making
it harder for other people to find you and protects your system from outside
attacks
As part of BT
Yahoo! Internet we have provided you with a free firewall. To install your
firewall you will need to follow these instructions. If you have a home network
of more than one computer connected to the Internet you must do this on each
computer.
1.
When logged in go to
the My Services page
by clicking on this link or from the My
Account link on the BT Yahoo! home page (you will find this in the
top-right corner of the page). You can also click on the "Browse BT Yahoo!"
button and click directly on My Services in the top-right corner.
2.
You may be asked to
verify your password for security reasons, if so simply re-enter the same
password you entered to log onto BT Yahoo! Internet.
3.
If you go to My
Account first, click once on the My Services tab at the top of the page.
4.
From My Services click
on "PC Security" in the My Products and Services section.
5.
You will then have a
choice of continuing with the download of ZoneAlarm for free or choosing BT NetProtect
for £3.50 a month. BT NetProtect offers both advanced firewall and anti-virus
protection with automatic upgrades for complete peace of mind.
6.
Click on "Sign-Up
Now" for the product of your choice
7.
If you select the
ZoneLabs free firewall you will then get a further choice of ZoneAlarm free or ZoneAlarm
Pro or ZoneAlarm Plus. If you want the free firewall simply click on the ZoneAlarm
download button and follow the instructions. You will download the firewall onto
your computer and be asked to turn your computer off and back on again for the
firewall to become effective.
8.
If you select NetProtect
you will be asked to subscribe to this service which will be added to your BT
Yahoo! Internet charge. You will then download the software and be asked to
turn your computer off and back on again for the service to become effective.
For more help
installing your free firewall or NetProtect visit Help at http://help.btinternet.com/yahoo/help/topics/0,,3_11_0_0,.html
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Personalise my Homepage
You can easily personalise your BT Yahoo! Home Page,
including:
·
the types of content
modules you would like to see
·
your preferences
within each of these content modules (e.g., favourite cinemas, favourite news
providers, etc.)
·
the order in which
content modules are displayed on your page
·
the colour and theme
Changing the order and layout of content modules on
your BT Yahoo! Home Page
You can customise your Home Page so that the content
appears exactly where you want it.
To change the layout and order of content modules,
click the "Change Layout" link that appears in the upper-left hand
area of your Home Page. You will be brought to a page displaying the names of
the specific content modules you have selected, organised by which modules
appear in the wide column and which appear in the narrow column. To move a
module up or down, simply select the module and then click on the up or down
arrow to the right of the particular column. When you are done, click the
button that says "Finished."
Another easy way to change your Home Page layout is
by selecting the "edit" link that appears in the upper right hand
corner in every content module on your page. When you click on the link, a menu
pops-up containing up and down arrows. Simply click on the up or down arrow to
move that particular module to wherever you would like to see it on the page.
You can also click "Remove" to remove that particular module from
your page
Changing the colour theme
You can choose the colour theme for your page that
you like best. To do this, click on the "Change Colours" link that
appears in the upper-left hand area of your Home Page.
You will be brought to a page listing the many colour
themes available. When you see a colour theme you like, simply click the
"Use this theme" link next to it, and then click the
"Finished" button to return to your Home Page.
For more help on
how to personalise your homepage have a look at the tutorial at http://promo.yahoo.com/bt/tutorial/
and click on Personalisation or visit help at http://help.yahoo.com/help/uk/bt/portal
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Personalise my Browser
A Browser is simply the software on your computer
that allows you to see site on the Internet. There are many makes of Browser
though the most common are MS Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. With BT
Yahoo! Internet we provide a new browser which is similar to common browsers
but is also designed especially to be a personalised by you to help you get the
most out of the Internet.
With the BT Yahoo! Browser you can:
·
Change the buttons
that appear on the toolbar by clicking on "edit" at the right-hand end of the
toolbar. Simply add, remove and change the order of the buttons to suit you.
·
Change your homepage,
this will change the page that loads first when you connect to the Internet. To
do this clicking on "edit" at the right-hand end of the toolbar and at the
bottom of the screen type in the homepage address of your choice.
·
Add or remove the
sidebar, the sidebar is a very useful tool but you may not want it visible all
the time, simply click on the X next to the Sidebar button to remove it. It can
be started again simply by clicking the Sidebar button
·
Set the text to be
larger or smaller, if you have trouble reading the size of the text simply
click on "Settings" then "Browser Options", click on the "Web" tab and change
the text size to Large.
·
Set the buttons to
small or large by clicking on "View" and then "Toolbar Options" and choosing
large or small.
Using my existing Yahoo! Account
If you already have a Yahoo! account before taking BT
Yahoo! Internet then you can switch easily between your BT Yahoo! service and
you existing Yahoo! account by logging in with either account.
If you sign-in by clicking the BT Yahoo! Internet
icon on you desktop or Start menu and use the User Chooser (see Single Sign-On with User Chooser section in this
guide) then simply select the "Other User" icon and enter your Yahoo! ID and
password.
If you don't use User Chooser and sign-in by going to
http://bt.yahoo.com simply enter your Yahoo!
ID and password.
If you sign-in with your existing Yahoo! account you
will have access to your Yahoo! services that you used before.
A future release of BT Yahoo! Internet
will allow the merging of existing Yahoo! accounts into your BT Yahoo! Internet
account so that you address book, messenger contact, email, calendar, photo's
and briefcase files will be imported into your BT Yahoo! Internet account.
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