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Install the right package
Before the first launch
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Understand the two passwords
First launch → Set Password
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Choose or create an account
Welcome screen → Sign in or Create account
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Create an account with a provider
Create account → Select a provider
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Advanced sign-in: server and proxy
Sign-in dialog → Advanced Settings
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Find your way around the main window
The main window after sign-in
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Add a person and open the chat
Person icon → Add Contact
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Find an address in a server directory
Add Contact → Search server directory
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What does a contact request mean?
Incoming request in a chat
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The lock and the three message modes
Open a chat → lock beside the message field
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OMEMO: inspect devices and verify keys
Chat → Encryption → Devices → Manage Key
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Work with messages
Chat → move over a message or right-click
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Set up notifications and sounds
Main menu → Preferences → General; bell at the top of a chat
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Organise, mute and remove contacts
Chat → three dots → Conversation Details; or Preferences → Contacts
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Find saved groups and server rooms
Group icon → search field or magnifying glass
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Find rooms on your account’s server
Group icon → search field or magnifying glass
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Search public groups across servers
Group icon → magnifying glass → Search all public XMPP servers
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Join or create a group
Group-of-people icon → Join Group
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Manage and leave groups
Group chat → three dots / Members / Conversation Details
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Notify only for mentions in a group
Main menu → Preferences → General; bell at the top of a chat
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Prepare microphone, speakers and camera
Preferences → Audio & Video
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Check devices before a conversation
Preferences → Audio & Video
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Call someone and answer a call
Contact chat → phone icon at the top
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Record a voice message
Open a contact or group → microphone beside the message field
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Record a video message
Open a contact or group → video icon beside the message field
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Share files, pictures and recordings
Chat → paperclip / microphone / video icon by the input field
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Play voice and video messages
Chat → received recording
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Group calls and inviting another person
Private group chat → call; active call → Add Participant
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Use video effects and turn them off
Video call → Video Effects
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What is a feed, and which route do I need?
Main menu → Feeds · Ctrl+Shift+F
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Read a web feed and share an article
Feeds → Web feeds
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Automatically post new web articles to a chat
Feeds → Web feeds → Load articles → Automatically post new articles
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Subscribe to another person’s XMPP feed
Feeds → Read XMPP feeds
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Publish your own posts: who can read them?
Feeds → My XMPP feed → Write a post in my feed
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Accounts, profile and availability
Main menu → Preferences → Accounts → choose an account
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Login protection (MITM): understand status and choices
Preferences → Accounts → your account → Login Protection (MITM)
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DNSSEC, DANE and the server certificate
Preferences → Accounts → your account → Connection Security
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Tor, bridges and your own SOCKS5 proxy
Preferences → Tor; individual accounts: Accounts → account → SOCKS5
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Appearance, language and notifications
Main menu → Preferences → General
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Back up data and move to another computer
Preferences → General → User Data → Backup / Restore
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Clean up storage, change the password and reset data
Preferences → General → User Data / Database Maintenance
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Botmother, AI assistant and Telegram
Preferences → General → Botmother; then Accounts → account → Botmother
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MQTT: read device values and send commands
Preferences → MQTT (Standalone); or Accounts → account → MQTT Bot
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Keyboard shortcuts, updates and application information
Main menu → Keyboard Shortcuts / About DinoX / Check for Updates
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When something does not work
First check the account, message and affected function