Before you finish installing your new AOL software, please take a minute to print this handy quick-reference guide to AOL 4.0. It will be a terrific resource as you explore and get to know this new version of the AOL service. Once online, you can find this guide at Keyword: QRG.
This document includes:
* a brief description of some of the best new features of AOL 4.0,
* a listing of where to find some features that have moved in this version of AOL, and
* suggestions for where to find help using AOL 4.0 once you are online.
WHAT'S NEW IN AOL 4.0
* State of the Art Internet Technology
-- Microsoft Internet Explorer, built in. AOL 4.0 includes Microsoft Internet Explorer, a world-renowned Web browser that lets you surf the Net with the fastest, most up-to-date technology. The combined know-how of AOL and Microsoft makes for an easy-to-navigate, exciting online experience you can't get anywhere else.
* New E-mail Features
-- Spelling and Grammar checker! You'll never have to worry about spelling errors or common grammar mistakes in your messages again. A powerful spell-checker has been built right in to e-mail so you can quickly find and fix spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes before you send mail.
-- Pictures and Images in e-mail. Now you can dazzle friends, family and colleagues with pictures and images that appear right in the text of your messages. Pictures will appear literally in the midst of your text, not as file attachments.
-- New stylized fonts. Another new way to personalize your e-mail is with creative fonts. Use a playful font for your letters to friends, then switch to something more business-like for your work correspondence. You can add stylized text to your online chats too!
-- Attach more than one file to your e-mail. No more zipping multiple attachments by hand or sending them one by one. Now you can attach multiple files to a single e-mail message. Send several of your new baby pictures to friends across the country, or attach a few different business reports to colleagues.
* Fast and Easy Ways to Access your Favorite Features
-- Switch screen names without "hanging up" on AOL! With AOL 4.0, you can switch screen names without disconnecting from your account. You can check your e-mail for each of your accounts without re-dialing into AOL.
-- Access AOL areas and Web sites all in one easy step. With the new toolbar in AOL 4.0, you can go right to content on AOL and the Web from one convenient spot. Simply type in either the keyword or the Web address into the input box located right on the toolbar, then click Go. You'll be whisked directly to the area, whether it's on AOL or on the Web.
-- Keep track of the last 25 places you visited with a History Trail. The new AOL 4.0 helps you keep track of where you've been! The streamlined Keyword/Web location-box also serves as a History Trail list that stores the last 25 AOL areas and Web sites you visited.
-- Personalize your toolbar by adding your own favorite places. Want one-click access to your sports scores, your personal finance news, or your favorite entertainment area? Adding an icon to your personalized toolbar is as easy as dragging and dropping the Favorite Places heart onto the toolbar.
WHERE DID IT GO? HOW TO FIND YOUR FAVORITE FEATURES ON AOL 4.0
Below is a list of some of the features that have changed or moved in AOL 4.0. For a complete listing of all the new features, new names and new locations of features on AOL 4.0, go to Keyword: Click & Go 4.0, then click "Where Is It? An A to Z Index."
-- Adding new AOL access phone numbers to connect to AOL. Easier than ever! Now you can add AOL access phone numbers using our connection wizard. From the Sign On screen, click the Setup button. This will open the connection wizard. AOL will walk you through the steps to setting up your connection to AOL.
-- Flash Sessions. New name! Flash Sessions is now called Automatic AOL. This new feature goes online automatically to collect your new e-mail and newsgroup postings, and to download files you've collected in your Download Manager. Then you can tend to them all offline. To activate Automatic AOL, select Run Automatic AOL from the Mail Center menu on the toolbar.
-- File Search. New location! There's no longer a File Search icon on toolbar. To search for downloadable files go to Keyword: File Search.
-- The Go To menu. The Go To menu is now called My Shortcuts. Click on Favorites on the toolbar, then click on My Shortcuts. You can edit shortcuts just as you created your own Go To menu.
-- Keywords. New feature! Now you don't have to open a separate keyword box to type in your keywords. The white input box in the middle of your toolbar is where you type, not only keywords, but Web addresses, too.
-- The Mail Menu. There's no longer a mail menu in the menu bar. Now, to get to all the mail features, click the Mail Center icon on the toolbar.
-- The Members Menu. There's no longer a Members menu on the menu bar. Now, to find AOL members, click the People icon on the toolbar.
-- My AOL. New location! My AOL is now located on the new toolbar. Click its icon to open a menu of all of AOL's customizable features.
-- The News icon. New location! There's no longer a News icon on the toolbar. To go to the AOL News channel, click the Channel icon on the toolbar, then select News. Or go to Keyword: News.
-- The Online Clock. New location! There's no longer an online clock available on the toolbar. To monitor your time online, go to Keyword: Clock.
-- Personal Filing Cabinet. New location! To get to your Personal Filing Cabinet, click the My Files icon on the toolbar.
-- The Print icon. New location! The print icon is located in the blue section on the toolbar, just to the right of the Mail Center icon.
-- The Stock Quotes icon. New location! There's no longer a stock quotes icon on the toolbar. To get stock quotes, go to Keyword: Quotes or find it in the Personal Finance Channel. (For members with larger monitors, Stock Quotes is located on the far right side of the toolbar.)
-- The Shopping icon. New location! There's no longer a shopping icon on the toolbar. To shop online, click the Channels icon, then select Shopping. Or go to Keyword: Shopping.
-- What's Hot. New name! This area is now called What's New. Go to Keyword: What's New.
MORE WAYS TO GET HELP ON AOL 4.0
For more help with AOL 4.0, try these areas:
-- Click & Go, An Introduction to AOL 4.0. This area provides a quick introduction to AOL 4.0 and provides a complete list of where all the new features live. Go to Keyword: Click & Go 4.0, or click on the Help item on the gray menu bar, then click on What's New on AOL 4.0.
-- Member Services. Member Services includes comprehensive articles on how to do just about anything on AOL. But if by chance you can't find the answer to your question in our database of articles, you can send e-mail to an AOL technical representative or speak to a representative right online! It's all in Member Services. Go to Keyword: Help, or click on the Help item on the gray menu bar, then click on Member Services Online Support.
-- Offline Help. Offline help is available whether or not you are connected to AOL. So if you aren't online but have a question about AOL, this is the place to go. Click on the Help item on the gray menu bar, then click Offline Help.
-- Help buttons. Throughout the service you will see Help buttons. Click on these buttons for help with the feature you are visiting.
-- The Online Quick Reference Guide. Go to Keyword: Quick Reference Guide for a printable guide on how to use AOL's most popular features.
