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+<p align="center"><b>Using Chat</b></p>
+
+<p>The chat module contains a few features to make chatting a little nicer.</p>
+
+<dl>
+<dt><b>Smilies</b></dt>
+<dd>Any smiley faces (emoticons) that you can type elsewhere in Moodle
+ you can also type in here and they will be displayed correctly. For example, :-) = <img src="pix/s/smiley.gif"> </dd>
+
+<dt><b>Emoting</b></dt>
+<dd>You can start a line with "/me" or ":" to emote. For example, if your name is Kim and you
+ type ":laughs!" then everyone will see "Kim laughs!"</dd>
+
+<dt><b>Beeps</b></dt>
+<dd>You can send a sound to other people by hitting the "beep" link next to their name. A useful
+ shortcut to beep all the people in the chat at once is to type "beep all".</dd>
+
+<dt><b>HTML</b></dt>
+<dd>If you know some HTML code, you can use it in your text to do things like insert images,
+ play sounds or create different coloured and sized text.</dd>
+
+</dl>
+