NEW IN AMERICA ONLINE!!  Revised 8/22/91

Many (in fact most) of you just got your Ensemble 1.2 upgrade. If you haven't installed it yet, you're in for a treat and lots of nice surprises.

The first question you may have is how to get your currenent AOL identity into the new version. You may have read my "two ways to regain your identity" in this area or on the beginner's room message boards. It is VERY important that you go for method number 1 as follows:

1. After installing 1.2 click on AOL. 
2. Signon as new user. (for anyone using com2 for their modem you may get an error message "comm port already in use". Just click on Setup and change from Com1 to Com2 and all will be well.. again signon as new user).
3. Pick your primary and secondary local access numbers.
4. After it dials your primary local number, it will ask you for Certificate number. Type in the main screen name on your account. The one you used originally to create the account.
5. Hit the Tab key and type in your password. If you don't remember your password, message or call customer service (800-227-6364).
That's it, you're all set.

You should upgrade this way instead of copying over your old AOL files (method #2) for a very important reason. Ensemble v1.2 contains a new version of AOL with new features that you'd miss out of if you just used your old files.

Now that you're online.. check out some of the new features you'll find in version 1.2 of the AOL software. These include:

NEW in the MEMBERS menu
  *Edit screen names: You can now create & delete screen names directly from this menu
  *Edit address book: You now have an online address book. You can make an entry for each of your online friends or create mail lists. To use the addrss book, just click on the address icon in the compose mail or reply window. Highlight the person or mail list in the address book you want to mail and then click on to:  Their name or names will appear in your to: window. Repeat if desired for cc, clicking on cc: instead of to: (enjoy!).
  *Preferences: This used to be in the HELP menu. Let's you change background color of text screens from white to grey, control scrolling of incoming info, and adjust spacing in chat rooms.

NEW in the GOTO menu
   * Edit Goto Menu You get to define six keywords for places online you visit a lot (similar to the PC-Link Roadmap). All of these keywords will appear at the bottom of your goto menu and you can just click on them to go to them. If you define a keyword for Geoowrks, you can just click on Geoworks and here you are.. no more typing in the keyword yourself!

NEW in the FILES menu
    *Disk Utilities: View free space on any drive, create directories, show hidden files, delete, rename, or modify (change attributes: hidden, system, archive, read-only) of any file. Get info on any file (size, type, when it was created).
 
NEW offline features...
Exciting news.. you can edit keywords or your address book offline. Best of all you get a compose mail window offline. You can write a ltter and leave the mail window open. When done just logon and click on send. What a money saver! Sorry.. if you want to send many letters, you'll still ahve to resort to the notepad method. (see using notepad to upload email).

New on AOL TODAY- 8/22/91:
You can FINALLY create your own member prifile!!! Click on MEMBERS, then Edit Your Online Profile. Be creative!!!

Enjoy Ensemble 1.2 and America Online!