If you are an advanced user or have used an Instant Message application before, many of the features of HGC-Skype may be familiar to you. This quick-start guide explains how you can quickly get started calling your friends once you have installed HGC-Skype software. Note that your friends must also install and register before they can start communicating with you via HGC-Skype.

Start HGC-Skype

Log in with your HGC-Skype Name and password (this happens automatically by default if you have already chosen a HGC-Skype Name and password and you are connected to the Internet).

When you start HGC-Skype for the first time, your Contact List will be empty. To find friends so that they can be added to your Contacts, select the Search... option from the Tools menu or press the Search toolbar button. A new search window will open where you can search for friends by name, or any other information they have listed in their Personal Profile.

To add a friend to your Contact List, simply right-click the name from the search results and select “add to Contacts”

There are several ways to call a Contact
:: Right-click the Skype Name in your Contact List or the search result and select “Call”.
:: Double-click the Skype Name in your Contact List or the search result.
:: Select a Skype Name and then click the “Call button” at the bottom of the window.

If someone is calling you, you will hear the sound of a telephone ringing and the Skype icon in your system tray will flash. Go to the Skype application (if not already visible) and select whether you would like to answer or reject the call in the incoming call tab.

As soon as you decide to answer a call, a two-way voice conversation will begin and the duration of the call will be visible.

Either party can end the call at any time by clicking the hang-up button (in the call tab or in the quick toolbar, if visible).