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From within TweetDeck, click on the Android menu button, select ‘Accounts’. Press and hold down your chosen default Twitter account.</p> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#sendingandreadinglongpostsinandroidtweetdeck" id="sendingandreadinglongpostsinandroidtweetdeck">Sending and reading long posts in Android TweetDeck</a></h4> <div id="div_sendingandreadinglongpostsinandroidtweetdeck"> <p>You can use Deck.ly to send log posts to Twitter in Android TweetDeck.</p> <p>When composing your message, simply type as many characters as you like. Once you exceed 140 characters, you will be notified that Deck.ly is activated.</p> <img src="/web/20111205063621im_/http://www.tweetdeck.com/assets/support/android_DecklyActivated.png"/> <p>Click Send when you've typed your message and your long post will be sent to Twitter.</p> <p>In your columns, long Deck.ly posts are indicated by the [...] icon, seen here.</p> <img src="/web/20111205063621im_/http://www.tweetdeck.com/assets/support/android_LongPostIcon.png"/> <p>When you click a Deck.ly tweet like this, the full text will be visible on the tweet detail screen as shown.</p> <img src="/web/20111205063621im_/http://www.tweetdeck.com/assets/support/android_FullText.png"/> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#combinedcolumnsonandroidtweetdeck" id="combinedcolumnsonandroidtweetdeck">Combined columns on Android TweetDeck</a></h4> <div id="div_combinedcolumnsonandroidtweetdeck"> <p>This feature allows you to view multiple accounts in one column.</p> <p>The combined columns are as follows:</p> <ul> <li>Home - This column incorporates ALL of your Twitter, Facebook, Buzz and Foursquare accounts and shows updates from all timelines and public status updates (N.B only your default Twitter account will be shown in this column)</li> <li>Me - This column shows all of your mentions from all of your added accounts (including notifications from Facebook)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Why?</strong></p> <p>Instead of having multiple 'All Friends' columns, you can just have 1 column. This saves screen space and makes it easier to navigate.</p> <p><strong>How do I work out what is what in the Home column?</strong></p> <p>Services are colour-coded to distinguish between one-another:</p> <ul> <li>Twitter | Grey</li> <li>Facebook | Dark Blue</li> <li>Foursquare | Pale Blue</li> <li>Google Buzz | Red</li> </ul> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#checkversion" id="checkversion">Check version</a></h4> <div id="div_checkversion"> <p>If you need to find out which version of Android TweetDeck you are running on your phone you need to go to 'Settings' >Applications > 'Manage Applications' and click on the TweetDeck icon. From here you will be able to see the version of TweetDeck you are running.</p> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#retweetingastatusupdate" id="retweetingastatusupdate">Retweeting a Status Update</a></h4> <div id="div_retweetingastatusupdate"> <p>Retweeting a status update is easy with Android TweetDeck. Simply click on the RT symbol and the compose window will open. You can either press the ‘Send’ button and Retweet the status update as it is, or alternatively you can edit the tweet by typing in your own comments into the compose box. Simples!</p> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#viewaprofileonandroiddeck" id="viewaprofileonandroiddeck">View a Profile on Android Deck</a></h4> <div id="div_viewaprofileonandroiddeck"> <p>To view someone’s Twitter profile within Android TweetDeck, simply click on their username in a Tweet. This will automatically open a profile page which will show you detailed information about the user including: </p> <ul> <li>Your mutual status</li> <li>Their profile description</li> <li>Their Tweets</li> <li>Their Followers</li> <li>People who they follow</li> <li>Their Favourites</li> <li>Their Mentions</li> <li>Their Lists</li> </ul> <p>This view also allows you to carry out the following actions:</p> <ul> <li>Follow / unfollow the user</li> <li>Mention them in an update</li> <li>Send them a Direct Message</li> </ul> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#notifications" id="notifications">Notifications</a></h4> <div id="div_notifications"> <p>In Android TweetDeck you have the option to set notifications for your columns. By default the ‘Me’ and ‘Inbox’ columns will have notifications set.</p> <p>In order to set notifications for other columns and change existing notifications when in a column click the Android menu button and select ‘Column Settings’. This will take you a screen allowing you to set a notification for the column with the following options:</p> <ul> <li>Light</li> <li>Sound</li> <li>Vibrate</li> </ul> <p>(From this screen you can also chose how often your column updates)</p> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#composingastatusupdate" id="composingastatusupdate">Composing a Status Update</a></h4> <div id="div_composingastatusupdate"> <p>To compose an update click the compose icon at the bottom of Android TweetDeck. The compose box will open and will allow you to do a number of things:</p> <ul> <li>Send status messages to multiple social networks- select different accounts by pulling the chosen social network icon down</li> <li>Automatically shorten URLs – do this by clicking on the Android menu button and clicking ‘Shorten URLs. Please note that once you select this option, all future URLs will be shortened. To switch off this function simply click the button again</li> <li>Upload images – do this by clicking on the dropdown arrow and selecting the ‘Add picture’ option. Your photo albums will open and you can select the photo of your choice. To select which photo uploading service you want to use, click the Android menu button and select ‘Photo service’. You can also take impromptu photos by clicking on the camera icon, taking a picture and then uploading that image to your update.</li> <li>Add your location to your status message – do this by clicking on the dropdown arrow and either selecting ‘location’ or the coordinates button</li> <li>Mention other users in your update – do this clicking on the dropdown arrow and selecting ‘Add contacts’, click ‘all friends’ and then select the user of your choice.</li> </ul> <p>Once you’ve composed your update you can then press the yellow ‘Send’ button and your update will be sent.</p> </div> <h4><a href="/web/20111205063621/http://www.tweetdeck.com/support/android/#installingtheandroidtweetdeckappandgettingstarted" id="installingtheandroidtweetdeckappandgettingstarted">Installing the Android TweetDeck app and getting started</a></h4> <div id="div_installingtheandroidtweetdeckappandgettingstarted"> <p><strong>Installing the Android TweetDeck app</strong></p> <p>On your Android device go to ‘Market’ and search for ‘TweetDeck’. Select the app and click ‘Install’. Once installed, click on the app icon to get started.</p> <p>You can either sign into TweetDeck with your existing account, or alternatively you can add accounts manually.</p> <p><strong>Signing in with an existing account</strong></p> <p>Enter the email address and password associated with your existing TweetDeck account. If you use the Desktop TweetDeck client, signing in with an existing account will import all account settings from your Desktop. If you don't use the Desktop client then you'll need to add accounts separately.</p> <p><strong>Adding accounts manually</strong></p> <p>For each social network that you wish to add to your TweetDeck (Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare) enter the username and password associated with each account and 'sign in'. When you've added all necessary accounts click 'Done'.</p> <p><strong>Getting Started</strong></p> <p>You're now ready to start using your Android TweetDeck, hurrah!</p> <p>The columns that will appear in the app are 'Home' 'Me' and 'Direct Messages'. </p> </div> </div> </div>  </div>  </div>  </div>  <div id="footer_container"> <div id="footer"> <div id="recognition" class="cf"> <blockquote class="png"> <p class="png">Tiny programs that make Twitter easier to use... 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