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Contents 1 Basics 1.1 Moving & flying 1.2 Looking around with camera controls 1.3 Chatting 1.4 Searching 1.5 Teleporting & landmarks 1.6 Shopping 1.7 Friendships 1.8 Editing your appearance 2 More Basics 2.1 Using the pie menu 2.2 Creating & joining a group 2.3 Sending a postcard 2.4 Buying Linden Dollars 2.5 Filling in your profile 3 Want to learn more?

Basics

These video tutorials teach the basics of using Second Life. For more general help, please visit our Knowledge Base.

Note: If you're wondering why the user interface (controls) look light silver-blue instead of dark gray, that's because the viewer skin is changed. Learn how to do that.

Moving & flying

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Related articles:

• How do I fly higher? I want to see what's on top of this building.

Looking around with camera controls

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Related articles:

• How do I look at something from a different angle?
• How do I use the mouse to look around?

Chatting

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Related articles:

• How do I chat?
• How do I Instant Message (IM) someone?
• How do I log chat and instant messages?

Searching

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Related articles:

• New Search FAQ

Teleporting & landmarks

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Related articles:

• How do I use the World Map?

Shopping

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Related articles:

• How do I sell things?
• How do I find land to buy?
• How do I buy land?
• How do I rent land to other people?
• How do I sell land?

Friendships

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Related articles:

• How do I add a friend to my friends list?
• How do I make someone my partner?

Editing your appearance

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Related articles:

• How do I change my avatar's appearance?
• How do I attach and detach objects from my avatar?
• How do I attach a body part to my avatar?
• How do I find out everything I'm wearing?

More Basics

Using the pie menu

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Creating & joining a group

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Related articles:

• How do I join a group?
• How do I change the title in front of my avatar's name?
• How do I quit or leave a group?
• How do I create my own group?

Sending a postcard

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Sending a postcard

Buying Linden Dollars

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Related articles:

• How do I get Linden Dollars?
• How do I buy Linden dollars (L$) on the LindeX?
• How do I sell Linden dollars (L$) on the LindeX?

Filling in your profile

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