 Contributing to instant messages
To contribute to an instant message:
1 Type your input in the body of the Instant Message form.
You can format your input and embed pictures and other files just as you can in any content. You can also double-click embedded pictures to open them in a viewer window.
While you type your input, this icon tells other participants that you are preparing to send input:
 2 Click Send or press Enter/Return.
As participants enter the instant messaging session and contribute to it, the transcript pane fills with everyone's input.
 When you are ready to leave the instant messaging session, close the Instant Message form. Other participants are notified that you have left.
Naming instant messages
If you start an instant message, you can give it a name that will show on invitations you send to others, and in the transcript's subject if you save it.
To name the instant message, fill in "Name" on the Setup tab.
Inviting others
If you are participating in an instant messaging session started by someone else, you can click Invite to invite others to join the session just as you would when starting your own instant message.
Normally, newly invited users don't see earlier input in their view of the transcript. If you want these users to see this information, select "Enable catch up" on the Setup tab. Participants that you invite will see the transcript from the point you selected this field.
Attaching files to instant messages
You can attach a file to an instant message, just as you would to a message. This file is displayed on the Attachments tab for all participants.
To attach a file, either choose File > Attach or click Attach on the Attachments tab.
Embedding recordings in transcripts
If your computer is connected to a microphone, you can embed a spoken message, or any other sound, in the transcript. To embed a recording, click Push to Talk and make your recording. Keep this button depressed until you are finished recording. When you release, the recording is embedded in the transcript and plays for participants.
To replay the recording, click
 To stop replay, click
 To open the recording in a separate voice player window, double-click it.
Temporarily leaving instant messages
If you will be unavailable for awhile, but don't want to leave the instant message permanently, you can make this icon appear beside your name in the "Participants" list, to let other participants know that you aren't currently available:
To do this, click Pause. When you are ready to rejoin the instant messaging session, click Pause again to remove the icon, or just send more input.
Saving transcripts
 NoteOnly an instant message creator can save the transcript.
To save a transcript, select "Save transcript" on the Setup tab. The transcript contains everything from the point you selected "Save transcript". It is saved after all participants have left.
A private instant message transcript is saved in the lower pane of your Mailbox.
A public chat room transcript is saved in the chat room's transcript pane.
Moderating instant messages
If you want to control the contributions others make to an instant message, you can moderate it. In a moderated private instant message, only the instant message creator can allow others to contribute. In a moderated public chat room, only moderators can allow others to contribute.
To make an instant message moderated, select "Moderated" on the Setup tab. Other participants can no longer contribute. The following icon beside their names indicates that contributions by them are disallowed:
 Participants can request permission to contribute by clicking Hand Up. You will see this icon beside the name of any participant who has clicked Hand Up:
 To allow a participant to contribute, select the participant, then click Allow, or just click the "disallowed" icon beside the participant.
The icon changes to indicate that contributions are allowed:
 To prevent a participant from making further contributions, select the participant, then click Disallow, or just click the "allowed" icon beside the participant.
To make the instant message nonmoderated again, so that everyone can contribute freely, clear "Moderated".
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