Form tabs
Use this form to have an online conversation with other users who are currently connected to your server.
Transcript pane
Records participants' input, as entered in the this form's input area.
Send button
Transfers your input from the input area of this form to the transcript pane, where it is visible to all participants.
Hand Up button
Puts the hand up icon beside your name in the "Participants" list, so that the moderator knows you want to contribute.
Pause button
Puts the pause icon beside your name in the "Participants" list, so that all participants know that you are temporarily unavailable. This is a toggle button.
Push to Talk button
Lets you embed a recording in the transcript, if your computer is connected to a microphone. Click and hold this button for as long as you are recording.
Invite button
Lets you invite other users.
Input area
Accepts your instant message input. You can format your input and embed pictures just as you can in any content.
Participants tab
Lists all instant message participants. You may see the following icons beside participants:
means this participant has created instant message input that has not yet been sent
 means this participant is able to contribute to a moderated instant message means this participant can't contribute to a moderated instant message means this participant has asked to be allowed to contribute to a moderated instant message means this participant is temporarily unavailable (paused), but hasn't left the instant message permanently.Ignore button
Hides the selected participant's input in your copy of the transcript. This is a toggle button.
Allow button
Allows the selected participant to contribute to a moderated instant message.
Disallow button
Prevents the selected participant from contributing to a moderated instant message.
Attachments tab
Lists files that are attached to the instant message. You can download these files just as you can files attached to messages.
To attach a file, click Attach.
Setup tab
Name
Displays this name in invitations and the subjects of saved transcripts.
Sounds
Enables instant messaging sounds. This overrides the sounds setting in your instant messaging preferences.
Moderated
Makes the instant message moderated. In a moderated instant message, participants can't contribute without the consent of the moderator.
Enable catch up
Lets users who join an instant message in progress see the transcript from the point you selected this field.
Show time stamps
Displays the time that users added instant message input, in addition to their names. This is a toggle field.
Save transcript
Saves the transcript, after everyone has left, from the point you selected this field. For a private instant message, the transcript is sent to the Mailbox of the chat creator. For a public chat room, the transcript is saved in the transcript pane.
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