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3.9.3. How to Add Users to a Chat Previous topic Parent topic Child topic Next topic

You can add further participants to an active chat.

Prerequisites

You are conducting a chat.
Instant-messaging addresses are available for the additional chat participants – for example as associated entries in your private contacts.
Your private contacts’ IM status is Available.

Step by Step

  1. Select imessaging_actions-2.gif in the title bar of the chat window.
    You see an action menu.
  2. Select Add user.
    The dialog for selecting users opens.
  3. How to add a user from your private contact list:
    1. Enter one of the following search items in the search field of the contact area:
      – Full second name or part of a second name
      – Full first name or part of a first name
      – Full phone number or part of a phone number
      If your private contacts deliver search hits, they are displayed beneath the search field, continuously updated.
    2. Move the mouse pointer onto the private contact.
      You see additional controls.
    3. Select imessaging_context_bar_add-2.gif.
      The contact is displayed in the contextual action bar.
  4. How to add a user from the directory:
    1. Enter one of the following search items in the search field of the window:
      – Full second name or part of a second name
      – Full first name or part of a first name
      – Full phone number or part of a phone number
      If your private contacts deliver search hits, they are displayed beneath the search field, continuously updated.
    2. Select imessaging_search-2.gif beneath the search field and the private hit list.
      The contact is searched for in the directory.
      If search hits are found, they are displayed beneath the search field.
    3. Move the mouse pointer onto the contact.
      You see additional controls.
    4. Select imessaging_context_bar_add-2.gif.
      The contact is displayed in the contextual action bar.
  5. Select Done.

The additional users may now also post messages in the chat.