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After you log in, you can exchange text chats with your chat partners and more.
Starting a chat
When your contact list is populated with the names of individual contacts and groups, you can start a chat with them.

Basics
After you log in, you can exchange text chats with your chat partners and more.
- System requirements
  This document provides minimum system requirements for HCL Sametime 11.6. Higher maintenance levels, such as fix packs and service packs, may be supported as they become available.
- Starting Sametime
  After you click the link below, you can start the HCL Sametime® Web Chat client application.
- Starting a chat
  When your contact list is populated with the names of individual contacts and groups, you can start a chat with them.
- Display availability status
  Display your location and contact information in your status card when you are online. Others see this information when they hover their cursor over your name in the contact list or engage in an online chat with you.
- Adding contacts to my contact list
  The contact list is a list of people with whom you frequently chat.
- Starting a Meeting?
  You can start a meeting through the Meetings option from the drop-down menu, or click the Launch invite and send button to instantly send a meeting invite in the conversation box.
- Keyboard shortcuts and other accessibility features
  Accessibility features help users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology products successfully. HCL® strives to provide products with usable access for everyone regardless of age or ability.

Starting a chat

When your contact list is populated with the names of individual contacts and groups, you can start a chat with them.

About this task

There are several ways you can initiate a chat:

From your contact list
Locate a person using the search field
From your list of previous chats

Procedure

Locate the person that you want to chat with.
Type your message in the chat message field.
You can do one or more of the following within the chat message field.
- You can attach a file to your message by using the attach icon ().
- Locate and add an emoji to your message by clicking the emoji icon ().
Press Enter to send your message to your chat partner.

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