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Create Chat

When creating a chat, you have the option to have one with either just one person or a group. 

Create On-to-One Chat

In a one-to-one chat, messages are exchanged between only two people.

  1. Open the Messenger by clicking the speech bubble in the vertical function bar.
  1. In the Messenger window, select Send message to user.
  1. In the dialog that opens, select a user you want to chat with and click OK to confirm.
    A chat will be created with an icon, where the initials of the other chat participant are displayed.

Create Group Chat

Messages sent via a group chat can be read and commented on by all participants in the chat.

  1. Open the Messenger by clicking the speech bubble.
  2. In the Messenger window, click the Plus button.
  1. Name the group.
  2. Click the Plus button and select at least one user.
  3. If you want to give the group chat its own icon, click the image above Icon and select an image.
  1. Click OK to create the group chat.
Users who create the chat are automatically added to the chat.

Edit Chat

You can edit group chats by adding additional users or removing existing ones.

  1. Select a group chat in Messenger.
  2. Select the Edit command from the context menu.
  1. Remove or add more users to the chat and save by selecting OK.
Note
Users who are added to a chat after the chat has been created won’t be able to see the messages sent before they were added. If a user is removed from a chat, the messages they wrote are also removed.

Delete Chat

A chat is deleted when no users are assigned to it. For a chat to no longer be displayed in the Messenger, an assigned user must leave the chat.

  • Select a chat in the Messenger.
  • Select the Leave command from the context menu.

The chat, including the messages written in it, disappears from the user’s list.