Text chat

Overview

The Text Chat mode allows you to exchange text messages with the remote user.

Starting Text Chat mode

1. Select a connection in the address book
2. Click Chat on the General tab (the modes panel is expandable):
3. A chat window will open.
4. Enter your message in the text field and click Send or press <Ctrl> + <Enter>.

Users and channels

There are two types of users in text chat:

	— administrators who enter the chat on the Viewer side. Administrators can initiate a chat session.
	— regular users who enter the chat on the Host side.

Channels are chat sessions with individual users. There is a special channel called #General — messages sent in this channel are visible to all users:

To start a chat session with an individual user, double-click the user's name in the list. A new tab with individual chat session will open:

Changing nickname

To change your chat nickname:

1. Click the Settings icon ( ) at the top left corner of the Text Chat window
2. Uncheck the Current user name as nickname check box and enter a desired name:

Sending images and files

You can send images and files to other participants:

1. Click Insert image or Insert file on the toolbar in the text chat window:
2. Select the file on your local disc and click Send:
3. The file will appear in the chat for the recipients to download.

Mini-chat

Mini-chat is a simplified version of text chat which opens alongside the Full Control window. Learn about mini-chat here.