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Chat

Cisco Jabber supports both person-to-person and group chat sessions.

Start Chat with Contact in Your List

Procedure
Double-click the contact, or right-click and choose Chat.

Start Chat with Contact Not in Your List

You can start a chat with someone who is not in your contact list by searching for the contact in your corporate directory.

Procedure
    Step 1   In the Cisco Jabber main window, enter a name or user ID in the Search field.
    Step 2   Select the contact name in the Search Results, double-click, and start your chat.
    Step 3   (Optional) To add the contact in the active chat window to your contact list for future use, click , or right-click and choose Add to contact list.

    Add Contact from Chat Window

    During a chat session with someone who is not in your contact list, you can add them to your list. This feature is available only for a person-to-person chat.

    Procedure
    In the chat window, click .

    Start Group Chat

    Three or more people constitute a group chat. This type of chat continues to exist in Cisco Jabber as long as one person is in the chat window. After all participants leave, the group chat ends.

    Procedure
      Step 1   Select multiple contacts and then right-click them, or right-click a group.
      Step 2   On the menu, select Start group chat.

      Add Participant to Existing Chat

      You can add participants to an existing person-to-person chat, or to a group chat.

      Procedure
      Drag a contact from your contact list to the chat window, or click to search for a contact, and then click Add.

      Set Your Chat Alert Preference

      By default, chat alert sounds are turned on for those events that support sounds. You can choose whether to receive chat alert sounds for all messages, or for just initial chat messages. You can also disable sounds for all events.

      Procedure
        Step 1   In the Cisco Jabber main window, select File > Options > Sounds/Alerts.
        Step 2   (Optional) Click the radio button beside the alert option you prefer.
        Step 3   (Optional) To disable alerts for all messages, uncheck Play sounds when.
        Step 4   Click Apply.

        Customize Your Chat Format

        In the chat window, you can choose from a variety of fonts, colors, and emoticons to apply to your chat conversation. You can also set a global format option for all of your chat messages, both incoming and outgoing.

        Procedure
          Step 1   Select File > Options > Chats.
          Step 2   Under Font for outgoing messages, click Set font.
          Step 3   Choose the color, font, font size, and desired formatting.
          Step 4   Under Reformat incoming messages, click Set font.
          Step 5   Choose the color, font, font size, and desired formatting.
          Step 6   Click Apply before you navigate to other windows.
          Step 7   Click OK to exit.

          Chat from Applications

          You can start a chat with contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint if the feature is available in your Cisco Jabber setup. Ask your administrator if this feature is available. For a list of which versions of these applications support this feature, see Integration with Microsoft Office Applications.

          Chat

          Chat

          Cisco Jabber supports both person-to-person and group chat sessions.

          Start Chat with Contact in Your List

          Procedure
          Double-click the contact, or right-click and choose Chat.

          Start Chat with Contact Not in Your List

          You can start a chat with someone who is not in your contact list by searching for the contact in your corporate directory.

          Procedure
            Step 1   In the Cisco Jabber main window, enter a name or user ID in the Search field.
            Step 2   Select the contact name in the Search Results, double-click, and start your chat.
            Step 3   (Optional) To add the contact in the active chat window to your contact list for future use, click , or right-click and choose Add to contact list.

            Add Contact from Chat Window

            During a chat session with someone who is not in your contact list, you can add them to your list. This feature is available only for a person-to-person chat.

            Procedure
            In the chat window, click .

            Start Group Chat

            Three or more people constitute a group chat. This type of chat continues to exist in Cisco Jabber as long as one person is in the chat window. After all participants leave, the group chat ends.

            Procedure
              Step 1   Select multiple contacts and then right-click them, or right-click a group.
              Step 2   On the menu, select Start group chat.

              Add Participant to Existing Chat

              You can add participants to an existing person-to-person chat, or to a group chat.

              Procedure
              Drag a contact from your contact list to the chat window, or click to search for a contact, and then click Add.

              Set Your Chat Alert Preference

              By default, chat alert sounds are turned on for those events that support sounds. You can choose whether to receive chat alert sounds for all messages, or for just initial chat messages. You can also disable sounds for all events.

              Procedure
                Step 1   In the Cisco Jabber main window, select File > Options > Sounds/Alerts.
                Step 2   (Optional) Click the radio button beside the alert option you prefer.
                Step 3   (Optional) To disable alerts for all messages, uncheck Play sounds when.
                Step 4   Click Apply.

                Customize Your Chat Format

                In the chat window, you can choose from a variety of fonts, colors, and emoticons to apply to your chat conversation. You can also set a global format option for all of your chat messages, both incoming and outgoing.

                Procedure
                  Step 1   Select File > Options > Chats.
                  Step 2   Under Font for outgoing messages, click Set font.
                  Step 3   Choose the color, font, font size, and desired formatting.
                  Step 4   Under Reformat incoming messages, click Set font.
                  Step 5   Choose the color, font, font size, and desired formatting.
                  Step 6   Click Apply before you navigate to other windows.
                  Step 7   Click OK to exit.

                  Chat from Applications

                  You can start a chat with contacts from Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint if the feature is available in your Cisco Jabber setup. Ask your administrator if this feature is available. For a list of which versions of these applications support this feature, see Integration with Microsoft Office Applications.