View source for Viewerhelp:3.5.0/Conversations

===Conversation List===

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| {{ConvIcon_Sort}}
| Provides options to sort conversations by '''type''', '''name''', and '''recent activity'''.  Additional options for sorting conversation participants by '''name''' or '''recent activity'''.  You may also open [[Viewerhelp:3.5.0/Preferences - Chat|chat preferences]], [[Viewerhelp:3.5.0/Preferences - Privacy|privacy preferences]], or the CONVERSATION LOG window from this menu.
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| {{ConvIcon_Plus}}
| Opens the [[Viewerhelp:Choose_Resident|CHOOSE RESIDENT]] window.  Choose a Resident from one of the tabs to open a new private conversation with that Resident.  You may hold {{K|Ctrl}} or {{K|Shift}} to select more than one Resident for a multi-person conference chat.
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| {{ConvIcon_Microphone_On}}
| Transmits your voice to the conversation where voice chat is currently active (indicated by the {{ConvIcon_Open_Call}} icon).  This button works identically to the '''Speak''' button in the main toolbar of the Second Life window.
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| {{ConvIcon_Open_Call}}
| When in the conversation list, this icon indicates which conversation is currently using voice chat.  You can move voice chat between conversations by selecting a conversation from the conversation list and clicking the {{ConvIcon_Open_Call}} button above the active conversation pane.
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| {{Icon_Voice_Off}}
| Indicates voice chat activity in a conversation or from a specific Resident.  Changes to {{Icon_Voice_On}} when someone is transmitting.
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| {{ConvIcon_Nearby_Chat}}
| Indicates which of your active conversations represents '''Nearby Chat''' that all nearby Residents can read and hear.  You can expand and view the list of nearby Residents by clicking the arrow to the left of the {{ConvIcon_Nearby_Chat}} icon.
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| {{ConvIcon_Collapse}}
| Collapses the conversation list into a column of icons that represent each active conversation.  To expand the conversation list again, click {{ConvIcon_Expand}}.
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===Active Conversation===

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| {{ConvIcon_Sort}}
| Provides options to change the look and feel of the active conversation.  You may choose a '''Compact view''' or '''Expanded view''', and may choose whether or not to '''Show time''' or '''Show names in one-to-one conversations'''.
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| {{ConvIcon_Add_Person}}
| Opens the [[Viewerhelp:Choose_Resident|CHOOSE RESIDENT]] window.  Choose a Resident from one of the tabs to add that person to the active conversation.  You may hold {{K|Ctrl}} or {{K|Shift}} to select more than one Resident at once.
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| {{ConvIcon_Open_Call}}
| Switches your voice chat to the active conversation.  You can only send and receive voice chat in one conversation at a time.
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| {{ConvIcon_Close}}
| Closes the active conversation and removes it from the conversation list.
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| {{ConvIcon_Collapse}}
| Hides the active conversation.  You can open it again by clicking the conversation in the conversation list.
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| {{ConvIcon_Arrow_NE}}
| Separates the active conversation from the conversation list.  You can re-attach the active conversation to the conversation list by clicking the {{ConvIcon_Arrow_SW}} button on the active conversation window, or by selecting the conversation in the conversation list and clicking '''Bring it back'''.
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