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Viewing the results of an IM search

To view the results of a group search, press Menu, select Tools → Find group, select the search criteria, and press Find. A

search may return a list of found IM groups that match your search criteria. Scroll up and down through the list until you

locate the desired group.

Managing IM groups

To use the IM Groups Main View, press Menu, and select View → Groups. You can view, join, and create IM groups. The left

frame displays a list of groups that you have created, joined, or bookmarked.

To join an IM group, press Menu, select View → Groups, select a group name in your Favorites list, and press Join. There are

several other ways to join an IM group: accept an invitation from another IM user to join a group, search for a group and

select a group from the list of search results, select a group name in your Inactive list. You cannot join a group that you

already have active. To join a group that is not listed in the left frame, press Join new group. To create a new group, press

Create group.

Chatting in an IM group

To participate in an IM group chat, press Menu, select View → Groups, select an IM group, press Join, and press Open. When

you successfully join an IM group chat, the active group chat view is displayed. The left frame is a list of groups that you have

created, joined, or bookmarked. The top frame is a conversation viewer with text of the group chat, and the bottom frame is

a message editor where you type text to participate in the group chat. In the active group chat view, the most common

actions are to send an IM message, to whisper to another IM group member, to invite another IM contact to join the group

chat, or to leave the IM group.

Sending a message to the group - To send a message to the group during an active group chat, select the message editor,

type a message, and press Send.

Whispering during a group chat - To whisper to another user during an active group chat, select a name in the

Conversations folder in the left frame, and press Whisper.

Inviting a contact during a group chat - To invite a contact to an active group chat, select a name in the Online contacts

folder in the left frame, and press Invite.

Leaving a group chat - To leave an active group chat, press End.

To participate in several active group chats at the same time, press Switch convers.

Entering an IM group

To enter a group ID when you join an IM group for the first time, press Menu, select View → Groups, and press Join new

group. Type a group ID up to 50 characters in the format specified by your IM service and press OK. A group ID may be in the

format wv:\groupname@IMservice.com.

Defining your screen name for a group chat

To identify yourself for an IM group chat, press Menu, and select View → Groups, then press Menu, and select Tools →

Preferences → Screen name. By default, your user name appears to others in an IM group chat.

Select:

• In a group—to select a type of name to identify you to a group. Your user name, a unique name that identifies you to the

IM service, cannot be changed.

• Screen name—to type a screen name up to 10 characters.

Creating an IM group

To create an IM group, press Menu in the groups main view, and select Create group. Type a name for the group and invite at

least one person to create the group. After you create a group, you can view the group properties and edit the group default

values.

Instant messaging