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Use the "Start Chat" function to open a conversation window through which
you can send and receive text messages with the focused contact in your
"Contact" list.
To send a message to the focused contact, press “Ctrl-s” or navigate to the
desired user ID, using “up arrow button” or “down arrow button” and press
"Enter". Or open the "Actions" menu, and press "Enter" on the "Start Chat"
option.
The "Chat" dialog consists of 2 controls. Move among the controls using
"Tab" and "Shift-tab"
1) Input: An edit box into which to type your message.
2) History: A read only edit combo box to view messages sent and received
in chronological order. Messages are displayed as "Writer ID: message
content".
Use the following navigation keys in the "History" list.
Move to the previous message: “up arrow button”
Move to the next message: “down arrow button”
Move to the first message: "Ctrl-Fn-Left arrow key"
Move to the last message: "Ctrl-Fn-Right arrow key"
To move to the "Contact list" while in a "Chat", press "Ctrl-t". Or choose
"Contact list" from the "Actions" menu. If you select another contact from the
"Contact list" and press "Enter", a new "Chat" window is opened.
When multiple chat windows are opened, you can move among them using
the following hot keys:
Move to previous "Chat" window: "Ctrl-Shift-Tab key"
Move to next "Chat" window: "Ctrl-Tab key"
You can also move among chat windows by choosing the "Move to Next
Chat" or "Move to Previous Chat" options from the "Actions" menu.
