Communicate in Real Time with Sametime Connect

Sametime Connect lets you:

• See when your colleagues are online.



• Send instant messages and transfer files.



• Start instant meetings.

Sametime Connect comes in two slightly different versions. Your system administrator determines which version(s) you can use. See "Determining Which Version of Sametime Connect You Are Using" in the IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing User's Guide for more information.

Add Names to the Contact List

Your contact list contains people with whom you want to maintain contact. You decide which names appear in your contact list. To add names to a personal group in the contact list:

1. In the Sametime Connect window, click the Add button .



2. Select the Users tab.



3. Choose a user community from the drop-down menu:



• Sametime: In the "User name" field, enter a name exactly as it appears in your company's Directory, or click Directory to search the Directory for a name. For more information, see "Searching for Names in the Directory" in the IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing User's Guide.



• External: This community contains people connected to your company's extranet. In the "User name" field, enter the person's full e-mail address (for example, person@place.org).



4. Select an existing group name or enter a new group name.



5. Click Add.



6. Click Close.

Send Chat Messages

You can send chat messages in several ways:

• Double-click a name, enter your message, and click Send.



• Right-click a name (or select multiple names, right-click one of the selected names, and choose chat), enter your message, and click Send.



• Select a name and click the chat button or choose Meeting - Chat. Enter your message and click Send. To select more than one name, hold CTRL while clicking each name, or press Shift while selecting a series of names that appear next to each other in the contact list.

Tip    Press SHIFT+ENTER to start a new line in a chat message.