Creating a Conference
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You can create a conference either by initiating a conference with three or more people, including yourself, or you can add a participant to a peer-to-peer conversation.
Initiating a Conference
You can initiate a conference by sending an instant message to an entire group with three or more members in that group. You can also select three or more participants individually to invite to a conference.
To initiate a conference by selecting two or more participants individually
From the Contact List, open a Conversation window with one of your contacts either by double-clicking a contacts name or right-clicking the contacts name and selecting Send an Instant Message.
In the Conversation window, click Invite.
In the Invite Someone window, select two or more contacts that you want to invite to the conference, and then click OK.
In the Conversation window, type your message and then press the ENTER key.
Creating a Conference by Adding People to a Conversation
While you are participating in an instant message conversation, you can invite more people to join. You can invite as many as 31 people to the same instant message conversation.
To add more people to an instant message conversation
In the Conversation window, click Invite and then select Invite Someone.
In the Invite Someone window, do one of the following:
Click the name of the contact that you want to add to the conversation, and then click OK.
In the Search box, type the person's display name or sign-in name, and then press the ENTER key. In the results list, click the person's name, and then click OK.
Note
If you invite a large number of participants at one time, it can take time for everyone to be added to the conversation, because each person on the list must accept, decline, or ignore the invitation before the next invitation can be delivered. After a short period of time, if someone has not responded, the invitation is automatically accepted.