Using in-meeting chat

Amazon Chime gives you two ways to chat—in-meeting chat and regular Amazon Chime chat. The topics in this section explain how to use in-meeting chat. For information about regular Amazon Chime chat, see Collaborating using Amazon Chime chat.

Showing or hiding the Chat panel

You can show or hide the Chat panel at any time during a meeting.

To show or hide the Chat panel

• On the left control bar, choose the Meeting chat panel icon ( ).

Sending in-meeting chat messages

You send chat messages during an Amazon Chime meeting from the Chat panel. The Chat panel appears by default when a meeting starts. You can take a number of actions on chat messages, such as quoting another attendee's message or attaching files of up to 50 MB to your own messages.

When using the in-meeting chat, remember the following:

• All attendees see every chat message. If you want to send a message to a specific meeting attendee, send a message directly to that attendee or send them an Amazon Chime message outside of the meeting.

• Amazon Chime deletes all chat messages when a meeting ends. You can save the messages, but you must do so before the meeting ends. To save the messages, select them, and then copy and paste them to a text editor.

To send chat messages

• In the Message all attendees box, enter your message, then press Enter.

Your messages, as well as messages from other attendees, appear in the Chat pane.

Quoting in-meeting chat messages

You can quote any message sent during a meeting. Quoting a previous message when you reply in chat gives your message context. This can help when multiple conversations happen at once during a meeting.

To quote a chat message

1. Open the ellipsis menu next to the message you want to quote, then choose Quote message.

2. The quoted message appears in the Message all attendees box, along with Markdown tags that format the quoted message. Enter your message below the quoted text, and then press Enter.

   The markdown indents the quoted message and adds a vertical bar. If the quoted message exceeds the width of the chat window, a scroll bar appears under the message text.

Copying in-meeting chat messages

You can copy any message sent during a meeting.

To copy a chat message

1. Open the ellipsis menu next to the message you want to quote, then choose Copy.

2. Paste the quoted message into the Message all attendees box or an appropriate text editor.

Saving all the messages from a meeting

You can save all the chat messages from an Amazon Chime meeting, but you must do so before the meeting ends. By default, Amazon Chime deletes all in-meeting messages when the meeting ends.

To save all messages

1. Before the meeting ends, manually highlight all the messages.

2. Copy the highlighted messages.

3. Paste the copied messages into an appropriate text editor.

Attaching files to in-meeting chat messages

You can attach files to the your in-meeting chat messages. The attachments disappear along with all chat messages when the meeting ends.

To attach files to messages

1. In the lower-left corner of the Chat panel, choose the paperclip icon.

2. In the dialog box that appears, select the file that you want to attach and choose Open.

Adding emojis to in-meeting chat messages

Amazon Chime provides a set of emojis that you can add to your in-meeting chat messages.

To add emojis to messages

• In the bottom-left corner of the Chat panel, choose the smiling face icon, and then choose an emoji.

Hiding chat notifications while sharing your screen

The following steps explain how to hide meeting chat notifications while you share you screen.

To hide meeting chat notifications

1. In the Amazon Chime desktop client or web app, choose your name, and on the menu that appears, choose Settings.

2. In the navigation bar, choose Meetings.

3. Under Notifications, clear the Suppress all Amazon Chime notifications while screen sharing checkbox.

4. Close Settings.