# Using in-meeting chat
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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](chime-using-chat.md).

## Showing or hiding the Chat panel
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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 (![\[An icon of a rectangular message balloon in a blue circle.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/chime/latest/ug/images/left-control-3.png)).

# Sending in-meeting chat messages
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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
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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**.

1. 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
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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**.

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

# Saving all the messages from a meeting
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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.

1. Copy the highlighted messages.

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

# Attaching files to in-meeting chat messages
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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. 

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

# Adding emojis to in-meeting chat messages
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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
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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**.

1. In the navigation bar, choose **Meetings**.

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

1. Close **Settings**.