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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#text-conv"/>
    <desc>Send a message to one of your contacts.</desc>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
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      <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-09" status="deferred"/>
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    </revision>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Phil Bull</name>
      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <license>
      <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
    </license>    
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  </info>

  <title>Send a message to someone</title>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
      </p>
      <list>
        <item>
          <p>
            Double click the name of the contact that you want to have a conversation
            with.
          </p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <p>
            Right-click on the name of the contact you want to have a conversation with, and
            choose <gui>Chat</gui>.
          </p>
        </item>
      </list>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        A new window will open. Type a message into the box at the
        bottom of the window and press <key>Enter</key> to send it.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

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