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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="start-conversation">
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<link type="guide" xref="index#audio-video"/>
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<link type="guide" xref="index#text-conv"/>
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<link type="seealso" xref="add-contact"/>
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<desc>General method to start a conversation.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-14" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
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<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Start a conversation</title>
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From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
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Choose <guiseq><gui>Chat</gui><gui>New conversation</gui></guiseq>.
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Press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>N</key></keyseq>.
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From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the account you want to
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use for the conversation.
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This one is one of your accounts.
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In the <gui>Contact ID</gui> text box, type the identifier of the contact you want to
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have a conversation with.
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You have to enter the identifier as it has been inserted when adding a new contact to
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your contact list. If you are trying to start a conversation using one of your IRC
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accounts or a SIP account, you have to enter the exact nickname or the
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exact SIP address of the contact.
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To start a text conversation, click on <gui>Chat</gui>; to start
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an audio conversation, click on <gui>Call</gui>.