Viewing and chatting with participants in a Bridgit meeting

The Participant Counter on the Bridgit Collaboration Bar shows the number of participants in the current meeting. You can view a list of participants while your meeting is in progress.

You can also send an email invitation to anyone you want to attend, or use the chat window in the participant list to broadcast messages to some or all participants in a meeting.

To view a list of meeting participants

1. Press Participant Counter on the Bridgit Collaboration Bar.

   The Participants dialog box appears, showing your computer’s name as the meeting owner. The list on the left displays all meeting participants.

To send an email invitation

1. Press Participant Counter on the Bridgit Collaboration Bar.

   The Participants dialog box appears, showing your computer’s name as the meeting owner.

2. Press E-mail Invitation in the lower-left corner of the dialog box.

   The Invite Participant dialog box appears.

3. Press E-mail.

   Your default email program opens an email form that includes the details of your meeting.

4. Type the email address of the recipient in the To box, and then send the email.

To send a message to all participants

1. Press Participant Counter on the Bridgit Collaboration Bar.

   The Participants dialog box appears, showing your computer’s name as the meeting owner.

2. Type the message in the box under the All Users area.

3. Press Send.

To chat privately with certain participants

1. Press Participant Counter on the Bridgit Collaboration Bar.

   The Participants dialog box appears, showing your computer’s name as the meeting owner.

2. Press Chat next to the participant you want to chat with.

3. Select Create a New Conversation with Participant.

   A tab that contains the participant’s name appears in the chat window. Any text you send or receive under this tab is visible only to those in your private conversation.

To add more participants to your private conversation

1. Select the conversation to which you want to add a participant.

2. Press Chat next to the person you want to add.

3. Select Add Participant to Selected Conversation.

   Note 

   If you have multiple private conversations running at the same time and a new message arrives in a conversation that isn’t selected, the chat balloon icon appears with horizontal lines.

To end a private conversation

1. Press Exit on the tab you want to close.