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tirmanami
Newcomer
Newcomer

‎2021-10-18 05:04 AM

Dear supporter,

 

I'm struggling to find the way to chat with a zoom participant.

As a host I'm expecting to have a simple way to chat with an individual participant, but I'm failing to do so.

My question is:

How can I chat with a specific participant while  zoom session is running?

Can a non host user initiate a chat with the host?

Waiting desperately for your advise...

 

Ami Tirman

 

 

 

 

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ChrisO
Specialist
Specialist

‎2021-10-18 05:10 AM

I think the instructions you are looking for are located here https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203650445-In-meeting-chat. Make sure your app meets the prerequisites (I believe this also applies to the person you are trying to send the message to). 


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kjhartma
Community Champion | Customer
Community Champion | Customer

‎2021-10-18 07:34 AM

In addition to the above, here's some info on private chat in a meeting: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360060835932

 

I thought, but I might be wrong, that hosts could always private message someone via the chat window if chat was allowed.  You need to open the chat box, and in the "To:" field, where the drop down says everyone, you can still change that to send a private message to one person.

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