Local+Chat+or+Text+Chat

=**Local Chat or Text Chat**=

Provides the ability for you to communicate with anyone within chat range (30 meters) of your avatar. Local chat is useful for communicating in one to one or group scenarios. Note: The same rules of communication etiquette apply in SL as in real life.

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 * 1) Use the **Chat Bar** to communicate with other avatar around you. Toggle the Chat Bar //**on**// and //**off**// by clicking the blue **Show Chat Bar Button** (fig. 7) on the lower menu bar of the SL user interface.
 * 2) To communicate through chat, enter your text into the Chat Bar (fig. 7) and press enter on your keyboard. This will allow avatars within the specified distance to see your text.
 * 3) Chat history can be toggled on and off by clicking the Local Chat History Button (fig. 7). Chat history allows you to see a record of your chat allowing you to track your in-world converstations. Chat history can also be recorded and a Chat Log can be saved to your computer.

Click on the **Show Chat Bar Button** to bring up your **Chat Bar**. If someone is around your avatar, try chatting to them by entering text into the **Chat Bar**. Click the **Local Chat History Button** to see a history of the conversation.
 * Practice:**

The following resources are [|SL] training videos created by Russel Stannard (2008).
 * Additional Resources: **



 * **Second Life Part 1 - Chat** - to view this video click on the link and a page will appear with a menu on the left side. The videos will begin playing automatically but to view the correct video for this section select **//4-Chat//**.

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