Many people like to enhance their messages with images, this can include photos, emojis and gifs. If they are online they are able to answer you immediately and a real time typed conversation can take place. Type your message in the box at the bottom and then press enter – your message will be sent to your contact. If no-one is showing type the first letter of the name of the person you want to message and all the names of friends beginning with that letter will show.Ĭlick on the name that you want to send a message to.Ī new window will pop up.
It is usually found on the bottom right hand side of your screen and could be minimised as per the image below or showing a list of all your friends as contacts. To use chat you must be logged into your Facebook account. Messages to your friends will automatically notify them (depending on how they have their notifications set up). Messenger is also part of Facebook but is an app that has to be downloaded for you to be able to use this on your iPhone or iPad – we will look at how to do this later in this guide. It is similar to an email but has the advantage of being live if the person is logged into their Facebook account.Ĭhat is on your computer and accessed via Facebook. This is often known as DM (direct message) or PM (Private Message) as it goes directly to the person (or persons) you address it to and not onto your timeline.
There are times when you are using Facebook that you might want to send a message directly to one or more of your friends.
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