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When you type chat text into the Input Box, your avatar shows a "typing hands" motion. To type without the "typing hands" motion, start your message with a "/0".
 
When you type chat text into the Input Box, your avatar shows a "typing hands" motion. To type without the "typing hands" motion, start your message with a "/0".
  
If you begin a message by typing "/me", the text will appear in Local Chat immediately following your name (without a semi-colon). For example, typing "/me grins" will produce "<your name> grins".
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If you begin a message by typing "/me", the text will appear in Local Chat immediately following your name, without a semi-colon. For example, typing "/me grins" will produce "<your name> grins". This way of rendering a message is called an [[Emote]].
  
 
It is also possible to speak on a given channel (other than the default channel of Local Chat). Start your message with "/#", where # is the number of the channel you wish to speak on. To speak on channel 1, for example, type "/1 Hello".
 
It is also possible to speak on a given channel (other than the default channel of Local Chat). Start your message with "/#", where # is the number of the channel you wish to speak on. To speak on channel 1, for example, type "/1 Hello".

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