Send Message to Facebook User
This dialog box has just 2 areas for you to complete: a To area and a message box where you kind the message of your message. If you're used to making use of e-mail, this may strike you as a little weird since it doesn't have a Cc, Bcc, or subject line.
One characteristic of e-mail is how much it mirrors the formal letters individuals made use of to create, whereas currently, most individuals spend a lot of time creating quick notes to the people they see one of the most. Except for job messages, the majority of our e-mails are sent out to our spouses and our pals. Considered that Facebook is everything about buddies, you're not most likely to require that subject line.
To address your message, simply start typing the name of the buddy you're messaging right into the To field. Facebook autocompletes with the names of your good friends as you type. When you see the name you desire, highlight it and also click or push Go into. You can type greater than one name if you wish to have a discussion with greater than one person at the same time.
You can send a message to people's e-mail addresses if they aren't yet on Facebook (although if they aren't yet, it's truly their loss). Merely kind the full e-mail address into the To field. Different numerous e-mail addresses with commas.
Type your message into the message box. Messages can be long or short, silly or significant-- whatever you need to claim. If you intend to add a link to a web site or article to a message, you can copy as well as paste it into the message box. Facebook after that creates a preview of the short article so your friend has even more information prior to clicking the web link.
This is really comparable to the way the Share box functions when you include a link to a blog post or standing upgrade, except rather than sharing the relate to all your friends, you're sharing it with just the people you're messaging.
2 symbols under the message box represent features that are totally optional and rarely made use of, but simply in case, here's what they are:
- Add Files: Much as it does in many e-mail programs, the paperclip symbol indicates affixing data to a message. Clicking the symbol opens a user interface for searching as well as selecting documents from your computer system's hard drive. You can attach photos, videos, records, and so on.
- Include Photos: Though you can affix images by clicking the Add Documents switch, if you desire Facebook to create a sneak peek of them for your intended receivers (instead of needing to download and install and after that open them) make use of the Add Photos switch. This will once again open up an interface for looking and selecting pictures from your computer system's hard disk drive.
When you're done composing your message, simply click Send and also be on your means. Your pals will certainly get the e-mail in their Facebook Messages Inbox, and Facebook notifies them with a little red flag on their Home page. Relying on their account settings, they might also obtain an email in their e-mail Inbox letting them know about a message in their Facebook Inbox (yes, it's a little repetitive).