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Start a discussion

1. On the Standard Buttons toolbar, click Discuss .
2. If the Web Discussions toolbar displays a "Discussions not available" message, select a discussion server.

   How?

   1. On the Web Discussions toolbar, click Discussions, and then click Discussion Options.
   2. Click Add.
   3. In the Type the name of the discussion server your administrator has provided box, type the name of a discussion server.
   4. If your system administrator has set up security by using the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) message protocol, select the Encrypted connection required (SSL) check box.
   5. In the You can type any name you want to use as a friendly name for the discussion server box, type a friendly name you want to use for the server; for example, My Server.

   Note  When using Web discussions with Windows SharePoint Services from Microsoft, you can discuss only files stored on the discussion server. You cannot discuss files stored on a different server.

3. Do one of the following to start an inline discussion or a general discussion:

   Inline discussion

   1. On the Web Discussions toolbar, click Insert Discussion in the Document .

      Insertion markers appear in the page.

   2. Click the insertion marker where you want to start a discussion.
   3. Under Discussion subject, type a name for the subject of the discussion.
   4. Under Discussion text, type your comments.

      When you click OK, your comment appears below the insertion marker.

   General discussion

   1. On the Web Discussions toolbar, click Insert Discussion about the Document .
   2. If the page has frames, in the Frame list, select the frame you want to discuss.
   3. Under Discussion subject, type a name for the subject of the discussion.
   4. Under Discussion text, type your comments.

      When you click OK, your comment appears in the Discussion pane at the bottom of the window.