Starting a Hangout-
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Through your Gmail Account
Click on the Google Hangouts icon
To see this icon you will need to make sure that you have turned on the chat feature enabled.
- To enable chat go to settings:
- Chat:
- Chat: Turn Chat on
This will then place the chat window on your Gmail page
- You can hide/unhide the chat window by clicking on the icon below the chat window
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Click on the +YourName in on your Gmail page
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- Click on the Google Hangout button in the “Share what’s new” box
- Through a Google Calendar Invite:
This will create a Hangout and send out an invite for some future time.
You’ll see the link to Add a Google+ hangout on the event page for any individual events you create, and clicking on it will add a hangout to the event. Guests with edit access to the event (either through ‘Guests can modify’ being enabled or shared ownership of the calendar) can add a hangout to the event; guests without edit access will not be able to add a hangout to the event.
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