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  5. Pictures, videos, files, and links in chats and group discussions
  6. Send pictures, videos, and files to a group discussion or a chat

Send pictures, videos, and files to a group discussion or a chat

If your administrator has enabled the camera and device photo gallery permissions, you can access the device camera, photo gallery, or both to take and send photos from the device photo gallery to the persistent chat discussion that you are a member of or to a recipient in a chat. You must join group discussions or begin a conversation before you can send photos, videos, files, or links to the discussion group or chat. If your administrator did not enable the file sharing feature, the The Add icon opens and displays only the Add Links option.
You can add one photo, video, file, or link at a time from
BlackBerry Connect
. To send a picture, video, or file in a chat, you must start the conversation with a message that contains only text.
To send pictures, videos, and files in a chat, verify that you are running
BlackBerry Connect
 3.5 or later.
  1. Tap The Chats icon.
  2. Tap the group discussion or start a chat that you want to send a photo, file, or videoin.
  3. Tap The Add icon.
  4. Complete one of the following actions:
    Task
    Steps
    Send a picture from your photo library.
    1. Tap
      Photo Library
      .
    2. Tap an album.
    3. Tap a photo or video.
    4. Tap
      Choose
      .
    Take picture or video.
    By default, the maximum picture and video size that you can send to a group discussion is 20 MB.
    1. Tap
      Take Picture or Video
      .
    2. Complete one of the following actions:
      • To take a picture, tap
        Photo
        . Take a picture and tap
        Use Photo
         or
        Retake
        .
      • To take a video, tap
        Video
        . Take a video and tap
        Use Video
         or
        Retake
        .
    Add a file.
    1. Tap
      Add File
      .
    2. If necessary, log in to
      BlackBerry Work
      .
    3. From the location folder list, tap a folder (for example, Local Docs).
    4. Tap a file.
    5. Tap
      Attach
      .
    Add a link.
    1. Tap
      Add Link
      .
    2. If necessary, log in to
      BlackBerry Work
      .
    3. Tap
      SharePoint
      .
    4. Tap the file you want to generate a link for.
    5. Tap
      Attach
      . The link is generated and you are redirected to the discussion group or chat.
  5. If necessary, tap The Remove icon to remove the picture, video, or file. Complete step 4 to add a new photo, video, or file.
  6. Optionally, enter a message.
  7. Tap The Send icon.