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> # Subscribing and Unsubscribing to Conference Rooms

> Conference room subscriptions enable the user to search and select among existing conferences and insert those as favorites, shown in the conference tab. To subscribe to a conference:

> - Select the Conferences tab in the main Instant Messenger user interface window.
> - Select the Add Conference Rooms to Favorites button (the conference room icon), or Add Conferences from the file menu.
> - The Add to Conference Favorites window appears.
> - Enter search pattern - Allows you to enter a search criteria for finding conference rooms.
> - Search options - allows you to filter the search based on whether the pattern is at the Start, end, or contained in the conference name you are searching for.
> - Browse - provides an unfiltered list of all available conferences (to the maximum results limit).

> After a search or browse button ha been pressed a list of matching conferences is displayed. Select desired conferences and click OK.

> The selected conferences are shown in the list of conferences to add pane.

> - Remove - Removes selected conferences from the list of conferences to add pane.
> - Add Rooms - Adds the selected conferences as favorites to the conferences tab.

> ## Unsubscribe

> This removes a selected conference from the list of conferences.

> - Select the Conferences tab in the main Instant Messenger user interface window.
> - Select the conference you wish to unsubscribe from.
> - Click the trash button (trash can icon).
> - The conference will be removed from the conference list pane.

> ## To Create a News Channel

> 1. In the Main window, select News from the Tools menu or click the News icon:

> The News Channels window appears.

> 2. Click the Manage button.

> The News Channels Management window appears.

> 3. Click the news Channel Administration button.

> The News Channel Administration Window appears.

> 4. Click on the new news Channel button.
> 5. Type a name for the news channel in the News channel text box.
> 6. Use the Default Access drop-down list to select the access options to be granted to all users.

> Manage: Select Manage if you want all users to be able to manage (have administrative control over) this news channel.

> Write: Select Write if you want all users to be able to send messages as well as read them.

> Read: Select Read if you want all users to be able to read messages only, not send them.

> None: Select None, if you want only a few users to be able to view this news channel.

> 7. For user administration Administering Rooms and News Channels for more information.
> 8. Click OK to return to the News Channel Administration Window.

> The new news channel appears in the select news channel text list.

> ### See Also:

> Administering Rooms and News Channels

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