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> # Creating a New Room or News Channel

> This section contains the following information:

> - Create a New Room and News Channel Window Overview
> - To Create a Conference Room
> - To Create a News Channel

> ## Create a New Room and News Channel Window Overview

> When creating rooms or news channels, the same basic window is displayed. When working with rooms, the title of this window is “Create a new room”. When working with news channels, the title is “Create a new news channel”.

> Your administrator determines which users have access to creating conference rooms and news channels.

> The “Create a new room” or “Create a news channel” window contains the following items:

> - Room name or News channel text box - Type the name you want to assign to the new conference room or news channel.
> - Default Access list box - Displays a drop-down list of Access levels you can set for all users. If you want to assign specific privileges to individuals, use the Room or News Channel Administration window. See Administering Rooms and News Channels for more information.
> - Show participants (Conference rooms only) - Check to display a list of current users in the room.
> - OK button - Creates the new room or news channel.
> - Cancel button - Returns without creating a new room or news channel.
> - Help button - Displays this Help topic.

> ## To Create a Conference Room

> Note | You need the Create Room privilege to be able to create a room. Contact your administrator for more information. If you do not have the Create Room privilege, you do not see the Create, Delete, or Manage buttons on the Conference Tab.

> 1. In the Main Window, with the Conference tab selected, click the Manage Conference Room button (the gold shield) icon:

> The Conference Room Administration Window is displayed. Click the New Room button.

> The Create a New Room window is displayed.

> 2. Type a name for the room in the “Room name” text box.
> 3. Use the Default Access drop-down list to select the room access that will be granted to all users.

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

> 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, and not send them.

> None: Select None, if you want only a few users to be able to use this conference room.

> 4. For user administration see Administering Rooms and News Channels for more information.
> 5. Select “Show participants in chat window” checkbox to display the list of current users in the room.
> 6. Click OK to return to the Conference Room Administration Window.
> 7. Click Ok or Close to return to the Main Window.

> The new room appears in the Conference Room list.

> ### See Also:

> - Administering Rooms and News Channels

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