VIDEO: New messaging system on Facebook

Instead of a e-mail via Facebook-Message a file to one of your friends to ship? A new messaging system that Facebook introduced some time ago allows files to be sent as attachments to messages. For example, you can use text documents, pictures or simply send videos as an attachment to a Facebook message without investing a lot of time. This is how it works with sending attachment files.

Use the new messaging system

• In order to be able to use the message system on Facebook, you must of course be logged in to Facebook with your access data. If this is not the case, open the Facebook start page in your browser and enter the for it in the top right corner Enter your user e-mail address and the associated password in the text fields provided and confirm by clicking on "Register".
• After you have completed the log-in, you will be taken to your personal wall page, where you can find out new things. To access the messaging system, click on the speech bubble icons to the right of the "Facebook" text in the upper left corner of the page. Now click on "Show all messages".

Send files via Facebook

1. To send a file through Facebook, you first need to open a message window. You do this by clicking "+ New Message" in the top center.
2. Now you can enter the recipient of the message or file under "To:" and choose from the search suggestions.


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3. To send a file as an attachment to a Facebook message, click on the paper clip icon on the left below the text field and select the file to be attached. With a click on "Open" the file is added to the message and you can send the complete package of message and file with a click on "Send".