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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
  type="topic"
  id="send-file">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#talk"/>
    <desc>Send a file from your computer to one of your contacts.</desc>
    <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" date="2009-07-21" status="draft"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Phil Bull</name>
      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
    </copyright>

    <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>

    <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
  </info>

  <title>Send a file to someone</title>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
      </p>
      <list>
        <item>
          <p>
            Right-click on the contact you want to send a file, and select <gui>Send file</gui>.
          </p>
        </item>
        <item>
          <p>
            Click on the contact you want to send a file, and choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
            <gui>Contact</gui><gui>Send file</gui></guiseq>.
          </p>
        </item>
      </list>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Select the file to send, and click on <gui>Send</gui>.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        The <gui>File Transfers</gui> window will appear. Wait for your contact to accept the 
        file transfer, or click <gui>Stop</gui> to halt the transfer.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>
    If your contact accepts the file transfer, you can watch the progress of the 
    transfer and see the estimated amount of time remaining before it is complete.
  </p>
  <p>
    If they do not accept it, the status of the transfer will change to <gui>File 
    transfer cancelled</gui>, and the file will not be sent.
  </p>
  <p>
    Once a transfer is finished, you can close the <gui>File Transfers</gui> 
    window. If you have multiple finished transfers listed in the window, click on 
    <gui>Clear</gui> to empty the list. This will only remove the files from the 
    list and will not delete them from your computer.
  </p>

  <note>
    <p>
      In order to send a file to someone, you need to be connected to the Internet, or to 
      a local area network.
    </p>
  </note>

</page>