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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
  type="topic"
  id="set-custom-status">
  
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#talk"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="change-status"/>
    <desc>
      Setting a custom status.
    </desc>
    <revision version="1.0" date="2009-06-30" status="draft"/>
    
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Jim Campbell</name>
      <email>jwcampbell@gmail.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>Set a custom status</title>
      <p>
    Sometimes you may want to set a custom status, for example to let people know that you will be unavailable for a certain period of time.  
      </p>
      
    <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
    Click on the drop-down list at the top of the main window of
    <app>Empathy</app>.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
    Enter your custom status message into the "Add New Preset" box. 
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
    Select a generic status type from the drop-down menu.
      </p>
    </item> 
    <item>
      <p>
    Click on the +Add button to add the custom status to 
    your list of possible status indicators.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
    Click "Close" and then select your newly-created status from 
    the drop-down menu at the top of the application.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>
</page>