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diff --git a/help/C/set-custom-status.page b/help/C/set-custom-status.page index 04e49e4ab..3c705af2d 100644 --- a/help/C/set-custom-status.page +++ b/help/C/set-custom-status.page @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ <link type="seealso" xref="change-status"/> <link type="seealso" xref="status-icons"/> <desc> - Setting a custom status. + Set a personal message for your status. </desc> <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-30" status="draft"/> - + <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/> <credit type="author"> <name>Jim Campbell</name> <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email> @@ -23,39 +23,141 @@ <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> </info> - <title>Set a custom status</title> + <title>Set a custom message</title> + + <p> + Sometimes you may want to set a custom message for your status, for example to let + people know that you will be unavailable for a certain period of time. + </p> + <p> + It is possible to set a custom message based on the different statuses available. + </p> + + <steps> + <item> <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> + From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at + the top. + </p> + </item> <item> <p> - Click on the drop-down list at the top of the main window of - <app>Empathy</app>. + Select the status you want to add a custom message to. You have to select the one + identified with the label <gui>Custom Message</gui>. </p> </item> <item> <p> - Enter your custom status message into the "Add New Preset" box. + Enter your custom message in the text box at the top of the window, and + press <key>Enter</key> to set the message. </p> </item> <item> <p> - Select a generic status type from the drop-down menu. + If you want to set the custom message as a favorite, saving it in order to use it + again, click on the little star on the right of the text box where you wrote your + custom message. + </p> + <p> + If you do not do it, the custom message will not be available the next time you + use <app>Empathy</app>. It will be saved only for the current session. + </p> + </item> + </steps> + + <section id="edit-custom"> + + <title>Edit, remove and add a custom message</title> + + <steps> + <item> + <p> + From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at + the top. </p> - </item> - <item> + </item> + <item> <p> - Click on the +Add button to add the custom status to - your list of possible status indicators. + Select <gui>Edit Custom Message</gui>. </p> </item> - <item> + <item> + <list> + <item> + <p> + To edit a custom message: + </p> + <steps> + <item> + <p> + From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message + you want to edit and double-click on it. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Type the new custom message and press <key>Enter</key> to modify it. + </p> + </item> + </steps> + </item> + <item> + <p> + To remove a custom message: + </p> + <steps> + <item> + <p> + From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message you want + to remove. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button. + </p> + </item> + </steps> + </item> + <item> + <p> + To add a new custom message, from the <gui>Add New Preset</gui> section: + </p> + <steps> + <item> + <p> + Click on the drop-down list to select the status you want to set a custom + message to. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Click on the text box, and type the new custom message. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Click on <gui>Add</gui> to add the new message to the presets ones. + </p> + </item> + </steps> + </item> + </list> + </item> + <item> <p> - Click "Close" and then select your newly-created status from - the drop-down menu at the top of the application. + When finished, click on <gui>Close</gui>. </p> </item> </steps> + + <note> + <p> + When you edit or add a new custom message, it will not be set as the current + status message. You will need to select it from the <gui>Contact List</gui> window. + </p> + </note> + + </section> + </page> |