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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>