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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
id="set-custom-status">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="change-status"/>
<link type="seealso" xref="status-icons"/>
<desc>
Add, edit or delete personal messages 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>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
-->
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
</info>
<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>
From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at
the top.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
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 message in the text box at the top of the window, and
press <key>Enter</key> to set the message.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
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>
<p>
Select <gui>Edit Custom Message</gui>.
</p>
</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>
When finished, click on <gui>Close</gui>.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<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>
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