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2 xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
3 type="topic" style="task"
7 <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
8 <link type="seealso" xref="status-icons"/>
10 Change your status to advertise your availability to your contacts.
12 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
13 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review">
14 <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-01" status="done"/>
16 <credit type="author">
17 <name>Phil Bull</name>
18 <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
22 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
24 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
27 <title>Change your status</title>
29 <p>You can set your status to indicate your availability to your contacts.
30 <app>Empathy</app> allows you to select from a list of defined statuses.</p>
35 Click on the drop-down list at the top of the <gui>Contact List</gui> window.
40 Select a status from the list.
45 <p>See <link xref="status-icons"/> for a list of the built-in statuses
46 and what they mean. You can also <link xref="set-custom-message">add
47 custom status messages</link> to provide more information about your
48 availability to your contacts.</p>
51 <p>If you do not use your computer for a while, or if the screensaver is on,
52 the status will be automatically set to Away.</p>