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6 <link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
7 <desc>Send a file from your computer to one of your contacts.</desc>
8 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
9 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-07-21" status="draft"/>
11 <credit type="author">
12 <name>Phil Bull</name>
13 <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
15 <credit type="author">
16 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
17 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
21 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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27 <title>Send files</title>
32 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
37 Right-click on the contact you want to send a file, and select <gui>Send file</gui>.
42 Click on the contact you want to send a file, and choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
43 <gui>Contact</gui><gui>Send file</gui></guiseq>.
50 Select the file to send, and click on <gui>Send</gui>.
55 The <gui>File Transfers</gui> window will appear. Wait for your contact to accept the
56 file transfer, or click <gui>Stop</gui> to halt the transfer.
63 It is possible to send files only using the following services: <em>Jabber</em>,
64 <em>Google Talk</em> and <em>Salut</em>.
69 If your contact accepts the file transfer, you can watch the progress of the
70 transfer and see the estimated amount of time remaining before it is complete.
73 If they do not accept it, the status of the transfer will change to <gui>File
74 transfer cancelled</gui>, and the file will not be sent.
77 Once a transfer is finished, you can close the <gui>File Transfers</gui>
78 window. If you have multiple finished transfers listed in the window, click on
79 <gui>Clear</gui> to empty the list. This will only remove the files from the
80 list and will not delete them from your computer.
85 In order to send a file to someone, you need to be connected to the Internet, or to