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3 id="set-custom-status">
6 <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
7 <link type="seealso" xref="change-status"/>
8 <link type="seealso" xref="status-icons"/>
10 Set a personal message for your status.
12 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-30" status="draft"/>
13 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
14 <credit type="author">
15 <name>Jim Campbell</name>
16 <email>jwcampbell@gmail.com</email>
20 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
23 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
26 <title>Set a custom message</title>
29 Sometimes you may want to set a custom message for your status, for example to let
30 people know that you will be unavailable for a certain period of time.
33 It is possible to set a custom message based on the different statuses available.
39 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at
45 Select the status you want to add a custom message to. You have to select the one
46 identified with the label <gui>Custom Message</gui>.
51 Enter your custom message in the text box at the top of the window, and
52 press <key>Enter</key> to set the message.
57 If you want to set the custom message as a favorite, saving it in order to use it
58 again, click on the little star on the right of the text box where you wrote your
62 If you do not do it, the custom message will not be available the next time you
63 use <app>Empathy</app>. It will be saved only for the current session.
68 <section id="edit-custom">
70 <title>Edit, remove and add a custom message</title>
75 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at
81 Select <gui>Edit Custom Message</gui>.
88 To edit a custom message:
93 From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message
94 you want to edit and double-click on it.
99 Type the new custom message and press <key>Enter</key> to modify it.
106 To remove a custom message:
111 From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message you want
117 Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button.
124 To add a new custom message, from the <gui>Add New Preset</gui> section:
129 Click on the drop-down list to select the status you want to set a custom
135 Click on the text box, and type the new custom message.
140 Click on <gui>Add</gui> to add the new message to the presets ones.
149 When finished, click on <gui>Close</gui>.
156 When you edit or add a new custom message, it will not be set as the current
157 status message. You will need to select it from the <gui>Contact List</gui> window.