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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 Add, edit or delete personal messages 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>
18 <credit type="author">
19 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
20 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
24 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
26 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" />
29 <title>Set a custom message</title>
32 Sometimes you may want to set a custom message for your status, for example to let
33 people know that you will be unavailable for a certain period of time.
36 It is possible to set a custom message based on the different statuses available.
42 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at
48 Select the status you want to add a custom message to. You have to select the one
49 identified with the label <gui>Custom Message</gui>.
54 Enter your custom message in the text box at the top of the window, and
55 press <key>Enter</key> to set the message.
60 If you want to set the custom message as a favorite, saving it in order to use it
61 again, click on the little star on the right of the text box where you wrote your
65 If you do not do it, the custom message will not be available the next time you
66 use <app>Empathy</app>. It will be saved only for the current session.
71 <section id="edit-custom">
73 <title>Edit, remove and add a custom message</title>
78 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, click on the drop-down list at
84 Select <gui>Edit Custom Message</gui>.
91 To edit a custom message:
96 From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message
97 you want to edit and double-click on it.
102 Type the new custom message and press <key>Enter</key> to modify it.
109 To remove a custom message:
114 From the <gui>Saved Presets</gui> box, select the status message you want
120 Click on the <gui>Remove</gui> button.
127 To add a new custom message, from the <gui>Add New Preset</gui> section:
132 Click on the drop-down list to select the status you want to set a custom
138 Click on the text box, and type the new custom message.
143 Click on <gui>Add</gui> to add the new message to the presets ones.
152 When finished, click on <gui>Close</gui>.
159 When you edit or add a new custom message, it will not be set as the current
160 status message. You will need to select it from the <gui>Contact List</gui> window.