<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
      xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="change-status">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="status-icons"/>
    <desc>
      Change your status to advertise your availability to your contacts.
    </desc>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review">
      <!--
      <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-01" status="done"/>
      -->
    </revision>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Phil Bull</name>
      <email>philbull@gmail.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>Change your status</title>

  <p>You can set your status to indicate your availability to your contacts.
  <app>Empathy</app> allows you to select from a list of defined statuses.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>
        Click on the drop-down list at the top of the <gui>Contact List</gui> window.
      </p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>
        Select a status from the list.
      </p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <p>See <link xref="status-icons"/> for a list of the built-in statuses
  and what they mean.  You can also <link xref="set-custom-message">add
  custom status messages</link> to provide more information about your
  availability to your contacts.</p>

  <note>
    <p>If you do not use your computer for a while, or if the screensaver is on,
    the status will be automatically set to Away.</p>
  </note>

</page>
