Add, edit or delete personal messages for your status.
Jim Campbell
jwcampbell@gmail.com
Milo Casagrande
milo@ubuntu.com

# Set a custom message

Sometimes you may want to set a custom message for your status, for example to let people know that you will be unavailable for a certain period of time.

It is possible to set a custom message based on the different statuses available.

From the Contact List window, click on the drop-down list at the top.

Select the status you want to add a custom message to. You have to select the one identified with the label Custom Message.

Enter your custom message in the text box at the top of the window, and press Enter to set the message.

If you want to set the custom message as a favorite, saving it in order to use it again, click on the little star on the right of the text box where you wrote your custom message.

If you do not do it, the custom message will not be available the next time you use Empathy. It will be saved only for the current session.

# Edit, remove and add a custom message

From the Contact List window, click on the drop-down list at the top.

Select Edit Custom Message.

To edit a custom message:

From the Saved Presets box, select the status message you want to edit and double-click on it.

Type the new custom message and press Enter to modify it.

To remove a custom message:

From the Saved Presets box, select the status message you want to remove.

Click on the Remove button.

To add a new custom message, from the Add New Preset section:

Click on the drop-down list to select the status you want to set a custom message to.

Click on the text box, and type the new custom message.

Click on Add to add the new message to the presets ones.

When finished, click on Close.

When you edit or add a new custom message, it will not be set as the current status message. You will need to select it from the Contact List window.