Specifying Your Custom Status Message | Cisco Systems OL-10984-01

Chapter 9 About Your Preferences and Status

Specifying Preferences

	To Do This	Do This

	Let your status reflect your activity,	Do all of the following:
	so that other users see your status as	• Check both check boxes.
	Available, Busy, Idle, or Away.	• Check both check boxes.
	Available, Busy, Idle, or Away.	• Specify the number of minutes that
		• Specify the number of minutes that
		your phone or keyboard remains idle
		before your status changes to Idle
		and to Away.
		The number of minutes that you
		specify for Idle must be less than the
		number of minutes you specify for
		Away.

Related Topics

•Specifying Your Reachability Status, page 9-9

Specifying Your Custom Status Message

You can enter a custom status message that users see when they do the following:

•Hover their mouse pointer over your name in their contact list or Recent Communications.

•Look at your contact card (the message appears below your name.)

You can create and store multiple status messages from which to choose:

•Creating Custom Status Messages, page 9-11

•Choosing a Message to Display, page 9-12

•Modifying Custom Status Messages, page 9-12

•Deleting Custom Status Messages, page 9-12

Creating Custom Status Messages

Step 1 Click the Reachability pop-up menu near the top of the console and choose Edit

Status Menu....

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User Guide for Cisco Unified Personal Communicator 263 Ares AES MD5 Page Page Page NTP Page N T E N T S Xii Transferring Calls Xiii About Merging Calls Xiv Troubleshooting About Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Introducing Cisco Product Security Overview About Available FeaturesKey Features and Benefits About Available Features, Cisco Product Security Overview, System Requirements Installing Cisco Unified Personal CommunicatorProcedure Before You Use Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Setting Up Your HeadsetSetting Up Your Camera Setting Up Your Headset, Setting Up Your Camera, Before You Begin Setting Essential PreferencesLogging In for the First Time To Do This About LoggingLaunching and Logging First Time section on See the Setting Up Automatic Login and Password EntryAbout the Cisco Unified Personal Communicator Console Overview of the Console OL-10984-01 Choose Window Toggle pane View Changing the View of the Console and Its PanesItem Description See the Working With Contacts Working With Items Listed in Panes Other Useful Documentation Getting DocumentationQuick Start Guide Online Help This Item This Folder Uninstalling About Conversations Having Conversations Hosting Conference Calls Hosting Conference Calls Using Web ConferencingStarting Conversations Starting Audio Conversations Contacts Place Audio Call Starting Conversations With People Listed in the ConsoleTo Call a Person To Dial This Number This List Do This Place Audio Call Additional Details to view additional Info Specifying Your Reachability Status, Status Symbol Description Icon Preferred Contact Method Starting Conversations With People Who Are Not on a List Choose File Redial Most Recent Number Redialing the Last Number You CalledDialing a Number in Other Applications Choose File Toggle New Call Dialer Choose Dial With CiscoUPC Responding to Incoming CallsDialing From Your Macintosh Address Book Conversations on Hold and Retrieving Them Working With Conversations In ProgressBefore You Use Video section on Transferring Calls Entering Touch-Tone Responses Showing or Hiding the Roster of Participants Changing the Audio Volume and Video TransmissionWhen the Active Phone is Desk Phone When the Active Phone is Soft Phone To Do This Choose Conversation Putting Conversations on Hold and Retrieving ThemChoose Conversation Pause Video Pause Vide o button Closing Conversation Windows Ending Conversations OL-10984-01 Requirements apply. See the Before You Use Video section on About Video Conversations Choose Window Show Camera Preview Before You Use VideoPreviewing Your Video Image From Do This Starting Video ConversationsAdding Video to Conversations Conversations section on To Do This Click This Button Responding to Requests to Add Video to Conversations Add/Remove Video Removing Video from a ConversationDetach Preview OL-10984-01 About Web Conferencing Using Web Conferencing Start Web Conferencing Adding Web Conferencing to ConversationsAdding Participants to Web Conferencing Sessions Conference button Working With Web Conferencing Sessions In ProgressCisco Unified MeetingPlace Express Help Cisco Unified MeetingPlace Express Web Meetings Comparison with Using Web Conferencing OL-10984-01 About Merging Calls Creating Conference Calls Choose Conversation Merge Merging Calls Working With Conference Calls In Progress OL-10984-01 Choose Contacts Send E-mail To Send E-Mail From Do ThisSend E-mail OL-10984-01 About the Contact List Managing Contacts Working With Contacts Contact List section on Searching for ContactsNickname See the Deleting Contacts from Choose Get Contact Info Accessing Contact DetailsWorking With Search Results From Here Do This Choose Contacts New Group Working with Groups of ContactsDeleting Contacts from the Contact List Group See the Deleting Groups section on Adding Contacts to GroupsRename Group Choose Contacts Rename Deleting Contacts from the Contact List, Deleting GroupsContacts Add Contact To group name OL-10984-01 Working With Recent Communications About Recent Communications Unread Working With the Recent Communications List and Its EntriesChoose File Get Info Item Unread Choose Undelete Recent Item About Recent Communications ItemsEdit Delete Choose Recent Purge Deleted Items Icon Communication Type Accessing Voice MailSee the Setting Up Voice Mail and Web Conferencing Its Entries section on Recent Play Voice MailSee the Working With the Recent Communications List OL-10984-01 Choose Contacts Show My Info Viewing Your Current StatusTo View This Do This Choose Contacts Show My Setting Up Voice Mail, Setting Up Web Conferencing, Setting Up Voice Mail and Web ConferencingSetting Up Voice Mail Procedures Choose CiscoUPC Preferences Setting Up Web Conferencing After Logging Setting Up Automatic Login and Password EntryBefore Logging Choosing the Active Phone Canceling Automatic Log In and Password EntryAutomatically log in using this profile Canceling Automatic Log In and Password Entry, Choosing the Associated Desk Phone Column Number Specifying Only the Method Specifying the Method, Phone Number, and E-mail Address Option Details Specifying Your Reachability Status Computer for minutes Uncheck To Idle when I have not usedUncheck To Away when I have not used Click Reachability Status Menu Specifying Your Custom Status MessageCreating Custom Status Messages Deleting Custom Status Messages Choosing a Message to DisplayModifying Custom Status Messages Click the button below the message OL-10984-01 10-1 Troubleshooting 10-2 Installation ProblemsConfiguration Problems 10-3 Problems with the ConsoleProblems with Reachability See also Problems Making Calls, Problems with Video, Problems with Web Conferencing, Problems Making CallsProblems With Incoming Calls Problems During a Conversation 10-5 10-6 Problems with Video 10-7 Problems with Web Conferencing 10-8 Problems with SearchCapturing Information About Problems Click More Info Enabling Detailed LoggingFile This Folder UnifiedClientLog.txt 10-10 GL-1 See web conferenceContact Details window Window that displays during a conversation GL-2 See reachability IN-1 D E IN-2 IN-3 IN-4 IN-5 Clearing Deleting Security Services IN-6 About Adding participants