Microsoft Office Communicator 2007
Using the Status Indicator
The Status Indicator shows your availability and that of each contact on your Contact List. It also reflects your Outlook calendar. For example, if you have something scheduled on your calendar, your Status Indicator in Communicator will automatically change to Busy. However, you can manually set/change your status should you want your contacts to feel they can contact you via IM.
Your Status Indicator is the large colored icon in the top left corner of the Communicator window. The Status Indicator for each of your contacts appears before their names in the Contact List.
Manually setting your Status Indicator in Communicator 2007 is simple. This document will show you how to change and set your Status Indicator.
The following are the available Status Indicators.
NOTE: Some Status Indicators are set automatically by the program and cannot be manually selected (e.g., Offline).
| Status Indicator | Status | Description |
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Available | The contact is online and is available for communication. |
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Busy | The contact is online but is preoccupied with another activity (e.g., a meeting) and is unavailable for communication. NOTE: During the times that you have meetings scheduled on Outlook, your Status Indicator will change to this icon. |
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Do Not Disturb | The contact has manually set their status to Do Not Disturb. |
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Be Right Back / Away | The contact is online but has not been active on his/her computer for a period of time so Communicator 2007 assumes that the contact is not present and automatically changes the Status Indicator from Available to Away. NOTE: This Status Indicator can also be set manually. |
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Inactive | The contact is online but has not been active on his/her computer for a period of time. The status is transitioning to Away. NOTE: This is automatically set by Communicator 2007. |
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Busy (Inactive) | The contact is scheduled for a meeting and has been inactive on his/her computer for a period of time. The status is transitioning to Away. NOTE: This is automatically set by Communicator 2007. |
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Offline | The contact is no longer online because he/she has signed off or shut down the program. NOTE: This is automatically set by Communicator 2007. |
To set your Status:
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In the upper left corner, from the Status Indicator menu, select the desired Status Indicator
EXAMPLE: Select Busy
The desired Status Indicator is displayed.
