Many people use Skype, because using this program is easy to communicate. He has a fairly large audience, a convenient interface for making calls and chatting. In order to make your page unique and recognizable, you can set the original status in Skype.
Types of personal settings
Two types of statuses are available for users. One will be located next to your avatar, and the other will notify your list of contacts about being online. In the personal status usually put:
- mood;
- quotes expressing thoughts and state of mind ;
- advertising their services, if the program is used for negotiations and communication at work.
The status of Skype you choose depends on you and the purpose for which you use the application. With it, you can make your page attractive and unlike others with identical data. To do this, just write an unusual phrase and set an attractive avatar. By text you can emphasize your personality so that it becomes recognizable.
What is the network status in Skype, and how to change it
It would seem that the Skype application is simple and convenient, but for a novice user, it has many unexpected features, and one of them is the status of being on the network. You can put it depending on the degree of your employment and readiness to receive calls and messages:
- Online. It is installed by default, and appears for other users as soon as you enter the program. This means that you are active and ready to receive messages and calls.
- Absent. Means that you are away from the computer and do other things.
- Do not disturb. It can be set when you are busy and not ready for communication.
- Invisible. Your contact list will show that you are disconnected from the program. The messages they send you will be instantly displayed.
- Offline. You will not receive messages and calls until you change the status.
- Call forwarding If you see such a state in someone from your contact list, it means that the message or call you sent will be sent to a landline or mobile phone.
You can change this status in Skype through the main program window. Under your name you will see a colorful circle, click on it, and in the context menu that appears, select the options you need. Another opportunity to do this when the program is minimized to tray. To do this, click on the program icon and open the "network status" menu.
How to make Skype status unusual
You can attract attention with the help of an original looking status. This is a good way to advertise yourself as a qualified specialist or to draw attention to your personality for communication.
For older versions of the application until the 5th inclusive, it was possible to install the Extas add-on, namely Rich Mood Editor. It allowed directly in the application to change the spelling of the status phrase and make it more vivid to attract the attention of users.
Recently, the Skype program has often been forcibly updated, and now its version is 7.4. The additional features described above have now become impossible to download. Therefore, the Pamela for Skype program was released, which works with the Rich Mood editor. This extension also allows you to set an unusually looking status in Skype. You can increase the font, make the letters more bold or colored. The changes will be visible to all users of the version of Skype for Windows OC. It doesn’t matter if they have this mod installed.
How to work with the Rich Mood tool
Consider the work of this program on the example of how to set a blinking status in Skype. To do this, download and install the Pamela application, as well as the Rich Mood extension to it. Find
the button of this editor on the
toolbar and click on it. It will open in an additional window. Enter in it the text that you want to put in the status. Make the necessary changes in
font size, writing style, and color.
Next to changing the writing style, there is a “Blink” button that will make your status perform this action. After you finish formatting the text, click the "Upload to Skype" button. It is located on the first line of the toolbar. Your message will immediately be published as a personal status, and all your friends and relatives will be able to see it.
You can view the statuses of your friends on the Skype application main page or in the header of the selected chat.