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Chapter 5: How to Contact Others
Each contact in your Contact List has a Presence button that reflects his or her current state of
availability. You can use a contact’s presence status to decide which mode of communication is best
suited for successful communication that contact. For example, if a contact’s status is Available, you
can send her an instant message or place a call to her. If a contact’s status is Busy, you might want to
send an e-mail or check the contact card to determine when the person will be free for a conversation.
In this chapter, we will show you how to:
Determine if a contact is available for a conversation.
Find additional contact details, such as a schedule, to determine when a contact will be
available.
Find alternate contact phone numbers, such as mobile phone or other phone numbers.
Tag a contact so you are notified when the contact becomes available.
Know If and When a Contact is Available
The Presence information that is displayed for each contact in your Contact List reflects the
availability of the contact, as shown below in Figure 5.1. Presence status is indicated graphically by a
Presence button to the left of the contact’s name, and by a text string to the right of the contact’s name.
Some Presence states, such as Available, can be set either by the user or by Office Communicator;
other Presence states, such as Inactive, can only be set by Office Communicator.
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