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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="send-file">
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<link type="guide" xref="index#advanced"/>
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<desc>Send a file from your computer to one of your contacts.</desc>
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<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-14" status="draft"/>
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<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-07-21" status="draft"/>
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<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-14" status="review"/>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Phil Bull</name>
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<email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
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<credit type="author">
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<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
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<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
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<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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<include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
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<title>Send files</title>
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From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
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Right-click on the contact you want to send a file, and select <gui>Send file</gui>.
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Click on the contact you want to send a file, and choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
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<gui>Contact</gui><gui>Send file</gui></guiseq>.
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Select the file to send, and click on <gui>Send</gui>.
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The <gui>File Transfers</gui> window will appear.
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Wait for your contact to accept the file transfer, or click
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<gui>Stop</gui> to halt the transfer.
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Once the transfer is finished, it is possible to close the <gui>File Transfers</gui>
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If you have multiple finished transfers listed in the window, click on
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<gui>Clear</gui> to empty the list. This will only remove the files from the
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list and will not delete them from your computer.
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It is possible to send files only using the following services: <em>Jabber</em>,
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<em>Google Talk</em> and <em>Salut</em>.
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In order to send a file to someone, you need to be connected to the Internet, or to