Changing And Monitoring Online Status - LG Lucid VS840 Owner's Manual

To chat on or off-the-record
Your Google Talk messages are stored, so you can review them later and
even search for them, in the Chats folder in Gmail. If you'd rather not store
the messages in a chat, you can chat off-the-record.
While chatting, touch the Menu Key
To return to on-the-record chatting, touch the Menu Key
on record
To end a chat
When you've finished your conversation, it's easy to end a chat session.
From your Friends list, touch and hold the friend you want to stop
chatting with. In the Context menu that opens, touch End chat.
OR
From a chat screen, touch the Menu Key

Changing and Monitoring Online Status

Google Talk allows you to change how you appear to others; you can
change your online status and status messages, as well as the picture that
appears next to your name on your friends' list.
To change your online status
1. From the Home Screen, touch the Apps Key
2. Touch your email address at the top of your Friends list.
3. In the Set status screen that opens, touch your current status, then touch
the new status you want to set.
NOTE Touch the checkbox to indicate whether you are available for video/voice chat.
4. Touch Done.
Your status and any message you've entered appear in your Friends' lists
and in other locations where your status or status message are displayed.
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Communication
> Chat off record
> End chat.
> Talk .
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> Chat