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6 <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
7 <link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
8 <desc>Add a new account to <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
9 <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
11 <credit type="author">
12 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
13 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
17 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
20 <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
22 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
25 <title>Add a new account</title>
30 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
40 Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
47 If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
52 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
53 the service you wish to add an account for, then click
54 on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
64 Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
69 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
70 the service you wish to add an account for, then click
71 on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
78 Fill the required fields with your <em>user
79 name</em> and <em>password</em>.
84 To enable the new account, select the
85 <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
86 the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
92 If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
93 dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
94 and type the new name.