help/C/add-account.page

   1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
   2   type="topic"
   3   id="add-account">
   4
   5   <info>
   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"/>
  10
  11     <credit type="author">
  12       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
  13       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
  14     </credit>
  15     <copyright>
  16       <year>2009</year>
  17       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
  18     </copyright>
  19
  20     <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
  21
  22     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  23   </info>
  24
  25   <title>Add a new account</title>
  26
  27   <steps>
  28     <item>
  29       <p>
  30               From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
  31       </p>
  32       <list>
  33         <item>
  34           <p>
  35             Press <key>F4</key>
  36           </p>
  37         </item>
  38         <item>
  39           <p>
  40             Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
  41           </p>
  42         </item>
  43       </list>
  44     </item>
  45     <item>
  46       <p>
  47               If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
  48       </p>
  49       <list>
  50         <item>
  51           <p>
  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.
  55           </p>
  56         </item>
  57       </list>
  58       <p>
  59         Otherwise:
  60       </p>
  61       <steps>
  62         <item>
  63           <p>
  64             Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
  65           </p>
  66         </item>
  67         <item>
  68           <p>
  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.
  72           </p>
  73         </item>
  74       </steps>
  75     </item>
  76     <item>
  77       <p>
  78       Fill the required fields with your <em>user
  79             name</em> and       <em>password</em>.
  80       </p>
  81     </item>
  82     <item>
  83       <p>
  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
  87       </p>
  88     </item>
  89   </steps>
  90
  91 </page>