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   <comment>
  26     <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
  27     <p>Section about how to add a new account to <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
  28   </comment>
  29
  30   <title>Add a new account</title>
  31
  32   <steps>
  33     <item>
  34       <p>
  35               From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
  36       </p>
  37       <list>
  38         <item>
  39           <p>
  40             Press <key>F4</key>
  41           </p>
  42         </item>
  43         <item>
  44           <p>
  45             Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
  46           </p>
  47         </item>
  48       </list>
  49     </item>
  50     <item>
  51       <p>
  52               If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
  53       </p>
  54       <list>
  55         <item>
  56           <p>
  57             From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  58             the service you wish to add an account for, then click
  59             on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  60           </p>
  61         </item>
  62       </list>
  63       <p>
  64         Otherwise:
  65       </p>
  66       <steps>
  67         <item>
  68           <p>
  69             Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
  70           </p>
  71         </item>
  72         <item>
  73           <p>
  74             From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  75             the service you wish to add an account for, then click
  76             on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  77           </p>
  78         </item>
  79       </steps>
  80     </item>
  81     <item>
  82       <p>
  83       Fill the required fields with your <em>user
  84             name</em> and       <em>password</em>.
  85       </p>
  86     </item>
  87     <item>
  88       <p>
  89       To enable the new account, select the
  90             <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
  91             the name of the account in the box on the left of the window.
  92       </p>
  93     </item>
  94   </steps>
  95
  96 </page>