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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 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
23 <title>Add a new account</title>
28 From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
38 Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
45 If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
50 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
51 the service you wish to add an account for, then click
52 on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
62 Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
67 From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
68 the service you wish to add an account for, then click
69 on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
76 Fill the required fields with your <em>user
77 name</em> and <em>password</em>.
82 To enable the new account, select the
83 <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
84 the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
90 If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
91 dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
92 and type the new name.