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="2009-06-14" status="stub"/>
  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</license>
  21
  22     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
  23       />
  24   </info>
  25
  26   <comment>
  27     <cite date="2009-06-14"><name>Milo Casagrande</name></cite>
  28     <p>Section about how to add a new account to <app>Empathy</app>.</p>
  29   </comment>
  30
  31   <title>Add a new account</title>
  32
  33   <steps>
  34     <item>
  35       <p>
  36         From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
  37       </p>
  38       <list>
  39         <item>
  40           <p>
  41             Press <key>F4</key>
  42           </p>
  43         </item>
  44         <item>
  45           <p>
  46             Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
  47           </p>
  48         </item>
  49       </list>
  50     </item>
  51     <item>
  52       <p>
  53         If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
  54       </p>
  55       <list>
  56         <item>
  57           <p>
  58             From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  59             the service you wish to add an account for, then click
  60             on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  61           </p>
  62         </item>
  63       </list>
  64       <p>
  65         Otherwise:
  66       </p>
  67       <steps>
  68         <item>
  69           <p>
  70             Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
  71           </p>
  72         </item>
  73         <item>
  74           <p>
  75             From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  76             the service you wish to add an account for, then click
  77             on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  78           </p>
  79         </item>
  80       </steps>
  81     </item>
  82     <item>
  83       <p>
  84         Fill the required fields with your <em>user
  85           name</em> and <em>password</em>.
  86       </p>
  87     </item>
  88     <item>
  89       <p>
  90         To enable the new account, select the
  91         <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
  92         the name of the account in the box on the left of the window.
  93       </p>
  94     </item>
  95   </steps>
  96
  97 </page>