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 pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
  10     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
  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     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  20   </info>
  21
  22   <title>Add a new account</title>
  23
  24   <steps>
  25     <item>
  26       <p>
  27               From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
  28       </p>
  29       <list>
  30               <item>
  31                 <p>
  32                   Press <key>F4</key>.
  33           </p>
  34         </item>
  35         <item>
  36           <p>
  37             Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>.
  38           </p>
  39         </item>
  40       </list>
  41     </item>
  42     <item>
  43       <p>
  44               If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
  45       </p>
  46       <list>
  47               <item>
  48                 <p>
  49                   From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  50                   the service you wish to add an account for, then click
  51                   on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  52                </p>
  53         </item>
  54       </list>
  55       <p>
  56         Otherwise:
  57       </p>
  58       <steps>
  59         <item>
  60           <p>
  61             Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
  62           </p>
  63         </item>
  64         <item>
  65           <p>
  66             From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
  67              the service you wish to add an account for, then click
  68              on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
  69                 </p>
  70               </item>
  71       </steps>
  72     </item>
  73     <item>
  74       <p>
  75         Fill the required fields with your <em>user
  76          name</em> and  <em>password</em>.
  77       </p>
  78     </item>
  79     <item>
  80       <p>
  81         To enable the new account, select the
  82          <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
  83          the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog.
  84       </p>
  85     </item>
  86   </steps>
  87
  88   <p>
  89     If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
  90     dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
  91     and type the new name.
  92   </p>
  93
  94 </page>