1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
6 <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
7 <link type="seealso" xref="offline-contacts"/>
8 <desc>Add someone to the contact list.</desc>
9 <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-15" status="draft"/>
11 <credit type="author">
12 <name>Phil Bull</name>
13 <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>
17 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
20 <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
22 <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
26 <cite date="2009-06-15"><name>Phil Bull</name></cite>
27 <p>Instructions need review, didn't test with other IM services to confirm
28 the names of the textboxes. Also, check the name of the Add button.</p>
31 <title>Add someone to your list of contacts</title>
36 Choose <guiseq><gui>Chat</gui><gui>Add Contact</gui></guiseq>
41 From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the type of
42 service the person you want to add to your contacts is using.
47 In the <gui>Identifier</gui> text box, type the email address
48 or the username of the person you want to add to your
54 In the <gui>Alias</gui> text box, type their name.
59 Click <gui>Add</gui> to add the person to your list of
66 You can view your list of contacts in the main window of
72 To add a new person to your list of contacts, you need to be
73 connected to the Internet and to your account.