help/C/import-account.page

   1 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
   2       xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
   3       type="topic" style="task"
   4       id="import-account">
   5
   6   <info>
   7     <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
   8     <link type="seealso" xref="add-account"/>
   9     <link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
  10     <desc>Import an account from another instant messaging application.</desc>
  11     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-22" status="draft"/>
  12     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-22" status="review"/>
  13     <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.3" date="2009-09-02" status="review">
  14       <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-02" status="done"/>
  15     </revision>
  16     <credit type="author">
  17       <name>Peter Haslam</name>
  18       <email>peter.haslam@freenet.de</email>
  19     </credit>
  20     <credit type="author">
  21       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
  22       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
  23     </credit>
  24     <credit>
  25       <name>Shaun McCance</name>
  26       <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
  27     </credit>
  28     <copyright>
  29       <year>2009</year>
  30       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
  31     </copyright>
  32     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
  33   </info>
  34
  35   <title>Import an existing account</title>
  36
  37   <p>The first time you run <app>Empathy</app>, it will offer to import your
  38   accounts from other instant messaging applications.  Currently, the only
  39   supported application is <app>Pidgin</app>.</p>
  40
  41   <steps>
  42     <item>
  43       <p>Run <app>Empathy</app> for the first time.  An assistant will offer
  44       you a number of options to create new accounts.</p>
  45     </item>
  46     <item>
  47       <p>Select <gui>Yes, import my account details from</gui> and click
  48       <gui>Forward</gui>.</p>
  49     </item>
  50     <item>
  51       <p>Select the check box next to each account you wish to import.</p>
  52     </item>
  53     <item>
  54       <p>Click <gui>Apply</gui>.</p>
  55     </item>
  56   </steps>
  57
  58   <note>
  59     <p>It is not currently possible to import accounts after you have completed
  60     the first-run assistant.</p>
  61   </note>
  62
  63 </page>