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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       <!--
15       <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-02" status="done"/>
16       -->
17     </revision>
18     <credit type="author">
19       <name>Peter Haslam</name>
20       <email>peter.haslam@freenet.de</email>
21     </credit>
22     <credit type="author">
23       <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
24       <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
25     </credit>
26     <credit>
27       <name>Shaun McCance</name>
28       <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
29     </credit>
30     <license>
31       <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
32     </license>    
33 <!--
34     <copyright>
35       <year>2009</year>
36       <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
37     </copyright>
38     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
39 -->
40   </info>
41
42   <title>Import an existing account</title>
43
44   <p>The first time you run <app>Empathy</app>, it will offer to import your
45   accounts from other instant messaging applications.  Currently, the only
46   supported application is <app>Pidgin</app>.</p>
47
48   <steps>
49     <item>
50       <p>Run <app>Empathy</app> for the first time.  An assistant will offer
51       you a number of options to create new accounts.</p>
52     </item>
53     <item>
54       <p>Select <gui>Yes, import my account details from</gui> and click
55       <gui>Forward</gui>.</p>
56     </item>
57     <item>
58       <p>Select the check box next to each account you wish to import.</p>
59     </item>
60     <item>
61       <p>Click <gui style="button">Apply</gui>.</p>
62     </item>
63   </steps>
64
65   <note>
66     <p>It is not currently possible to import accounts after you have completed
67     the first-run assistant.</p>
68   </note>
69
70 </page>