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- type="topic" style="task"
+ type="guide" style="task"
id="add-account">
<info>
<e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
-->
</revision>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.3" date="2010-02-03" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.4" date="2010-04-19" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.5" date="2011-12-19" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="3.12.6" date="2014-10-07" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
+ <license>
+ <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
+ </license>
+<!--
<copyright>
<year>2009</year>
<name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
</copyright>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+-->
</info>
<title>Add a new account</title>
<steps>
<item>
- <p>From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
- <gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press <key>F4</key>.</p>
+ <p>Click <guiseq><gui>Empathy</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press
+ <key>F4</key>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Click the <gui style="button">Add</gui> button.</p>
+ <p>
+ Click <gui style="button">+</gui>.
+ </p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>From the <gui>Add new</gui> drop-down list, select the type of account you wish
- to add.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>If you do not already have a registered account, select <gui>Create a new account</gui>.
- This feature is not available for all account types, and may not work with some account
- providers. See <link xref="create-account"/> for more information.</p>
- </item>
- <item>
- <p>Click <gui>Create</gui>.</p>
+ <p>From the <gui>What kind of chat account do you have?</gui> drop-down
+ list, select the type of account you wish to add.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Enter the required information. For most accounts, you will only need
a login ID and a password. Some accounts may require additional information.
- See <link xref="accounts-window#details"/> for more information.</p>
+ See <link xref="accounts-window#details"/>for more information.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>Click <gui style="button">Connect</gui> to enable the new account.</p>
-
- <!-- TODO: check if it's a bug or what. In case, this part needs to
- be removed or we must signal it as a bug! -->
-
- <note style="warning">
- <p>If you close the <gui>Accounts</gui> window without clicking
- <gui>Connect</gui>, the entire account will be lost, and you will
- need to create it again.</p>
- <p>If you select another account without clicking <gui>Connect</gui>,
- any information you have entered will be lost.</p>
- </note>
+ <p>Click <gui style="button">Add</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
- <p>To change the name the identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
- window, select the account from the list on the left and either click on the
- name or press the space bar. Edit the account name and press <key>Enter</key>
- when you’re finished.</p>
+ <p>To change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Messaging and
+ VoIP Accounts</gui> window, select the account from the list on the left
+ and either click on the name or press the space bar. Edit the account name
+ and press <key>Enter</key> when you’re finished.</p>
</note>
-
</page>