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@@ -1,91 +1,78 @@
 <page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
-  type="topic"
-  id="add-account">
+      xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
+      type="guide" style="task"
+      id="add-account">
 
   <info>
     <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
     <link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
     <desc>Add a new account to <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
-    <revision version="3.0" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
-
+    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
+    <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
+      <!--
+      <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>
     </credit>
+    <credit type="author">
+      <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>
-
-    <license>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</license>
-
     <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
+-->
   </info>
 
   <title>Add a new account</title>
 
+  <p>You can add instant messaging accounts from any supported service to communicate
+  with all of your contacts in <app>Empathy</app>.  For some account providers,
+  these steps will also allow you to register for a new account.  For more details,
+  see <link xref="create-account"/>.</p>
+
   <steps>
     <item>
-      <p>
-             From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, perform one of the following:
-      </p>
-      <list>
-       <item>
-         <p>
-           Press <key>F4</key>
-         </p>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-         <p>
-           Choose <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>
-         </p>
-       </item>
-      </list>
+      <p>Click <guiseq><gui>Empathy</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press
+      <key>F4</key>.</p>
     </item>
     <item>
       <p>
-             If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
+        Click <gui style="button">+</gui>.
       </p>
-      <list>
-       <item>
-         <p>
-           From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
-           the service you wish to add an account for, then click
-           on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
-         </p>
-       </item>
-      </list>
-      <p>
-       Otherwise:
-      </p>
-      <steps>
-       <item>
-         <p>
-           Click on the <gui>Add</gui> button.
-         </p>
-       </item>
-       <item>
-         <p>
-           From the <gui>Type</gui> drop-down list choose
-           the service you wish to add an account for, then click
-           on the <gui>Create</gui> button.
-         </p>
-       </item>
-      </steps>
     </item>
     <item>
-      <p>
-      Fill the required fields with your <em>user
-           name</em> and       <em>password</em>.
-      </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>
-      To enable the new account, select the
-           <gui>Enabled</gui> check-box next to
-           the name of the account in the box on the left of the window.
-      </p>
+      <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>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Click <gui style="button">Add</gui>.</p>
     </item>
   </steps>
 
+  <note style="tip">
+    <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>