<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
- type="topic"
- id="add-contact">
+ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
+ type="topic" style="task"
+ id="add-contact">
<info>
- <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
- <link type="seealso" xref="offline-contacts"/>
+ <link type="guide" xref="index#contacts"/>
+ <link type="seealso" xref="hide-contacts"/>
<desc>Add someone to the contact list.</desc>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-15" status="draft"/>
- <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-10" status="review">
+ <!--
+ <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
+ -->
+ </revision>
+ <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.3" date="2009-09-05" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Phil Bull</name>
<email>philbull@gmail.com</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 someone to your list of contacts</title>
- <comment>
- <cite date="2009-06-15">Phil Bull</cite>
- <p>Instructions need review, didn't test with other IM services to confirm
- the names of the textboxes. Also, check the name of the Add button.</p>
- </comment>
-
<steps>
<item>
- <p>
- Choose <guiseq><gui>Chat</gui><gui>Add Contact</gui></guiseq>.
- </p>
+ <p>Choose <guiseq><gui>Chat</gui><gui>Add Contact</gui></guiseq>.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the type of
- service the person you want to add to your contacts is using.
- </p>
+ <p>From the <gui>Account</gui> drop-down list, select the account you wish
+ to use to connect to your contact. Your contact will need to be using the
+ same service as the account you select.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- In the <gui>Identifier</gui> text box, type the email address
- or the username of the person you want to add to your
- contacts list.
- </p>
+ <p>In the <gui>Identifier</gui> field, enter your contact’s login ID, username,
+ screen name, or other appropriate identifier for the service type.</p>
</item>
<item>
- <p>
- In the <gui>Alias</gui> text box, type their name.
- </p>
+ <p>In the <gui>Alias</gui> field, type your contact’s name as you would like
+ it to appear in your contact list.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Click <gui>Add</gui> to add the person to your list of
- contacts.
+ contacts.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note>
<p>
To add a new person to your list of contacts, you need to be
- connected to the Internet and to your account.
+ connected to the Internet and to your account.
</p>
</note>