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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
type="topic"
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"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
<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>
<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>
</item>
<item>
<p>
If it is the first time you launch <app>Empathy</app>:
</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>
</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 dialog.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
<p>
If you want to change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Accounts</gui>
dialog, double-click on the name of the account in the box on the left of the dialog
and type the new name.
</p>
</page>
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