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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 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"/>
+ <credit type="author">
+ <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
+ <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
+ </credit>
+ <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, 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>