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diff --git a/help/C/link-contacts.page b/help/C/link-contacts.page new file mode 100644 index 000000000..48d683322 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/link-contacts.page @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" + style="task" + id="link-contacts"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="index#contacts" /> + <link type="seealso" xref="send-message" /> + <link type="seealso" xref="audio-call" /> + <link type="seealso" xref="video-call" /> + <desc>Merge and separate different contacts into a single one.</desc> + <revision pkgversion="2.32" version="0.1" date="2010-09-06" status="draft"/> + <revision pkgversion="2.32" version="0.2" date="2010-09-09" status="review"/> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Milo Casagrande</name> + <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email> + </credit> + <license> + <p> + Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0 + </p> + </license> + </info> + + <title>Combine and separate contacts</title> + <p> + If one, or more, of your contacts has multiple accounts with different + messaging services, you can combine these contacts into a single one. + </p> + <p> + The resulting contact is called a <em>meta-contact</em>: a contact composed + from different single contacts. + </p> + <p> + If you have a Jane Smith contact that is using three different messaging + services like: + </p> + <list> + <item> + <p> + janes@facebook + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + jane.smith@gmail + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + jane_smith@hotmail + </p> + </item> + </list> + <p> + You can combine these contacts into a single Jane Smith one. + </p> + + <section id="linking" style="2column"> + <title>Combining contacts</title> + <steps> + <item> + <p> + From the <gui>Contact List</gui> window, right-click one of the contact + that has different accounts, and select + <gui style="menuitem">Link Contacts...</gui>. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + From the left pane in the <gui>Link Contacts</gui> window, + select the contacts you want to combine. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Click <gui style="button">Link</gui>. + </p> + </item> + </steps> + <note> + <p> + When a meta-contact has been created, the default contact that will be used + to have a conversation with when you double-click on it, is the last contact + you select to link from the <gui>Link Contacts</gui> window. + </p> + </note> + </section> + + <section id="unlinkg" style="2column"> + <title>Separating contacts</title> + <steps> + <item> + <p> + From the <gui>Contact List</gui>, right-click the contact + to separate, and select <gui style="menuitem">Unlink...</gui>. + </p> + </item> + <item> + <p> + Click on <gui style="button">Unlink</gui>. + </p> + </item> + </steps> + </section> +</page> |