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<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">
<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 contact with
the highest presence on-line.
</p>
</note>
</section>
<section id="unlinkg">
<title>Separating contacts</title>
<steps>
<item>
<p>
From the <gui>Contact List</gui>, right-click the contact
to separate, and select <gui style="menuitem">Link Contacts...</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Click <gui style="button">Unlink</gui>.
</p>
</item>
</steps>
</section>
</page>
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