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3 type="guide" style="task"
7 <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
8 <link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
9 <desc>Add a new account to <app>Empathy</app>.</desc>
10 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-06-24" status="draft"/>
11 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.1" date="2009-08-10" status="review"/>
12 <revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
14 <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
17 <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.3" date="2010-02-03" status="review"/>
18 <revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.4" date="2010-04-19" status="review"/>
19 <revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.5" date="2011-12-19" status="review"/>
20 <revision pkgversion="3.12.6" date="2014-10-07" status="review"/>
21 <credit type="author">
22 <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
23 <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
25 <credit type="author">
26 <name>Shaun McCance</name>
27 <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
30 <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
35 <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
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41 <title>Add a new account</title>
43 <p>You can add instant messaging accounts from any supported service to communicate
44 with all of your contacts in <app>Empathy</app>. For some account providers,
45 these steps will also allow you to register for a new account. For more details,
46 see <link xref="create-account"/>.</p>
50 <p>Click <guiseq><gui>Empathy</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press
55 Click <gui style="button">+</gui>.
59 <p>From the <gui>What kind of chat account do you have?</gui> drop-down
60 list, select the type of account you wish to add.</p>
63 <p>Enter the required information. For most accounts, you will only need
64 a login ID and a password. Some accounts may require additional information.
65 See <link xref="accounts-window#details"/>for more information.</p>
68 <p>Click <gui style="button">Add</gui>.</p>
73 <p>To change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Messaging and
74 VoIP Accounts</gui> window, select the account from the list on the left
75 and either click on the name or press the space bar. Edit the account name
76 and press <key>Enter</key> when you’re finished.</p>