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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/"
xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
type="guide" style="task"
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"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.28" version="0.2" date="2009-08-27" status="review">
<!--
<e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-08-31" status="done"/>
-->
</revision>
<revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.3" date="2010-02-03" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="2.30" version="0.4" date="2010-04-19" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.2" version="0.5" date="2011-12-19" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.12.6" date="2014-10-07" status="review"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Milo Casagrande</name>
<email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<license>
<p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p>
</license>
<!--
<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>
<p>You can add instant messaging accounts from any supported service to communicate
with all of your contacts in <app>Empathy</app>. For some account providers,
these steps will also allow you to register for a new account. For more details,
see <link xref="create-account"/>.</p>
<steps>
<item>
<p>Click <guiseq><gui>Empathy</gui><gui>Accounts</gui></guiseq>, or press
<key>F4</key>.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>
Click <gui style="button">+</gui>.
</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>From the <gui>What kind of chat account do you have?</gui> drop-down
list, select the type of account you wish to add.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Enter the required information. For most accounts, you will only need
a login ID and a password. Some accounts may require additional information.
See <link xref="accounts-window#details"/>for more information.</p>
</item>
<item>
<p>Click <gui style="button">Add</gui>.</p>
</item>
</steps>
<note style="tip">
<p>To change the name that identifies the account in the <gui>Messaging and
VoIP Accounts</gui> window, select the account from the list on the left
and either click on the name or press the space bar. Edit the account name
and press <key>Enter</key> when you’re finished.</p>
</note>
</page>
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