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      xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"
      type="topic" style="task"
      id="import-account">

  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#accounts"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="add-account"/>
    <link type="seealso" xref="remove-account"/>
    <desc>Import an account from another instant messaging application.</desc>
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      <e:review by="shaunm@gnome.org" date="2009-09-02" status="done"/>
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    </revision>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Peter Haslam</name>
      <email>peter.haslam@freenet.de</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author">
      <name>Milo Casagrande</name>
      <email>milo@ubuntu.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit>
      <name>Shaun McCance</name>
      <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
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    <copyright>
      <year>2009</year>
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
    </copyright>
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  </info>

  <title>Import an existing account</title>

  <p>The first time you run <app>Empathy</app>, it will offer to import your
  accounts from other instant messaging applications.  Currently, the only
  supported application is <app>Pidgin</app>.</p>

  <steps>
    <item>
      <p>Run <app>Empathy</app> for the first time.  An assistant will offer
      you a number of options to create new accounts.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select <gui>Yes, import my account details from</gui> and click
      <gui>Forward</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Select the check box next to each account you wish to import.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <p>Click <gui>Apply</gui>.</p>
    </item>
  </steps>

  <note>
    <p>It is not currently possible to import accounts after you have completed
    the first-run assistant.</p>
  </note>

</page>
