<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="contacts-setup" xml:lang="kn">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="contacts" group="#first"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.5.5" date="2012-08-13" status="draft"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.12" date="2014-02-26" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.13.91" date="2014-09-05" status="final"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.22" date="2017-03-19" status="draft"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

      <years>2012</years>

    </credit>

    <credit type="author copyright">

      <name>Paul Cutler</name>

      <email>pcutler@gnome.org</email>

      <years>2017</years>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Store your contacts in a local address book or in an online account.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Starting Contacts for the first time</title>

  
When you run <app>Contacts</app> for the first time, the <gui>Select

  Address Book</gui> window opens.

  
If you have <link xref="accounts">online accounts</link> configured, they

  are listed with <gui>Local Address Book</gui>. Select an item from the

  list and click <gui style="button">Done</gui>. All new contacts you create

  will be saved to the address book you choose. You are also able to view and

  edit contacts in other address books.

  
If you have no online accounts configured, click

  <gui style="button">Online Accounts</gui> to begin the setup. If you do not

  wish to set up online accounts at this time, click <gui style="button">Local

  Address Book</gui>.

</page>