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Creating your own Launchpad account lets you contribute to a wide range of open source software projects, in several ways:
 * reporting and commenting on bugs
 * creating and commenting on feature specifications (blueprints)
 * translating into different languages
 * asking for and offering help
 * viewing and contributing code.

== Step by step guide ==

'''Step 1:''' Visit [https://launchpad.net launchpad.net] in your web browser.

'''Step 2:''' Click '''Log In / Register''' in the top right corner of the page.

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'''Step 3:''' Enter your email address, in the ''Not registered yet?'' section, then click '''Register'''.

'''Step 4:''' Within a few minutes, you'll receive an email from Launchpad with the subject line "Finish your Launchpad registration". To continue your registration, click the link in the body of the email.

This will open the ''Complete your registration'' page in your web browser.

{i} '''Note:''' Occasionally, email from Launchpad is incorrectly trapped by spam filters. If you don't receive the confirmation email, try step 3 again, using a [http://mail.google.com Gmail] address.

'''Step 5:''' Enter the the that other Launchpad users will see when they view your profile and contributions, in the ''Display name'' text-box.

'''Step 6:''' If you don't want other Launchpad users to see your registered email addresses, select the ''Hide my email addresses from other Launchpad users'' check-box. This may make it more difficult for you to work with some Launchpad teams.

'''Step 7:''' Enter, then confirm, the password you want to use with your Launchpad account. When you're done, click '''Continue'''.

Launchpad will now create your new account and confirm its activation at the top of the page.

== What to do next ==

Now that you have a Launchpad account, you can tell other Launchpad users about yourself on your profile page. 		#redirect YourAccount/NewAccount

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