How do I create a new administrator account?

I want to create a new administrator account and then move everythng (files, etc.) over to the new account. Then I would delete the old account.
How do I do that? I am running 10.7.5 on a Macbook Pro.
Thanks,
Catherine

Open System Preferences / Users & Groups with your current admin account.
Click the Lock icon (lower left) to unlock Users & Groups.
Click the "+" sign to add a new user. Select Administrator from the dropdown user type.
Enter the new user's name and password.
You will have to give yourself access to the folders of the new User, otherwise you can't copy files to them. You may also have to change permissions on each file in your folders so your new user has Read/Write access.

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