# Prerequisites for working with Tag Editor
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Before you get started working to tag your resources, be sure you have an active AWS account with existing resources and appropriate rights to tag resources and create groups.

**Topics**
+ [Sign up for an AWS account](#sign-up-for-aws)
+ [Create resources](#gettingstarted-prereqs-create)

## Sign up for an AWS account
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To get started with AWS, you need an AWS account. For information about creating an AWS account, see [Getting started with an AWS account](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//accounts/latest/reference/getting-started.html) in the *AWS Account Management Reference Guide*.

## Create resources
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You must have resources in your AWS account to tag. For more information about the supported resource types, see the **Tag Editor Tagging** column under [Supported resource types](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//ARG/latest/userguide/supported-resources.html) in the *AWS Resource Groups User Guide*.