Easy Facebook

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See It Done. Do It Yourself. It’s that Easy!  Easy Facebook teaches you the fundamentals to help you start sharing with friends and family on Facebook, the Internet’s largest social network. Fully illustrated steps with simple instructions guide you through each task, building the skills you need to perform the most common Facebook tasks. No need to feel intimidated--we’ll hold your hand every step of the way.

• Join Facebook and create your personal account
• Find and follow friends online
• View your friends’ status updates in Facebook’s news feed and ticker
• Comment on and like friends’ posts
• Post your own status updates for your friends to read
• Personalize your timeline profile page
• Upload and share digital photos and videos
• Manage your Facebook privacy--and keep some things private

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Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1:  HOW FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL NETWORKING WORK     2
Understanding Social Networking     4
How Facebook Got Started     6
How Facebook Works     8
CHAPTER 2:  GETTING STARTED WITH FACEBOOK     10
Creating a New Facebook Account     
Logging In to Facebook     
Logging Out of Facebook     15
Using the Facebook Toolbar     16
Navigating the Facebook Site     18
CHAPTER 3:  FINDING AND VISITING WITH YOUR FRIENDS     20
Finding New Friends     22
Finding Friends via Email     24
Accepting a Friend Request     28
Blocking Unwanted Users     29
Unfriending a Friend     30
Viewing a Friend’s Timeline     32
CHAPTER 4:  READING YOUR NEWS FEED AND TICKER     34
Viewing the News Feed     36
Viewing the Ticker     39
Commenting on Friends’ Posts     40
Liking a Post     41
Hiding Posts from Friends You Don’t Like     42
Hiding Posts from Apps and Games     44
Displaying More or Fewer Updates from a Friend     45
CHAPTER 5:  POSTING STATUS UPDATES     46
Posting a Simple Status Update     48
Posting a Web Link     49
Posting a Photo or Video     50
Posting a Question     52
Adding Your Location to a Post     54
Tagging a Friend in a Post     55
Determining Who Can View a Status Update     56
CHAPTER 6:  PERSONALIZING YOUR TIMELINE     58
Changing Your Profile Picture     60
Adding a Cover Image     64
Personalizing Top-of-Page Elements     66
Hiding and Deleting Status Updates     68
Highlighting Your Favorite Status Updates     69
Viewing and Editing Your Activity Log     70
Adding Life Events to Your Timeline     72
Updating Your Profile Information     74
CHAPTER 7:  ORGANIZING YOUR FRIENDS INTO LISTS     78
Viewing Your Friends Lists and Posts     80
Creating a New Friends List     82
Adding Friends to a List     84
Removing a Friend from a List     86
Posting to a List     87
CHAPTER 8:  SHARING PICTURES     88
Viewing a Friend’s Photos     90
Adding Your Comments to a Friend’s Photo     94
Sharing a Friend’s Photo     95
Tagging Yourself in a Friend’s Photo     96
Downloading a Friend’s Photo     98
Printing a Friend’s Photo     100
Uploading Your Pictures to a New Photo Album     102
Uploading Your Pictures to an Existing Photo Album     108
Tagging Friends     112
Editing a Photo’s Description     114
Deleting a Photo     116
Deleting a Photo Album     117
Editing a Photo Album     118
CHAPTER 9:  SHARING VIDEOS     120
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