Easy Facebook

Easy Facebook is the perfect companion for everyone who wants to get up-to-speed with facebook fast. This full-color, utterly simple, step-by-step book has been carefully crafted to provide instant access to the tasks beginner-to-intermediate users need to master. Like all books in the Easy series, it's designed to teach visually: readers never have to work their way through lengthy text explanations. Here's just some of what readers will learn how to do... *creating an account *personalizing your timeline *finding friends on Facebook *share photos and home videos *organizing your friends into lists *reading your news feed and ticker *posting status updates *communicating via text or video chatting *sharing events and birthdays *managing your Facebook Account *And much more...

List 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
Viewing a Friend’s Video   122
Commenting on a Friend’s Video   124
Liking a Friend’s Video   125
Viewing All of a Friend’s Videos   126
Uploading Your Own Video   128
Recording a Webcam Video   132
Editing Video Information   136
Posting Videos from YouTube   138
CHAPTER 10:  TEXT AND VIDEO CHATTING   140
Sending a Private Message   142
Viewing Your Messages   144
Starting a Chat Session   146
Launching a Video Chat   148
CHAPTER 11:  WORKING WITH FACEBOOK PAGES, APPS, AND GAMES   150
Liking a Facebook Page   152
Discovering Apps and Games   154
Viewing and Managing Your Apps and Games   156
CHAPTER 12:  SHARING EVENTS AND BIRTHDAYS   158
Searching for Events   160
Responding to an Event from a Status Update   161
Viewing the Event Page   162
Creating a New Event   164
Celebrating Friends’ Birthdays   168
CHAPTER 13:  KEEPING PRIVATE THINGS PRIVATE   170
What Not to Post on Facebook   172
Controlling Default Privacy Settings   176
Controlling How You Connect   178
Controlling Timeline Posts and Tags   180
Controlling What Gets Shared with Ads, Apps, and Other Websites   184
Limiting Who Can See Old Posts   190
CHAPTER 14:  MANAGING YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT   192
Changing Your Account Settings   194
Deactivating Your Facebook Account   198
Deleting Your Facebook Account   200
CHAPTER 15:  USING FACEBOOK ON THE GO   202
Navigating Facebook’s iPhone App   204
Viewing the News Feed   206
Posting a Status Update   208
Taking and Posting a Picture   210
Posting a Picture from Your Library   212
Checking in with Your Current Location   214
Viewing a Friend’s Timeline   216
Checking Your Messages   218
Chatting with Friends   220
GLOSSARY   222
INDEX   226

About the author

Michael Miller is a successful and prolific author with a reputation for practical advice, technical accuracy, and an unerring empathy for the needs of his readers.

Mr. Miller has written more than 100 best-selling books over the past two decades. His books for Que include Facebook for Grownups, Easy Computer Basics, Absolute Beginner's Guide to Computer Basics, My Pinterest, and The Ultimate Digital Music Guide. He is known for his casual, easy-to-read writing style and his practical, real-world advice–as well as his ability to explain a variety of complex topics to an everyday audience.

You can email Mr. Miller directly at [e-mail]. His website is located at www.molehillgroup.com.

Summary

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

 

Product details

• Authors: Michael Miller
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9780789750266
• ISBN: 978-0-7897-5026-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 630 g
• Series: Que; Que
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Internet