The document provides an overview of the basic functions and features of Facebook for beginners. It explains how to register for an account, log in, and navigate the main sections like the News Feed, profile, privacy settings, friends list, and wall. Tips are given for customizing privacy through lists and settings. Recommended resources like books and websites are also provided for learning more about using Facebook.

1. for Beginners
By Katheryn A. Woodworth
http://www.facebook.com/katheryn.woodworth
Facebook is a social networking website — a gathering spot, to connect with your
friends and with your friends friends. Facebook allows you to make new
connections who share a common interest, expanding your personal network.
—hallman.nccommunities.org/glossary

2. Registering & Logging In
Whenever you want to use Facebook, all you have to do is Log In at the top
of the Facebook page with your email and the password you signed up with.
If you don’t have a
Facebook account, Fill out the form
Sign Up with this truthfully, then
simple form. You click the “Sign Up”
only need to do this button.
once.
Ignore “Create a Page” unless you have a purpose for it.

3. Home: News Feed
The “News Feed” is how you can keep up with what your friends and
“Likes” are posting to Facebook all in one place.
Your News Feed is not visible to others—only to you.
Most recent news
& updates.
Most popular
updates.
Friend’s status
update.
Friend’s friends’
comments.
This is the page that Facebook will automatically show when you log in.
This is also your “Home” page.
Clicking “Home” in the top right corner will bring you back to this page.

4. Your Profile
Your profile is where you share information about yourself. You want to include
things that you would want family and friends (or possibly coworkers and/or
clients) to know, but not information that you want to keep private. There are
privacy settings, but they only protect you up to a point. There are some things
such as social security numbers, credit cards, or even your home address and
phone number that you may not want to share with others.
There are many easy shortcuts for editing the personal information
located in your profile.

5. Editing Your Profile
Menu for the different Profile sections. Click one
to make changes in that section.
Remember to click the “Save Changes” button
when you modify anything.

6. Privacy
“Friends Only” or custom settings are the best choices if you want to lock down
your profile from prying eyes.
Basic privacy settings.
More specific, custom
privacy settings.

7. Friends
You can easily add
“friends” (contacts) using
the Search features, through
suggestions from existing
friends, or by allowing
Facebook to tap into the
contacts you have saved in
your email or IM program.

8. Friends & Privacy: Lists
Facebook now allows for the creation of customized lists that you can use to
increase your privacy by excluding contacts from viewing specific content such
as individual wall posts or particular photo albums. You can also use lists to
organize Friends and send messages & invites to specific groups.
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5. Search & select
4. Choose a name friends to add
for this custom to the list.
list.
7.
After creating a list,
you will be able to
return to your
Go to one of the
8. 6. Privacy settings. Just
individual drop
click on “Customize
down menus &
settings”.
choose “Custom”.
9. Enter the Name
of your list in
“Hide this from”.

9. The Wall
Your “Wall” is where you can post your updates. Updates can be a few
words, a small paragraph, a web link, or even a photo or video.
Your status updates
& public messages
from Friends will
appear under your
basic info and
photo banner.
You may allow friends & even visitors to write on your wall. They can also
comment on or “Like” what has been posted if you allow it.
Whether or not others can post and/or view content on your wall is
controlled from the Privacy settings.
If you have permission, you may post on your friends’ walls.

10. For More Help
Updated: 4/27/11
Facebook for Dummies
by Abram, Carolyn & Leah Pearlman. 2010
Non-fiction 006.7 Abr
Facebook: The Missing Manual
by Vander Veer, Emily A. 2008.
Non-fiction 006.7 Van
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting
the World
by Kirkpatrick, David. 2010.
Non-fiction 338.761 Kir
The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook: A Tale of Sex,
Money, Genius and Betrayal
by Mezrich, Ben. 2010.
Non-fiction 006.7 Mez
A Guide to the New Facebook Home Page
http://www.facebook.com/sitetour/homepage.php
Facebook Resources for Beginners
http://www.facebookforbeginners.com/
10 Things You Shouldn't Do On Facebook
http://techland.time.com/2011/01/10/10-things-you-shouldnt-do-on-facebook/
Tip:
For video tutorials, try going to www.youtube.com and searching for “Facebook”
or “Facebook for beginners” or “introduction to Facebook”.
You can also try these same searches in Google. Use the “Videos” selection that
appears on the left hand side of the page to narrow your results to just videos.
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