Facebook All-in-One For Dummies

584 Pages·2014·10.07 MB·English

by  Jamie Crager

Facebook® All-in-One For Dummies,® 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents
Introduction
About This Book
Foolish Assumptions
Icons Used in This Book
Beyond the Book
Where to Go from Here
Book I: Creating a Timeline
Chapter 1: Deciding to Join
Describing Facebook
Enjoying the Benefits of Facebook
Embracing Facebook as an extension of your world
Finding your community on Facebook
Using Facebook for news and marketing
Avoiding the Timesuck
Agreeing to the Terms of Service
Chapter 2: Creating Your Account
Signing Up
Completing step 1: Finding friends
Completing step 2: Filling in profile information
Completing step 3: Choosing interests
Completing step 4: Uploading a profile picture
Finding Friends
Understanding what it means to be friends on Facebook
Searching for people you know
Sending, receiving, and responding to friend requests
Finding and Customizing Your Account Settings
General Account Settings
Name setting
Username setting
Email setting
Password setting
Networks setting
Language setting
Download a copy of your Facebook data
Security Settings
Secure Browsing setting
Login Notifications setting
Login Approvals setting
Code Generator setting
App Passwords setting
Trusted Contacts setting
Recognized Devices setting
Active Sessions setting
Deactivate Your Account setting
Timeline and Tagging Settings
“Who can add things to my timeline?” setting
“Who can see things on my timeline?” setting
“How can I manage tags people add and tagging suggestions?” setting
Notifications Settings
Mobile Settings
Followers Settings
Apps Settings
Ads Setting
Payments Settings
Account Balance setting
Subscriptions setting
Purchase History setting
Payment Methods setting
Preferred Currency setting
Shipping Addresses setting
Facebook Card Setting
Support Dashboard Setting
Deleting Your Facebook Account
Chapter 3: Touring the Interface
Navigating Your News Feed Page
Top navigation
Left navigation
News feed
Right navigation
Ticker and Chat panes
Navigating Your Timeline
Familiarizing yourself with the timeline
Hiding a story from your timeline
Adding a past event to your timeline
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Privacy Settings
Understanding Online Privacy
Taking Responsibility for Your Own Privacy
Managing and Customizing Your Privacy Settings
Blocked People and Apps settings
Understanding How Privacy Settings Affect What Others See
How people can find you
How friend requests work
How your updates are shared
Utilizing Lists So You Don’t Miss a Thing
Creating a list
Making a list a favorite
Managing your lists
Discovering Interest Lists
Creating or following an interest list
Managing your interest list
Sharing your interest list with others
Chapter 5: Finding Help
Using Help Center
Searching Help Center
Searching specific help topics
Using the community forum
Getting additional tips
Expecting a response from Facebook
Finding Important Facebook Documents
Finding Additional Facebook Resources
Book II: Connecting with Others
Chapter 1: Creating Your Social Media Persona
Understanding News Feed
Finding Your Voice on Facebook
Lifecasting
Embracing differences
Knowing what people read
Using humor and provoking controversy
Speaking to your audience
Using Graph Search
Building a Brand
Building your personal brand
Building a business brand
Planning Content for a Page
Being a Resource
Avoiding Inflammatory or Spammy Behavior
Chapter 2: Posting and Interacting
Creating a Status Update
Adjusting how you share content
Adjusting individual privacy settings
Using hashtags to make content discoverable
Tagging friends and business pages
Allowing Replies to Business Pages
Removing and Editing Updates and Comments
Interacting with Other People’s Updates
Understanding How the Follow Feature Works
Adjusting the follow feature settings for your account
Following other people’s updates
Chapter 3: Sharing Photos
Uploading Images from Your Computer
Adding Photos with Instagram
Adding a Photo to Your Comments
Creating and Editing Albums
Uploading new photos to an existing album
Moving photos from one album to another
Editing privacy settings for albums
Editing Pictures
Using Smartphone Apps to Share Photos
Chapter 4: Sharing Videos
Benefits of Using Video
Uploading Video to Facebook
Sharing video from your computer
Sharing video from your phone
Sharing video from another social media channel
Customizing Your Video
Finding your video on Facebook
Editing your video
Using Facebook Apps to Share Video on Your Business Page
Producing Great Video Clips
Chapter 5: Participating in Groups
Discovering Groups
Creating a Group
Personalizing Your Group's Image
Establishing the Settings for Your Group
Inviting People to Join Your Group
Adding members when you create a group
Adding members to a group any time
Accepting a request to join your group
Posting to a Group
Sharing Documents in a Group
Leaving a Group
Deleting a Group
Chapter 6: Going Mobile
Going Mobile
Using the Facebook Smartphone App
Features of the smartphone app
Updating your status on the Facebook app
Understanding the limitations of the Facebook app
Accessing Facebook on a Smartphone or Tablet
Using Facebook on a Cellphone
Setting up your Facebook account to accept text messages
Updating your status via text
Changing your mobile number
Using your cellphone to text pictures and posts to Facebook
Checking In to Places
Using Places to connect
Using Location Services
Finding your place
Finding friends on Places
Chapter 7: Keeping Up with Events
Introducing Events
Understanding Events Basics
Getting the lay of the land
Kinds of events
Finding and Interacting with Events
Searching events
RSVP to an event
Checking out who is attending the event
Interacting on the event wall
Synchronizing Events and Birthdays with Your Online Calendar
Synchronizing all your events
Synchronizing a single event
Creating an Event
Adding a picture to your event
Inviting friends
Making changes to an event
Promoting Events on Facebook
Chapter 8: Having Private Conversations
Introducing Facebook Messaging Options
Sending Messages
Messaging friends
Messaging nonfriends
Chatting with Friends
Initiating a chat message
Chatting with more than one friend
Going offline or limiting your availability
Making a Video Call
Your Facebook E-Mail Address
Chapter 9: Games and Gifts
Facebook Games
Playing Games
Finding the games your friends are playing