1. Use your primary email to join Facebook so you receive email notifications.
2. Be sure to set your privacy options.
3. Think carefully about public photos and information. Consider what your employer would think of your profile.
4. Search for both people that are currently real life friends and people you have not seen in a while.
5. Have fun using Facebook.

• Facebook is the largest online social networking site and currently has over 69 million users.TechCrunch: Facebook No Longer the Second Largest Social Network (June 12, 2008) Facebook allows people to interact, share photos, and find people. In addition to using Facebook for social purposes, many people use it professionally for business networking.Web Worker Daily:12 Ways to Use Facebook Professionally (July 24, 2007)

1. Go to the Facebook homepage.Facebook: Homepage
2. Enter your full name.
3. Enter your email address and password.
   • Your password must be characters long and must include both letters and numbers.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Signup - "What is the minimum password strength? How can I make my password strong?"
4. Select Male or Female.
5. Select your birthday.
6. Click on the Signup button.
7. Go to your email that you used to join Facebook.
8. Open the Open the Registration Confirmation email from Facebook.
9. Click on the verification link.
10. Now you can access Facebook and find your friends online.Facebook Help Center: Getting Started Guide

• The Toolbar at the top your screen lets you navigate through Facebook.

• Use the Facebook button to return to your Facebook homepage.Facebook: Homepage You can also use the Home button to return to your home page. Your Facebook page displays information about your Facebook friends. A series of tabs are displayed at the top of the screen that allow you to easily navigate through your Facebook page. There are five default tabs for your Facebook homepage.Facebook: Homepage

1. News Feed - This tab displays stories about your friends such as when they add friends, post updates or write a friends wall.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Make Facebook Useful: Find your friends The amount of information displayed about a friend depends on their privacy settings. You can customize the amount of news that you receive about a particular friend in your News Feed.Facebook Help Center: Newsfeed - Questions and Answers
2. Status Updates - This tab displays status updates posted by your friends.Facebook Help Center: Getting Started Guide It does not include other stories about your friends, such as when they join a group or add a new friend.
3. Photos - This tab displays your friend's photo albums. The photo albums displayed in this tab depends on the privacy setting selected for the photo album.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Photos - "Who can see my photos?"
4. Posted Items - This tab displays all stories posted by friends.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Posted Items - Questions and Answers
5. Live Feed - This tab displays all news stories about your friends, such as status updates, friends they have added, and groups they have joined.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Explore Facebook

• To add additional application tabs to your Facebook page: Facebook Help Center: Facebook Application Support - "How do I make a tab for a specific application?"

1. Select the arrow at the far right of the tabs.
2. From the drop down list, select the application feeds you want displayed on your tabs. The tabs are added to your Facebook page.Facebook: Homepage

• Use the Profile button view and edit your Profile.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Setup a Profile Your profile is the place where you share information with your friends, such as photos, information and messages. You can use privacy settings to make determine who sees your profile. You can set your profile to public to so that everyone on Facebook can see your profile. public. You can restrict your profile to only friends that you have approved. You can also restrict specific friends from viewing specific information in your profile.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - Questions and Answers

• There are four default tabs for your Profile page.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Profile - Questions and Answers

1. Wall - This tab displays messages that your friends leave for you. You can use Wall to Wall to write a message back to your friend.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Wall - Questions and Answers
2. Info - This tab displays your guide.Facebook Getting Started Guide:guide Setup a Profile To edit information, click Edit Information
3. Photos - This tab displays pictures that you posted.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Photos - Questions and Answers
4. Videos - This tab displays videos that you posted.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Videos - Questions and Answers

• You can add additional tabs to your Profile page.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Profile - Questions and Answers

1. Select the plus sign button at the far right of the tabs.
2. From the drop down list, select the applications you want displayed on your tabs. The tabs are added to your Profile page.

• Use the Friends button to view your friends, find friends, add new friends and invite people you know to join Facebook. Friends are people who can see your status updates, access your profile and receive news feeds about you. Most people approve people as Facebook friends if they are people they know in real life. If someone wants to add you to their friends list, you must approve them before they can access your profile. If you add someone as a friend, they must also approve you before you can see their profile information.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Find Friends

• Use this button to read messages from your friends and send messages to your friends. Messages are a way to communicate with a friend, but do not want the message posted publicly on their wall. Facebook Help Center: Facebook Messages - Questions and Answers

1. From the Inbox menu, select Compose New Message.
2. Enter the name of the person you want to send a message to, the subject and the message. Facebook Help Center: Facebook Messages - "How do I send a message?"
3. Click the Send button.
4. To read messages sent to you, select View Message Inbox from the Inbox menu. Facebook Help Center: Facebook Messages - "Who can message me?"

• After you join Facebook, the screen is displayed. You can add friends now or you can access this screen later by clicking Find Friends in the right side of the screen.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Find Friends

• To use your address book to find friends:Facebook Help Center: Facebook Friends - "How do I export my email client's address book?"

1. Enter your email and password.
2. Click on the Find Friends button.
   • Note that for web based email applications, you are directed to your email provider to enter your password directly on their site. Many email providers require that you sign an agreement allowing Facebook to access your email account.
3. Click the checkbox next to each friend you want to add or click Select All Friends. If you do not want to add any of the friends displayed, click the Skip button.
4. To add the friends you have selected, click on the Add as Friends button.
5. An email is sent to the friend for them to approve your request to be added as a friend.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How do I add a friend?"

• To Find who you instant message, click on the Find Friends You Instant Message link.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Friends - "How do I add friends from my AIM Buddy List to Facebook

1. Select the button for AIM or Windows Live Messenger.
2. Enter your screen name and AIM password.
3. Click on the Find Friends button.
   • Depending on your instant messaging provider, you may be directed to your IM provider's website to enter your password directly on their site. Many email providers require that you sign an agreement allowing Facebook to access your IM account.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Friends - "How do I add friends from my AIM Buddy List to Facebook
4. A list of people who you instant message with and are registered on Facebook is displayed.
5. Click the checkbox next to each friend that you want to add
6. To add all people that are displayed, click on the Select All Friends checkbox.
7. If you do not want to add any of the friends displayed, click on the Skip button.
8. To add the friends you have selected, click on the Add as Friends button.
9. An email is sent to the friend for them to approve your request to be added as a friend.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How are my friends notified if I send invites using AIM Instant Messenger?"

• Facebook displays people who may know based on mutual friends, high school, college, networks, and employment similarities.Facebook Getting Started Guide: [http://www.facebook.com/help/seeall.php?facebook&id=441#/help/new_user_guide.php Find Friends

1. Facebook lists potential friends on your Facebook page and on the Find People You Know on Facebook screen.
2. If you do not want the person displayed in the People You May Know section, click on the X to the right of their name.
3. To add the person displayed as a friend, click Add as Friend.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How do I add a friend?"
4. If you want to add a personal message with your friend request, click Add a Personal Message.
5. To add as a friend, click on the Add Friend button.
6. An email is sent to the friend for them to approve your request to be added as a friend.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How do I add a friend?"

• You can also search Facebook for people that you know who are registered on Facebook. Facebook lets you search by the person's name, search people who attended your school or people who work at a place of employment.Facebook Getting Started Guide: [http://www.facebook.com/help/seeall.php?facebook&id=441#/help/new_user_guide.php Find Friends

1. To search everyone registered on Facebook, enter the name of the person who you want to search for in the Search field and click on the Search Facebook icon.
2. To search for a classmate or coworker, click Friend Finder.Facebook Getting Started Guide: [http://www.facebook.com/help/seeall.php?facebook&id=441#/help/new_user_guide.php Find Friends The Find People You Know on Facebook screen is displayed. In the Search for People section, a list of your schools and employers is listed. Click the school or employer that you want to browse.
3. A list of people matching your search criteria is displayed.
4. To add the person displayed as a friend, click Add as Friend.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How do I add a friend?"
5. If you want to add a personal message with your friend request, click Add a Personal Message.
6. To add as a friend, click on the Add Friend button.
7. An email is sent to the friend for them to approve your request to be added as a friend.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How do I add a friend?"

• If someone adds you as a friend, you must accept approve them as a friend before they can access your profile. If you have selected to be notified by email on your Settings tab, you will be sent an email. There will also be a message at the top right of your home page that says You have [X] Friend Request.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How do I add a friend?"

1. Click on You have [X] Friend Requests.
2. To add the person, click on the Add Friend button.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "How do I add a friend?"
3. The person is now a friend and can access your profile. You will begin to receive news and stories about your new friend
4. If you do not want to add the person as a friend, click on the Ignore button. The person is not notified that you ignored them.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Friends - "If I ignore a friend request, will they find out?"

• If you no longer want to be friends with a person, you can remove them from your friends list.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Friends - "How do I remove or delete a friend?"

1. View the person's profile. You can do this by clicking on their name on your Wall or News Feed. You can also select View All Friends from the Friends menu and click on the link to their profile.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Profile -- Questions and Answers
2. Scroll to the bottom of the person's profile. On the bottom left of the screen, click Remove from Friends.
3. A message box asking if you want to remove them is displayed. To remove them, click on the Remove Friend button.

• If you have just joined Facebook, the Info tab is displayed after you added friends. If you logged out of Facebook before setting up a profile, then click on View and Edit Profile the next time you log on to Facebook.

1. Enter basic information.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Setup a Profile
2. If you only want to show the month and day of your birthday and not the year, select Show only month and year in my profile from the box underneath the birthday field.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Profile - "How do I set my birthday?"
3. To enter Personal, Contact and Education information, click on the appropriate section and enter the information.
4. If you do not specific information displayed on your profile, leave the field blank.
5. When you have completed a section, click on the Save Changes button before moving to another section.
6. To upload a profile picture, click Upload Profile Picture and browse to the picture you would like to display.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Setup a Profile
7. To write a brief bio that will be shown on your profile page, click Write Something about yourself and type in your information.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Setup a Profile
8. When you have completed your profile, click on the Done Editing button and the information is saved.

• Many people use Facebook to share photos with their friends. You can specify specific privacy options for each photo album. Once you add photo albums, a Photos tab is added to your profile.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Explore Facebook

1. Click on the Profile button and then select the Photo tab. You can also access photos from the Photo icon in the Applications section or toolbar.
2. Albums and photos that you have uploaded or friends have tagged you in are displayed.
3. Click the Create a Photo Album button.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Photo - "How do I add photos and create an album?"
4. Enter the album name, comments and privacy settings.
5. Click the Create Album button.
6. Select the photos you want to include in the album
7. Click the Upload button.
8. The album is created and the photos are uploaded.
9. To adjust privacy settings for your photos, click Album Privacy.
10. Each of your albums are displayed.
11. Select who you want to be able to view each album and click the Save Settings button.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Photo - "Who can see my photos?"

• You can write notes on your profile similar to a blog for your friends to read. You can also import an existing blog into Facebook Notes. Once you write notes, you will have a Notes tab on your profile.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Notes - Questions and Answers

1. To access Notes, click the Notes icon in the Application section or toolbar.
2. Click My Notes.
3. To enter a new note, click Write New Note.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Notes - "How do I write a new note?"
4. Enter the title of the note, body and people you want to tag in the note.
5. Tag people who are mentioned in the note.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Notes - "How do I tag a friend in a note?"
6. Select who you want to be able to see the note in the Note privacy section.
7. To save a draft of the note without publishing it, click the Save Draft button.
8. To see what the note will look like before you publish it, click the Preview button.
9. To publish the note, click the Publish button.

• You can control who can find your profile through the Facebook search feature.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy- "How do I control who can find me in searches and what they can see?""

1. If you do not want everyone to be able to see you in the Facebook search feature, select who you want to be able to find you through the Search feature.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy- "How do I control who can find me in searches and what they can see?""
2. To select specific networks who can view your profile, select the Customize option and a message box will allow you to select specific networks.
3. To control what information is displayed when someone searches for you, select the privacy options in the Search Result Content section.
4. If you want people who have not been approved as friends to be able to see your friends list], verify that the My Friends list option is selected.
5. If you do not want to be included in internet search outside of Facebook, deselect the Create a Public Search Listing option.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Seach- "How do I restrict what appears in my public search listing?""
   • Note that if you are under 18 years old, you will not be included in the Public Search listing regardless of your selection for this option.
6. When you have are finished modifying the search settings, click on the Save Changes button.

• If you block someone in Facebook, they will not be able to find you through the Find Friends Tool or the Search. If you are in a group with them or are currently friends, your profiles will no longer be connected.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - "How do I block someone?"

1. Enter the person you want to block in the Block field and press the Block button.
2. Facebook displays all profiles matching the name that you entered.
3. Click Block Person to select the person to block.
4. The person's name will now be displayed in the Blocked list on your Privacy tab.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - "How do I block someone?"
5. To unblock someone, click Remove next to the blocked person's name.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - "How do I remove someone from my Block List?"

• The Set News Feed and Wall Privacy tab allows you to customize what information about your actions on Facebook and your wall is displayed on friends news feeds.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - Questions and Answers Note that the default is for friends to receive a news feed when you write on another friends wall, comment on an item on a friends page, post on a discussion board, add a friend, change your relationship status, or leave a network. If you do not want this information posted on your friends news feeds, you need to customize this tab.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - "How do I hide myself from Newsfeed or hide my wall?"

1. Select News Feed and Wall.
2. Deselect the information that you do not want included on your friend's news feeds.
3. To change your Social Ad settings, select the Social Ads tab.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Ads- Questions and Answers If you do not want to appear in a social ad, select the No one option.
4. When you have are finished modifying the News Feed and Wall settings, click on the Save Changes button.

• Networks are a way to interact with people who live in your area, work at your company or attend your school.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Networks -- Questions and Answers You can join up to five networks, but must designate one as your primary network.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Networks -- "What is a primary network?" Your primary network is displayed underneath your name and Facebook uses the network to rank search results. To join a college or employer network, you must register your Facebook account using a valid email address for the college or place of employment. To join a high school network, you must use a high school email, be invited by a member of the high school network, or be approved by a member of the high school network. You can only change your regional network twice every 60 days.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Networks -- "What do I need to join a Facebook supported network?"

1. Click the Settings menu, select Account Settings.
2. Click on the Networks tab. This tab lists any networks that you currently belong to.
3. In the Network name field, enter the name of the city, workplace, school or region that you want to join.
4. Select the network that you want to join and click the Join Network button.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Networks -- Questions and Answers

• Groups allow you to meet and interact people with common interests or beliefs.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Groups -- Questions and Answers
• A group can be for people who support the same sports team, attend the same church or like the same television show. Be sure to look for business and professional groups that would help with professional networking.Web Worker Daily:12 Ways to Use Facebook Professionally (July 24, 2007)
• You can join an existing group or create your own groups.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Groups - "How do I create a group?" You can join up to 300 groups.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Groups - "How many groups can I join?"

1. Click on the Groups icon in the Application section or toolbar.
2. The Groups page is displayed. A list of your friends groups and the groups that you belong to is displayed.
3. To join a group that one of your friends belong to, click on the group and then click Join Group.
4. You are now a member of the group.
5. To find an existing group, enter a keyword in the Search field.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Groups - "How do I join a group?"
6. A list of groups matching your search is displayed.
7. Click Join Group to join the group.

• If you do not find a group that you want to join, you can also create a group for a specific interest or group of people.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Groups - "How do I create a group?"

1. Click on the Groups icon in the Application section or toolbar.
2. The Groups page is displayed with a list of your friends groups and the groups that you belong to.
3. To create a new group, click the Create a New Group button.
4. Enter the name of the group. Be sure to enter a name that describes the purpose of the group.
5. Select the Network for the group.
   • If you want the group to available to all members of Facebook, select Global. If you want it to only be available to members of a specific network, select the Network.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Groups - "What are group privacy options?"
6. Write a description of the group in the Description field.
7. Select the Type of group. These categories help people find the group based on type and category.
8. Enter Recent news, Office, email, street and town.
9. Click the Create Group button.
10. The group is created and the Customize Groups tab is displayed.
11. To upload a picture for the group, click the Browse button and select a picture.
12. Enter the website address for the group.
13. Select which options you want to enable for the group.
14. Select the Access level for the group.
    • If you select Open, then anyone can join the group without your knowledge. If you select Closed, the group description is shown on Facebook, but you must approve any members. If you select Secret, the group description is not shown on Facebook and you must invite all members.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Groups - "What are group privacy options?"
15. Click the Save button.
16. The Members tab is displayed.
17. To invite members, enter their name in the Invite Members field or select their name.
18. Enter a message for the invitation.
19. Click the Send Invitations button.

• You can use the Account tab to change your password, change your email, enter credit card and other administrative tasks. To access the My Account screen, select Account Settings from the Settings menu.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Login and Password - Questions and Answers

• The Settings tab controls your account information. Facebook uses theFormer Name field to help identify friends, but does not display this information.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Profile -- "Can I set my maiden or former name?" If you change your email address, you must use a valid address that is not currently connected to another Facebook account.Facebook Help Center:Facebook Login and Password - "I want to change my password."

1. Click the Settings tab.
2. Click Change next to the information that you want to modify.
3. Enter the new information in the correct field
4. Click the Change button
5. The new information is saved.

• A credit card is only needed to purchase gifts and ads. You are not required to enter a credit card number unless you purchase these services. If you enter a card, it is not charged unless you purchase a gift or ad space.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Gifts - "How do I purchase gift credits?"

1. Click the Settings tab.
2. Click Manage in the Credit Card section.
3. Enter credit card information.
4. Click the Save button.

• If you deactivate your account, you will not be able to access Facebook unless reactivate your account. You can reactivate by logging into Facebook with your email and password, but you will not still be a member of groups that you joined before you deactivated your account.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - "How do I deactivate my account?"

1. Click the Settings tab.
2. Click Deactivate in the Deactive Account Section.
3. The Confirm Facebook Deactivation screen is displayed.
4. Select the reason you are deactivating your Facebook account.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - "How do I deactivate my account?"
5. Enter the security code displayed in the box in the Text in the Box field.
6. Click the Deactivate button.

• Your wall is your profile that your friends see when they access your Facebook profile. To view your own wall, click on your Profile tab.Facebook Getting Started Guide: Explore Facebook You can post updates on your wall, and friends can write on your wall. You can also add Facebook application content, such as pictures and video on your wall. Facebook Help Center: Facebook Wall -- "What can I do on my wall?"

• A status update tells your friends what is going on with you and is posted to their newsfeeds.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Status -- "How do I update my status?"

1. In the update status field, enter your status update.
2. Click the Post button.
3. Your status will be posted to your friends newsfeeds. It will also be posted underneth your name in Facebook searchs and in the Chat window.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Status -- "Who can see my status?"
4. To clear a status, click Clear to the right of your current status.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Status -- "What happens when I clear my status?"

• You can have wall-to-wall conversations with your friends by posting on their wall.Facebook Hep Center: Facebook Wall - "What is Wall-to-Wall?" When you write a friend's, remember that their friends can view what you are writing. If you have your privacy postings to show when you write on friend's wall in your news feeds, your friends will also see what you have written.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Privacy - "How do I hide myself from News Feed or hide my wall?"

1. Access your friend's Facebook page.
2. In the Write field, enter your message to your friend.
3. Click the Post button. The message is posted to your friend's wall.Facebook Help Center: [http://www.facebook.com/help.php?page=443 Facebook Wall - "What is Wall-to-Wall?"

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• If there is a webpage that you think a friend would be interested in, you can share the link with your friend.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Messages and Inboxes - "How do I include a link in my message?"

1. In the Share a Link field, enter the link that you want to share.
2. Click the Preview button.
3. Facebook displays the graphic and description of the website that you entered.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Messages and Inboxes - "How do I include a link in my message?"
4. If you do not want to share this link, click Remove.
5. If you do not want to the picture displayed, select No Picture.
6. Enter a comment about the link.
7. Click the Post button.
8. The link and comment are posted to your friend's wall.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Messages and Inboxes - "How do I include a link in my message?"

• Gifts are icons that you can send to a friend. Free gifts may occasionally be available as promotions. Other gifts require you to purchase gift credits.Facebook Help Center: Facbook Gifts - "What are gift credits?" Gift credits cost $1 per 100 credits.Facebook Help Center: Facbook Gifts - "How much do gift credits cost?" To purchase gifts, you must have a credit card entered in your Account Settings.Facebook Help Center: Facbook Gifts - "How do I purchase gift credits?"

1. Click the Gift icon from the Application section or toolbar. Your current available gift credits list of available gifts is displayed.
2. Select the gift that you want to send. The amount of gift credits required for the gift is displayed under the gift.Facebook Help Center: Facbook Gifts - "What are gift credits?"
3. Enter the name of the person you want to send the gift to in the Recipient field.
4. Enter the method of delivery.
5. Click the Continue button.
6. If you do not have enough gift credits to purchase the gift, the Gift Shop box is displayed. Click Buy Gift Credits to purchase credits.Facebook Help Center: Facbook Gifts - "How do I purchase gift credits?"

• Another way to communicate on Facebook is to poke a friend. You can use pokes to say hi to an existing friend or to allow a person who is not a friend access to basic information about you.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Pokes - "What is a poke?"

1. Access the person's Facebook page.
2. Click on Poke underneath their profile picture.
3. A confirmation message is displayed.
4. Click the Poke button.
5. Your friend is notified that you poked them when they log into Facebook.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Pokes - "What happens when I poke a friend?"

• You can chat with friends who are online through Facebook Chat.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Chat - Questions and Answers The Friends Online button in the bottom right of the Facebook screen tells you how many friends are online.

1. To see which friends are online, click the Online Friends button.
2. A list of friends currently online is displayed. A green dot next to the friend means that they are currently active and a moon means that the friend is idle.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Chat - "What do the green dot and half moon icons in Chat represent?"
3. Click on the name of the friend you want to chat with.
4. Facebook Chat is displayed. If you have previously chatted with the friend, your previous chat conversation is shown in the chat window.Facebook Help Center: Facebook Chat - "How do I delete or look through my Chat history? Is it saved permanently?"
5. Type in your message to your friend and press the Enter key.
6. The message is sent to your friend.
7. When they respond, their message is displayed in the Chat window.
8. When you are finished chatting, click the Close icon in the top right of the Chat window.