Facebook for Beginners in easy steps

by David Crookes

Overview

New to Facebook? Then this essential guide will prove to be the perfect introduction to the world's largest social media site. Covering Facebook's key features, including:

Setting up an account and posting on Facebook, whilst maintaining your privacy and staying safe.

Having fun perfecting and sharing photos and videos.

Creating Facebook Groups and Pages, including your business or charity Page.

Saving time by using Events to invite friends, and to organize your social life, in an instant.

Buying and selling items using the no-fee Marketplace.

Eliminating irrelevant adverts and annoying posts from your News Feed.

Using the free messaging service, Messenger, to send private messages, and make phone and video calls.

Learning about Facebook Live, and the television apps.

Even if you are a veteran Facebook user already, you're sure to learn something new with this jam-packed book.

Table of Contents:

1. Introducing Facebook
2. Setting up a new Facebook account
3. Familiarise yourself with Facebook
4. Creating your first Facebook posts
5. Start using the Facebook app
6. Working with Groups
7. Working with Pages
8. Using Facebook Messenger
9. Create and join events
10. Using photos and videos
11. Buying and selling
12. Tailoring the adverts
13. Privacy and security
14. Using third-party apps

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781840787795
Publisher:	In Easy Steps Limited
Publication date:	10/21/2017
Series:	In Easy Steps
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

David Crookes is a journalist who specialises in writing about technology and videogames. He began his career writing for Amstrad Action in 1994 and he has since written for The Independent newspaper, the London Evening Standard, ComputerActive, Web User, Micro Mart, Computing Made Easy, iCreate, games™, Retro Gamer and many, many more. He has also authored Cloud Computing In Easy Steps and Clever Stuff You Can Do Online To Make and Save Money In Easy Steps. In addition to his writing, he curated Videogame Nation, an exhibition celebrating the rise of gaming, which toured the United Kingdom.

Table of Contents

1 Introducing Facebook 7

What is Facebook? 8

Facebook's key features 10

Where Facebook is heading 12

Who is Mark Zuckerberg? 14

2 Setting up a new Facebook account 15

Getting a Facebook account 16

Adding a profile photograph 17

Completing your About page 19

Editing your contact info 20

Upload your contacts list 21

Manually search for friends 22

Dealing with a friend request 24

Ensuring others can find you 25

Control who can Friend you 26

Following other people 28

3 Familiarize yourself with Facebook 29

Understanding the interface 30

Searching Facebook 32

Check your News Feed 33

Tailoring your News Feed 34

Hiding a post from your Feed 36

Commenting on a post 37

Reacting to a post 38

Posting photos or videos 39

See what is Trending 40

4 Creating your first Facebook posts 41

Creating a written post 42

Expressing your feelings 43

Checking into a location 44

Tagging your friends in posts 45

Selecting who sees your posts 46

Enhancing your posts 47

Posting a photo or video 48

Sharing someone else's post 50

Editing your posts 51

View your activity log 52

5 Start using the Facebook app 53

Download the Facebook app 54

Log in to the Facebook app 56

Understanding the interface 57

Viewing your own profile 58

Finding friends and more 60

Checking friend requests 61

Accessing your notifications 62

Adjusting your notifications 63

Creating a post via the app 64

Adding photos and videos 65

Checking in via the app 66

Altering the app permissions 68

6 Working with Groups 69

Joining a Facebook Group 70

Engaging with a Group 71

Send and receive invitations 72

Altering your notifications 73

Creating a Group poll 74

Creating a Group document 75

Uploading a file to Groups 76

View content on a mobile 77

Creating your own Group 78

Approving new members 80

Create extra Group admins 81

Block and remove members 82

Adding content via mobile 83

Personalizing your Group 84

Uploading a cover image 86

Pinning a post to the top 87

Deleting a Group 88

7 Working with Pages 89

What is a Page? 90

Interacting with a Page 91

Creating your own Page 92

Creating a Page username 94

Building up a great Page 95

Adding essential information 96

Creating a post on your Page 97

Scheduling your posts 98

Tag products to your posts 99

Create content-rich posts 100

Adding a button to a Page 102

Get an insight into your Page 103

Moderating your Pages 104

8 Using Facebook Messenger 105

What is Messenger? 106

Installing Messenger 107

Setting up Messenger 108

Understanding the interface 110

Write and send a message 112

Sending stickers and emoji 113

Sending a photo or video 114

Send a voice message 116

Play some fun games 117

Sharing your location 118

Have a secret conversation 119

Make phone and video calls 120

Using Messenger Day 122

9 Create and join events 123

Receiving invites to events 124

Exploring other events 125

Sharing an event 126

Controlling event invites 127

Receiving event notifications 128

Viewing upcoming birthdays 129

Creating an event 130

Sending event invitations 132

Managing your event 133

Building some excitement 134

Creating a QR code 135

Cancel and delete events 136

10 Using photos and video 137

Upload photos and videos 138

Adding tags to photos 139

Editing your photographs 140

Share 360-degree photos 143

Editing images on mobiles 144

Creating an album 145

Managing your albums 146

Broadcasting live videos 147

Viewing videos on your TV 148

11 Buying and selling 149

Introducing the Marketplace 150

Discover items for sale 152

Examining the product pages 154

Sending sellers a message 155

Making an offer on an item 156

Creating your own item post 157

Keep track of items you sell 158

Editing your item listings 159

Get a good price for items 160

12 Tailoring the adverts 161

Accessing the advert settings 162

Configure your interests 163

See who you've engaged with 164

Checking your personal info 165

Alter your advert settings 166

Using another ad opt-out 167

Watching out for fakes 168

13 Privacy and security 169

Keeping your privacy intact 170

Take a privacy checkup 171

Check who sees your posts 172

Configure who can see you 173

Control and review posts 174

Blocking users and apps 176

Enhancing mobile privacy 177

Remove tags from photos 178

Add extra login security 179

Get suspicious login alerts 180

Tackling a hacked account 181

Mark yourself as safe 182

14 Using third-party apps 183

Using Facebook as a login 184

Altering the app settings 185

Controlling apps and games 186

Index 187