Setting Up A Facebook Account

Objective: to create an account and Facebook page, upload photos, create a profile, send messages, and add friends for online networking.

• STEP 1: Create an Account at http://www.facebook.com/

• Click Signup
  

• Fill in the registration form

  • All fields are required:

    • name, status

    • email

    • password

    • date of birth

      • Click the arrow to the right of each box to see your options

      • Select the month, day, and year you were born

    • text for security check

      • In the text box next to text in the box, type the two words you see in the larger text box above

  • Check the box after reading the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
    

• Click Sign Up Now
  

• Click the blue bar

• Check your email

  • Follow the instructions to complete your Facebook registration
    

• Click Find Friends Using Your Email Address Book

  • Your email address will be visible in the box to the right of Your Email

  • Enter your password

  • Click Find
     

• Facebook currently only imports webmail address books from Hotmail, AOL, Gmail, MSN, and Yahoo

• If your email account is with any of the providers mentioned above, people in your address book who are on Facebook will appear.

• Select which of your friends on Facebook you want to add to your list of friends

• Click Add to Friends

• If friends in your address book are not on Facebook, their names will be listed

• Select who from your address book you want to invite to join

• Click Invite to Join

• Fill in the form

  • Click on the arrow to the right of a box to see the options to choose from

  • Select the option that applies to you

• Click Save

• Click Join

• The city and state you entered on the form will be visible in the box to the right of City/Town

• STEP 2: Upload a Picture

• Click Profile

• Click Upload a Profile Picture

• Click Browse

  • Find the folder with the photo you want to upload

• Click Open

• Click in the box to certify that you have the right to distribute the picture you are uploading

• Click Upload Picture

• STEP 3: Create Your Profile

• Click edit

• Fill out the form with the information you want to share

  • Click the arrow to the right of a text box

  • Select the option that applies best

• Click Save Changes

• Click Contact

  • Add whatever contact information you want made available

• Click Only My Friends

• Click the arrow to the right of the box

• Select who you want to be able to see your contact information

• Click Save

• Click Save Changes

• Click Relationships

  • Provide whatever information you want made available

• Click Save Changes

• Click Cancel if you want to skip this section

• Click Personal

• Click inside a text box and enter information about your favorite TV shows, favorite books, interests, etc.

  • Hit Tab to move to the next text box down

• Click Save Changes

• Click Education

• Enter the information you want to share

• Click Save Changes

• Click Cancel if you want to skip this section

• Click Work

• Enter the information you want to share

  • Click Add Another Job if you to list additional jobs

• Click Save Changes

• Click Cancel if you want to skip this section

• Click Picture

• Click Browse

  • Select the folder on your computer that contains the photo

  • Select the photo

  • Click OK

• Click the box to certify that you have the right to distribute the photo

  • If you are not sure, click Terms of Use

• Click Upload Picture

• STEP 4: Invite/Find Friends

• Click the arrow to the Right of Friends

• Click Invite Friends

• Click inside the text box next to To:

• Type the email addresses of the friends you want to invite

  • Separate each email address with a comma

  • Click inside the Message text box if you want to write your own invitation message

• Click Invite

• STEP 5: Check/Send Messages

• Click the arrow to the right of Inbox

• Click Message Inbox to check messages

• Click Compose Message to send a message

• Click the arrow to the right of Search

• Select how you want to search for someone on Facebook or

• Type a type a name or email address in Search

• Hit Enter

• The results of your search are displayed

• From the results listed, find the specific person you searched for

• Click Send Message

• Click inside the text box to the right of Subject and enter the subject of your message

• Hit Tab

• Type your message in the Message text box

• Click Send

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• STEP 6: Log Out of Facebook

• Click Logout

  • It’s in the upper right corner of the screen