Facebook for grown-ups

This is the first guide to Facebook specifically for users aged 40 and up. Instead of focusing on youth-oriented activities, this book focuses on what baby boomers and seniors want to do on Facebook. "Facebook for Grown-Ups" offers clear explanations and simple step-by-step instructions fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Miller, Michael Author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] Que Pub 2011
Edition:1st edition
Subjects:
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629259706719
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Get Ready to Facebook
  • Part I: Getting Started with Facebook-and Social Networking
  • 1 Welcome to Facebook: It's Not Just for Kids Anymore
  • What Social Networking Is and How It Works
  • Say Hello to Facebook
  • Things You Can-and Can't-Do on Facebook
  • Why Grown-Ups Use Facebook
  • Social Networking Do's and Don'ts
  • 2 Signing Up and Getting Started
  • Before You Sign Up
  • Creating a Facebook Account
  • Find Friends and Complete Your Profile
  • Filling Out Your Profile
  • 3 Getting Around the Facebook Site
  • What's What and What's Where on Facebook
  • Navigating the Facebook Toolbar
  • Searching Facebook
  • Signing Off
  • Part II: Facebook for Friends and Family
  • 4 How to Find Old Friends-and Make New Ones
  • How Facebook Helps You Reconnect
  • Why Friends Are Important
  • Making Friends with People You're Already in Contact With
  • Searching for Long Lost Friends
  • Accepting Friend Requests
  • Exploring Facebook's Friend Suggestions
  • Finding Friends of Friends
  • 5 Visiting Friends and Family on Facebook
  • Catching Up with the Facebook News Feed
  • Getting to and Getting to Know Your Friends' Profile Pages
  • Reading the Wall-and Leaving Your Own Comments
  • Viewing Your Friends' Personal Information
  • Looking at Photos
  • Viewing Other Tabs
  • 6 Keeping Tabs on Your Kids
  • Making Your Children Your Friends
  • What to Do If Your Kids Hide from You on Facebook
  • Using Facebook to See What Your Kids Are Up To
  • Using Facebook to Contact Your Grown Kids
  • 7 Organizing Your Friends List
  • Creating Friends Lists
  • Editing Your Lists
  • Displaying Status Updates from List Members
  • Deleting Custom Lists
  • Getting Rid of Unwanted Friends
  • Blocking Unwanted Users
  • Part III: Keeping in Touch with Facebook.
  • 8 Updating Your Friends on What You're Doing
  • What Is a Status Update?
  • Where to Update Your Status
  • How to Update Your Status
  • Determining Who Sees Your Status Updates
  • Deciding What to Write About
  • Employing "Facebook Grammar"
  • 9 Exchanging Private Messages
  • Understanding Facebook's Private Messages
  • It's Just Like Email-Except It Isn't
  • Reading and Replying to Messages
  • Deleting Messages
  • Sending a New Message
  • Adding Attachments to a Message
  • 10 Chatting with Your Kids-Live
  • What's Chat-and Who Uses It?
  • Who's Online to Chat With?
  • Doing the Chat Thing
  • Managing Your Chat Settings
  • Part IV: Sharing Your Life on Facebook
  • 11 Sharing Family Pictures
  • What's Good-and What's Bad-About Sharing Photos on Facebook
  • Creating a Photo Album
  • Uploading New Photos
  • Editing, Moving, and Deleting Photos
  • Tagging People in Your Photos
  • Sharing Photos with Others
  • Managing Your Photos and Albums
  • Viewing Other People's Photos
  • 12 Sharing Home Movies
  • The Ins and Outs of Sharing Videos on Facebook
  • Uploading Your Videos
  • Editing Video Information
  • Sharing Uploaded Videos
  • Posting YouTube Videos
  • Watching Your Friends' Videos
  • 13 Sharing Birthdays and Events
  • Why You Might Like Events
  • Searching for and Attending Events
  • RSVP'ing to Events
  • Creating New Events
  • Viewing Your Events
  • Celebrating Birthdays
  • Part V: Doing More with Facebook
  • 14 Personalizing Your Profile Page
  • What Can You Personalize on Your Profile Page-and Why Would You Want To?
  • Choosing What Posts to Display on Your Wall
  • Changing Other Wall Settings
  • Changing Your Profile Picture
  • Customizing the Tabs on Your Profile Page
  • Managing Sidebar Boxes
  • Editing Your Profile Information
  • 15 Becoming a Fan
  • Understanding Fan Pages
  • Finding Fan Pages
  • Creating Your Own Fan Page.
  • 16 Meeting Others in Groups
  • Understanding Facebook Groups
  • Finding and Joining Groups
  • Viewing Your Groups-and Your Friends' Groups
  • Participating in a Group
  • Creating Your Own Group
  • 17 Networking for Business-and for Jobs
  • Understanding Facebook Networks
  • Joining Your Work Network
  • Networking Professionally
  • Job Hunting on Facebook
  • 18 Finding Fun Games and Applications
  • Understanding Facebook Applications
  • Discovering Applications and Games
  • Using an Application or Game
  • Viewing and Managing Your Applications-and Those Your Friends Are Using
  • Apps for Grown-Ups
  • 19 Using Facebook on the Go
  • Connecting from Your iPhone
  • Connecting from Other Smartphones
  • Connecting via Text Message
  • 20 Buying and Selling in the Facebook Marketplace
  • Understanding the Facebook Marketplace
  • Shopping for Something to Buy
  • Selling Your Own Stuff
  • Part VI: Basic Facebook Housekeeping Chores
  • 21 Keeping Some Things Private
  • Understanding Facebook Privacy
  • Changing Facebook's Privacy Settings
  • Hiding Your Information from Other Websites
  • Removing Unwanted Fan Pages
  • What to Keep Private-and What to Share
  • 22 Managing Your Facebook Account
  • Changing Account Settings
  • Controlling When and How Facebook Contacts You
  • Leaving Facebook
  • Index.