Facebook was created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg for Harvard students. It has since grown to over 1 billion users worldwide and allows people to connect with friends and family by sharing information and updates. The document provides step-by-step instructions for creating a Facebook account, including entering personal information, finding friends, adding a profile photo, and confirming your email address. It also describes basic account settings that can be customized after creating a profile.
2. Introduc1on
• Facebook
is
the
world's
most
popular
social
networking
website.
It
makes
it
easy
for
you
to
connect
and
share
with
your
family
and
friends
online.
Facebook
has
even
helped
the
Web
become
more
open
and
social.
3. All
about
Facebook
• Originally
designed
for
college
students,
Facebook
was
created
in
2004
by
Mark
Zuckerberg
while
he
was
enrolled
at
Harvard
University.
By
2006,
however,
anyone
over
the
age
of
13
with
a
valid
email
address
could
join
Facebook.
Today,
Facebook
is
the
world's
largest
social
network,
with
more
than
1
billion
users
worldwide.
4. Using
Facebook
• Some
people
prefer
to
connect
with
just
a
few
people
while
sharing
very
liRle
about
themselves.
Others
like
to
connect
with
as
many
people
as
they
can,
sharing
their
informa1on
openly
and
publicly.
Simply
put,
there's
no
single
way
to
use
Facebook—it's
all
about
discovering
what
works
best
for
you.
12. Crea1ng
a
Facebook
Account
• Using
your
browser,
navigate
to
www.facebook.com.
• Under
the
words
Sign
Up,
enter
your
personal
informa1on
and
desired
password.
• AVer
you've
entered
your
informa1on,
click
Sign
Up.
You
may
also
need
to
complete
a
security
challenge
(also
known
as
a
CAPTCHA
code)
before
you
can
proceed.
13. Find
Facebook
Friends
• Now,
you'll
have
the
chance
to
find
your
first
Facebook
Friends.
To
find
Friends,
enter
your
email
address
and
click
Find
Friends.
You
can
also
skip
this
step
and
add
Friends
later
if
you
don't
want
to
give
Facebook
access
to
your
email
account.
14. Add
Informa1on
• If
you
want,
you
can
now
add
informa1on
about
your
high
school,
college,
and
employer.
Click
Save
&
ConBnue
when
finished,
or
click
Skip
if
you
prefer
to
keep
this
informa1on
private.
• If
you
entered
educa1on
and
employment
informa1on,
Facebook
will
suggest
Friends
for
you.
Click
anyone
you
want
to
add
as
a
Friend,
then
click
Save
&
ConBnue
or
click
Skip.
15. Add
your
Picture
• Add
a
picture
of
yourself
to
your
Profile.
Click
Upload
a
Photo
to
select
a
file
from
your
computer,
or
Take
a
Photo
to
take
a
new
photo
with
your
webcam.
If
you're
not
ready
to
add
a
profile
photo,
click
Skip.
• Once
you're
sa1sfied
with
your
Profile
picture,
click
Save
&
ConBnue.
Once
you're
sa1sfied
with
your
Profile
picture,
click
Save
&
ConBnue.
17. Confirm
Email
Address
• At
this
point,
Facebook
will
send
a
confirma1on
email
to
the
email
address
you
provided.
Before
you
can
access
all
of
Facebook's
features,
you'll
need
to
confirm
your
email
address.
• Sign
in
to
your
email
account.
• Open
the
confirmaBon
message
from
Facebook:
"Welcome
to
Facebook—get
started
now!"
• Click
Get
Started
to
confirm
your
account.
• Your
Facebook
Home
page
will
open.
You
now
have
full
access
to
Facebook,
and
all
future
noBficaBons
will
be
sent
to
the
email
address
you
provided.
18. Account
Se`ngs
• Once
you
start
using
Facebook,
you
may
need
to
modify
your
Account
SeFngs.
These
se`ngs
control
things
like
your
password,
noBficaBons,
and
more.
Changing
these
se`ngs
is
opBonal,
and
you
can
modify
them
at
any
Bme.
• To
access
your
Account
Se`ngs,
click
the
SeFngs
Gear
in
the
top-‐right
corner
of
the
page,
then
select
Account
SeFngs
from
the
drop-‐down
menu.