Chapter 2
Creating Your Account
In This Chapter
Creating your Facebook account
Finding friends on Facebook
Understanding your account settings
Setting up your cellphone to receive Facebook updates
Deactivating or deleting your account
Creating your Facebook account is easy: Fill out a short form, and you’re on your way. And when customizing your account, Facebook walks you through the three most important steps: finding friends, filling out your profile information, and uploading a profile picture. But you'll want to know about a few other features, such as where to find your account settings so you can manage your password, username, and security options. This chapter discusses all these tasks, as well as how to connect your cellphone to your account and how to deactivate or delete your Facebook account.
Signing Up
It’s easy to create a new Facebook account! Just point your browser to www.facebook.com to get started. You begin by completing the form on the front page. You need to ...
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