Facebook: The Missing Manual

Appendix A. Getting Help

Facebook is pretty easy to use—especially if you keep this book handy. But Facebook’s design team regularly adds new features and changes existing ones. So, someday soon you may log in to Facebook and find a new menu option or discover that your favorite application doesn’t work the way it used to. When that day comes, you can get up to speed quickly by checking Facebook’s Help section or getting info from other Web sites that cover Facebook. Read on to learn more.

Facebook Help

Unlike some online help pages, Facebook Help is easy to find, well-written, succinct—and usually helpful (imagine that). To access Facebook Help:

1. Scroll to the bottom right of any Facebook screen and click the Help link.

   

   Figure A-1. 

   Tip

   You can also find Help links in other places around the site, including at the top of all built-in Facebook applications (such as Photos, Groups, and Events). If you click one of these links, you’ll jump directly to the Help page for that application.

2. On the Help tab that appears, click the topic you want to know more about. You can also type a phrase into the Search Help Topics text box and hit Return.

3. If the Help topic you picked doesn’t answer your question, click a different one. If you just can’t find what you’re looking for, you can contact Facebook and ask for help, as explained in the next section.

   Figure A-2. 

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   To alert you to features that are ...