Lesson 12: Creating a New Screen Name

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1. On the Settings drop down menu, select Screen Names.

2. If you see an available number in your list of screen names, click on CREATE a Screen Name.

3. Select Yes, if the screen name is for a child. Otherwise, click No

4. Read the overview, and click the Create Screen Name button.

5. Give yourself a screen name you will remember easily and click Continue.

6. Enter and reenter a password, which will be easy to remember and click Continue.

7. Select the grouping that comes closest to the age group of the member will be given this screen name.

8. Normally, you would click Accept Settings, to save your settings. For this lesson, click Customize Settings, so we can change some of your options.

9. If your next selection screen could be fully expanded, it would resemble this.

These are the default settings for a General Access (18+) screen name.
Would you like to change any of your options? Click the link below to learn how.
Click here to learn how to customize your new screen name

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