(Email) Basics

Apr 2011Public Computer Center Moore Memorial Library | Greene, NY

(Email) Basics

Apr 2011Public Computer Center Moore Memorial Library | Greene, NY

Gmail is Google Mail – a simple email application from Google.

Your Gmail address can also be used for other Google services. Take our Google class to learn more!

Email us: moorepcc@gmail.com

Getting Started1. Visit Gmail.com and click

the ‘Create an Account’2. Select an email address

that easy to read and remember

3. Use a strong password and security question

4. You will need a cell phone number to activate and confirm your gmail account

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Log-inTo log-in any time, visit Gmail.com and enter your chosen email (username) and password. Click ‘Sign In’ to access your email.

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Your Gmail Inbox

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Your mailbox will be the first thing

you see and is where all your emails arrive.

Click ‘Mail’ or ‘Inbox’ to get back any time

Click ‘Sent Mail’ to view any sent messages

Click ‘Drafts’ to view your saved

messagesRemember to empty your ‘Spam’ or ‘Trash’

That’s a lot of emails.

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READUNREAD

Click to view your contacts

Click to write and send an email

Indicates an attachmentClick any subject to open an email

Delete, Move, and Star

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First, click the checkbox to select an email

Organize your emails: Click ‘Move to’ and choose a folder, or click to create a new one. You can also move emails to the trash or spam folder.

Click ‘Delete’ to trash any unwanted email. Click ‘Report Spam’ if it’s junk mail.Click to star an email.

Click ‘Starred’ to view only those emails you’ve starred.

Compose

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Format your text, colors, and add smileys!

When you’re all done (or not), click to save, send or discard (trash) your email.

Attachments

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Click ‘Attach a file’ to begin

Click the file or image you wish to attach.

Click ‘Open’ to attach it.

Attachments (cont.)

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1.

2.

Gmail automatically attaches the file you select.

Attach another or send!

Gmail will also tell you if you’ve mentioned an attachment but forgot to include it:

Read an Email

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Click to ‘Archive’ (save), ‘Report Spam’ (mark as junk) or ‘Delete’ this email

Click to reply to this email

Click to reply or forward to

a friend.

Click ‘Download’.

Click ‘OK’ to download (save) the attached file or image to your computer.