Gmail Basics Tutorial

1. Introduction to Gmail

3. New email will show up here in your inbox. Unread messages are bold Create labels to organize your email Chat with your contacts. Video chat with those that have the capabilities. Navigate to other Google applications here Keep track of how much space you are using Change Settings

4. Understanding Icons Note: You can recall all emails/chats that you have starred even if they are in different labels

6. Pull address from your Contacts list Composing Email Add Attachments Add an invitation to your calendar Use familiar word processing tools to compose your message

7. Attachments Messages that contain attachments will have a paperclip icon showing at the end of the message line Choose to view or download the attachment

8. Introducing Conversations Email messages that involve any replies are collected into a conversation for easy tracking of the…conversation.

9. Contacts

10. Managing Your Contacts Import Existing Contacts Add Contact or Group Edit a contact or a group

11. Finding Duplicates : Merging Contacts one at a time

12. Finding Duplicates: merge all duplicates

13. All duplicates are shown in a list. I can see details for any specific contact. I can select which contacts to merge. I can expand to show information for each contact…then decide whether or not I want to merge the addresses.

15. Customizing Labels Click to left of label to add color, rename, hide or delete Create new labels Manage labels Label a selected message Moves selected message into a label (can also manage labels from this menu)

19. Chat…One of the BEST features in Gmail Click on your contact in the Chat window to start a chat. If you have a webcam, you can video chat.

22. Customize GMail Sunset Theme Chat Window on Right Added Calendar & Docs Gadget Color-coded Labels to organize messages

23. Advanced Features in Gmail

25. Choose Action Choose the action you desire, then click Create Filter Tip : You can also set up Filters from the Settings environment.

27. Importing Contacts from Outlook

40. Importing Contacts from Entourage