How to use Google Mail

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How to use Google MailJames Highton, Corey Bennett and Nathan

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Overview of Presentation Getting to and Logging into Gmail

Entering the Web Address Logging into the site

Viewing Inbox, Contacts and Email Creation Accessing the Inbox Creating Contacts, Email Importation Composing a New Email Formatting of the Email

Other Features Out of Office Replies IMAP/SMTP Google Calendars GDrive

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Getting to and Logging into Gmail Entering the Web Address Logging into the site



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Launch Internet Explorer Type: gmail.com


Step One: Getting to Gmail

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Step Two: Logging Into Gmail

Create an Account

Log In




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Here is your inbox:


Step Three: Accessing your Inbox

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To create a contact, click the Gmail button.

Click contacts

Once the page loads, click the red “NEW CONTACT” button


Step Four: Creating Contacts/Importing Contacts and Accounts

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To import your old Email into Gmail, use the Email provided with the account creation named “Import your old contacts and Email”


Step 4 Continued

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To create an Email, click “COMPOSE” on your inbox

See the next slide for writing and formatting details


Step 5: How to create an Email

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You will then be met at this screen


Step 5 continued

Use “To” to choose who the recipient will be

Write a subject in the “subject” bar

Then write your desired message in the box below the previous two

When happy, either press send, or choose to attach files, or format the text further

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If you choose to format the Email, click this button:

Then you will see a range of options

In order of appearance: Font, Size, Bold, Italic, Underline, Text Colour, Alignment, Numbering, Bulleting, Indent Less/More


Step 6: If you choose to format the Email




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Gmail calls Out Of Office Replies “Vacation Responder”

Configure this by using the button that says ON, and set your desired subject and message to put a start and end date.


Out Of Office Replies

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Used to link from Gmail to other messaging services

Gmail.com Log in Settings POP/IMAP Enable IMAP Fill in your details on the other messaging service


IMAP and SMTP

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Go to

Then, click “Settings”

Click the forwarding and POP/IMAP tab.

Steps to Enable IMAP/SMTP

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Find the section named “IMAP access”

Click the enable IMAP button

Click the configuration instructions and follow these to enable IMAP on another client

Enabling IMAP/SMTP continued

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Effective tool Can be synced to your phone

Google.com Calendar Create events Create reminders Add other people from your ‘circles’


How to use Google Calendars

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Accessible from www.google.com Drive

Used to sync documents

Available to download on your PC

Automatic uploads/downloads available


GDrive

http://www.google.com/

How to use Google Mail

Documents

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