Sams Teach Yourself Gmail in 10 Minutes gives you straightforward, practical answers when you need fast results. By working through its 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn how to take complete control over your email–and communicate with anyone, anywhere–quickly and easily! Tips point out shortcuts and solutions Cautions help you avoid common pitfalls Notes provide additional information 10 minutes is all you need to learn how to… Create, format, send, read, and manage messages Save time with Gmail’s best productivity shortcuts Organize all your email with a few clicks Quickly find any message with Google’s powerful search tools Instantly create contacts and quickly send messages to them Deliver mass mailings to groups of contacts Stay connected with friends using built-in Google Buzz social networking Have instant online conversations with built-in Google Chat Improve email efficiency with automatic forwarding and vacation autoresponder Use Gmail even when you’re not connected to the Internet
Author(s): Steven Holzner
Edition: 1
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 240
Table of Contents......Page 5
Introduction......Page 14
1 Essential Gmail......Page 18
Sending Email......Page 19
Formatting Your Email......Page 20
Spellchecking Your Email......Page 21
Sending Attachments......Page 22
Setting a Vacation Response......Page 23
Receiving Email......Page 24
Starring Email......Page 25
Filtering Messages......Page 26
Searching Your Email......Page 28
Advanced Searching......Page 29
Checking Sent Email......Page 30
Creating Contacts......Page 31
Sending Mail to Contacts......Page 32
Editing a Contact......Page 33
Reading Your Buzz......Page 34
Commenting on Buzz......Page 35
Getting Buzz in Your Inbox......Page 36
Posting Some Buzz......Page 37
Starting a Chat Session......Page 38
Using Gmail Labs......Page 40
2 Signing Up for Gmail......Page 42
Using an Acceptable Browser......Page 43
Creating a Gmail Account......Page 44
Signing In to Gmail......Page 49
Getting a Tour of Gmail......Page 50
Getting Email......Page 54
Replying to Email......Page 56
Going Mobile......Page 57
Setting Your Picture......Page 61
Creating a Profile......Page 64
Composing Email......Page 68
Spellchecking Your Email......Page 69
Adding Cc’s and Bcc’s......Page 70
Setting Text Size......Page 71
Bolding, Italicizing, and Underlining Text......Page 72
Setting Fonts......Page 74
Creating Bulleted and Numbered Lists......Page 75
Indenting Text......Page 77
Sending Links in Email......Page 78
Working Offline......Page 79
Setting Out of Office or Vacation Responses......Page 84
Sending Attachments......Page 86
Reading Mail......Page 88
Searching Your Mail......Page 90
Displaying Only Unread Mail......Page 91
Deleting Mail......Page 93
Replying to Mail......Page 94
Reading Your Sent Mail......Page 95
Starring Mail......Page 96
Handling Gmail Conversations......Page 97
Forwarding Mail......Page 99
Archiving Mail......Page 100
Checking Your Mail......Page 101
Muting Conversations......Page 102
Filtering Your Mail......Page 103
Editing or Deleting a Filter......Page 105
Working with Contacts......Page 108
Creating a Contact......Page 111
Emailing a Contact Using Autocomplete......Page 112
Moving Contacts from All Contacts to My Contacts......Page 113
Editing a Contact......Page 114
Deleting a Contact......Page 115
Setting a Contact’s Photo......Page 116
Deleting Duplicate Contacts......Page 119
Searching Contacts......Page 120
Importing Contacts......Page 121
Creating a.csv File......Page 122
Using Existing Groups......Page 124
Creating a Group......Page 125
Emailing a Group......Page 126
Deleting a Group......Page 127
Using Labels......Page 128
Applying Labels to Messages......Page 129
Removing Labels from Messages......Page 130
Creating New Labels......Page 131
Sorting Mail by Labels......Page 133
Editing Labels......Page 134
Organizing Labels......Page 135
Deleting Labels......Page 136
Changing Label Colors......Page 137
Searching Using Labels......Page 138
Adding Multiple Labels to a Message......Page 140
Using Tasks......Page 141
Creating a Task......Page 143
Create Subtasks......Page 144
Checking Off Tasks......Page 145
Moving a Task......Page 146
Printing Tasks......Page 147
7 Getting Some Buzz in Gmail......Page 148
Starting the Buzz......Page 149
Following People in Buzz......Page 150
Commenting on Buzz......Page 152
Editing Your Comments......Page 155
Deleting Your Comments......Page 156
Liking Posts......Page 157
Emailing Posts......Page 158
Using Buzz with Mobile Phones......Page 159
Reading Every Post from a Particular Person......Page 160
Searching Buzz......Page 161
Muting Buzz Posts......Page 162
Blocking Posters......Page 163
Seeing Who You’re Following......Page 164
Finding More People to Follow......Page 165
Reporting Abuse......Page 166
Writing Some Buzz......Page 168
Making Posts Public......Page 170
Making Posts Private......Page 171
Replying Privately to Posts (@ Replies)......Page 172
Getting Buzzed in Your Inbox......Page 173
Editing Your Posts......Page 175
Posting by Email......Page 176
Posting Privately by Email......Page 177
Posting Links to Online Articles to Buzz......Page 179
Posting Photos to Buzz......Page 182
Adding Captions to Your Photos......Page 184
Keeping Your Photos Private......Page 185
Posting Videos to Buzz......Page 186
Displaying a Chat Status......Page 188
Displaying a Custom Chat Status......Page 190
Posting Your Chat Status on Buzz......Page 192
Making Your Chat Status on Buzz Private......Page 193
Getting Approval to Chat with Someone......Page 194
Starting a Chat......Page 195
Chatting with Someone......Page 196
Chatting in Free-standing Windows......Page 198
Using Emoticons in Chats......Page 199
Ending Chat Sessions......Page 200
Chatting in a Group......Page 201
Adding Videos to a Chat Session......Page 202
Installing Video and Voice Chat......Page 204
Using Chat History......Page 205
Turning Off Chat History......Page 206
Using Gmail Labs......Page 208
Turning Off Labs in an Emergency......Page 209
Adding Google Gadgets......Page 210
Authenticating Mail from Known Senders......Page 211
Using Custom Keyboard Shortcuts......Page 212
Changing the Default Text Styling......Page 213
Adding a Google Calendar......Page 214
Coordinating Google Docs......Page 215
Hiding Inbox Labels......Page 217
Forwarding Mail Automatically......Page 218
Using Your Email Program with POP......Page 220
Using Your Email Program with IMAP......Page 221
I Can’t Get into My Account......Page 222
My Messages Are Not Being Downloaded by POP or IMAP......Page 224
Chat Doesn’t Appear in Gmail......Page 225
Attachments Don’t Download......Page 226
I Get a Message About My Browser’s “Cookie Functionality”......Page 227
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Y-Z......Page 239
