Sams Teach Yourself Gmail in 10 Minutes (Sams Teach Yourself Minutes) (Sams Teach Yourself...in 10 Minutes (Paperback))

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 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 A......Page 228 C......Page 229 E......Page 231 G......Page 232 K......Page 233 M......Page 234 N......Page 235 P......Page 236 S......Page 237 T......Page 238 Y-Z......Page 239 __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

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!

A clear, super quick, easy-to-understand guide for new gmail usersFast access to instructions for every common task, plus reliable, concise answers to the most widely asked questions. Organized into lessons that distill the most crucial information on each gmail topic Presents a collection of lessons focusing on the features of Gmail, covering such topics as signing up for Gmail, composing messages, using Contacts and Groups, using Chat, and using Google Buzz.