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Gmail notifier will let you know when you have email on your Gmail
account. When ever you get a new email to your Gmail account Gmail
notifier will give you a small little pop up on your computer down in
the bottom right hand corner so it doesn't interrupt your work or what
you're doing. The pop up tells you who sent the email and also gives you
a little preview of the email itself.
When the Gmail notifier pops
up you can see what the email is so you can decide whether it's
important enough to read now or not. If it is you can click on Gmail
notifier and you will be taken to the email you want to read.
You can't
delete emails from Gmail notifier but you can go to your Gmail and
delete them from there. With Gmail notifier you can also set Gmail as
your default email program so when you click on email links in a Web
page a Gmail window will pop up for you to send mail with.
Setting Up Gmail Notifier
First thing you need to do if you want to set up Gmail notifier is to
sign up for a Gmail email account. Once you have a Gmail email account
you can move on to this lesson. Open Gmail in your browser and we can
get started.
- From your Gmail page click on the link at the top of the page that says "Settings".
- Scroll down the page until you see "Get the Gmail Notifier" and click on it.
- A
new window will pop up or a new tab will open with the download
information. Choose either Windows or Mac depending on what operating
system you are using. Then click the button that says "Download Gmail
Notifier".
- Choose "Save To Disk" and click "OK". If you
are given a choice where to save the program then save it to your
desktop so you can find it easier.
- Find the icon on your desktop that says "GmailInstaller". Double click on the icon to start downloading.
- Read the license agreement. Click "I agree".
- Choose
"Standard" install and then decide if you want Gmail notifier to run on
startup and also if you want to use Gmail notifier for outgoing email.
Then click "Next".
- The next screen asks where to download
Gmail notifier to. Leave this alone unless you really want to download
it to a particular place. Click "Next".
- On the next window click "Install".
- When it Gmail notifier is finished installing click the "Close" button.
- You will now see a little envelope in the bottom right hand corner of your page. Gmail notifier is now installed and running.
5:14:00 PM
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An emoticon is a smiley face that you can
make using the keys on your keyboard. They don't all smile and they're
not all faces but they are cute and they add emotion and character to
your messages and email. People on the Internet use them in emails, on
message board and in chat rooms.
Google Gmail
lets you use certain emoticons in your emails. They don't have
emoticons added to their "Rich Formatting" yet but they still let you
use emoticons in your email. As long as you know how to create the
emoticons, and you are sending the email to someone who has an email
program that lets them see emoticons, they will look great.
When
you type these emoticons into Gmail and mail the email the emoticons
will not just look like keyboard characters, they will take on a much
better look. Try them out and see how they look in Gmail. Here are the
emoticons you can use in Gmail:
< 3
This one looks like a heart. Turn your head to the right and use your imagination. It'll look better in Gmail.
: ( | )
It's a monkey. This one takes a little more imagination, even when used in Gmail.
\ m /
Rock out. OK, I don't get it.
*The rest of these are faces:
: - o
: D
: (
X - (
B - )
: ' (
= D
; )
: - |
= )
: - D
; ^ )
; - )
: - )
: - /: P
2:05:00 PM
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Gmail Conversations
Let's say that someone emails you, you email them back, they email
you again all using the reply field in your email. All of these emails
will be saved together as one conversation. When you click on one of the
emails you will see all three. On the left side of the screen is a link
that says "Expand All".
Click on this to open all the emails in a
conversation. Click on "Collapse All" to close all the emails in a
conversation except the one you want to read. When a new email is
received that is part of the conversation the whole conversation is
moved to the top of the Inbox.
Gmail Labels
Labels are kind of like folders in other email programs, but not
quite. With other email programs you can create folders to move your
email messages to so you can organize them a little better. Labels can
be used the same way but there is a big difference. You can label
something and still keep it in your Inbox.
When you label something you can then archive it. When something
is archived it is no longer seen from the Inbox. If you want to view all
emails with that label then you click on the link for the label found
on the left hand column of the page. All emails with that label can be
seen from this link, even those that are also in the Inbox. An email can
have more than one label if you want it to.
To create a label click on the "Settings" link on the top, right
of the page. On the Settings page click on "Labels". You'll see a box
called "Create a new label". Put in the name of your label here and
click "Create".
To add a label to an email go back to your inbox and check the
box next to the email you want to add the label to. You'll see a drop
down box above where your email are listed. The box currently says "More
Actions" in it. Pull down the menu and click on the label name that you
want to use. You'll see the name of the label show up right before the
Subject title of your email.
To archive this email and remove it
from your Inbox make sure the check box next to the email is checked and
click on the "Archive" box.
Gmail Filters
A filter is a way to have a label automatically added to an email
when it comes in or to have the email be archived before it ever hits
your Inbox. This is great if you belong to an email group and you don't
want it overstuffing your Inbox with emails or if you just like to have
your emails stay organized and out of your Inbox.
At the top of the page is a small link that says "Create a
filter", click on this. The other way to get to this same page is to
click on "Settings" and then on "Create a filter", they both take you to
the same page. Fill out your search criteria and click on "Next Step".
On the next page you can choose which filter, if any, you want to add to
these emails. You can also choose whether or not you want the email to
show up in your Inbox or not. You can also have the email deleted before
you even see it. Then click "Create Filter".
Sign Up For Gmail
Gmail has a lot more to offer but these are the main features. To sign up for Gmail go to the Gmail Homepage.
If you can't sign up for Gmail from there send me your email address and I will send you a Gmail invite.
