Gmail in 10 Minutes, Sams Teach Yourself (2nd Edition) (Sams Teach Yourself · Minutes) by Miller, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

About This eBook Title Page Copyright Page Contents About the Author Dedication Acknowledgments We Want to Hear from You! Reader Services Introduction

What You Need to Know to Use This Book About the Sams Teach Yourself in 10 Minutes Series Special Sidebars

Lesson 1. How Gmail Works—And What It Does

What Is Gmail? How Does Web-Based Email Work? What Makes Gmail Different from Other Web-Based Email Services?

No Folders Conversations Storage

Gmail Today Summary

Lesson 2. Creating and Signing In to a Gmail Account

Signing Up for a Gmail Account Signing In to Gmail Summary

Lesson 3. Navigating Gmail

Navigating the Inbox Managing Messages Reading and Sending Messages Using the Navigation Sidebar Accessing Other Gmail Features Summary

Lesson 4. Receiving and Reading Email

Reading an Email Message Replying to a Message

Reply to the Original Sender Reply to All

Forwarding a Message Printing a Message Deleting a Message Viewing and Managing Deleted Messages Viewing an Email Conversation Summary

Lesson 5. Sending Email

Composing a New Email Message Selecting Recipients from the Contacts List Copying Others on a Message Working with Draft Messages Checking Your Spelling Summary

Lesson 6. Formatting Email Messages

Applying Text Formatting Applying Paragraph Formatting Inserting Web and Email Links Adding Emoji Summary

Lesson 7. Working with Pictures and File Attachments

Inserting a Picture into a New Email Message Attaching a File to a New Email Message Viewing Pictures in Email Messages Downloading Files Attached to Email Messages Summary

Lesson 8. Creating an Email Signature

Creating a New Signature Changing or Removing Your Signature Summary

Lesson 9. Working with Contacts and Contact Groups

Viewing Your Contacts Creating a New Contact Editing or Deleting a Contact Creating a Contact Group Adding a Contact to a Contact Group Sending a Message to a Contact or Contact Group Summary

Lesson 10. Organizing Your Gmail Messages

Organizing by Tab

Viewing Messages on a Tab Moving Messages from One Tab to Another Choosing Which Tabs to Display

Marking Important Messages Organizing with Stars Organizing with Labels

Labeling a Message Creating a New Label Changing Label Colors Viewing Labeled Messages Managing Your Labels

Archiving Old Messages Summary

Lesson 11. Searching in Gmail

Conducting a Basic Search Conducting an Advanced Search Using Search Operators Summary

Lesson 12. Using Gmail Filters

Creating a Filter

Filtering Messages Like an Existing Message Creating a Filter from a Search

Managing Your Filters Summary

Lesson 13. Working Offline

Installing the Gmail Offline App Navigating Gmail Offline Reading Messages Offline Composing Messages Offline Summary

Lesson 14. Using Gmail When You’re on Vacation

Enabling Gmail’s Vacation Responder Forwarding Your Gmail to Another Account Checking and Sending Gmail on the Road Summary

Lesson 15. Setting Up Gmail for Other Email Accounts

Using Gmail to Retrieve Email from Other Accounts Reading Gmail in Another Email Program

Configuring Gmail for POP Mail Configuring Gmail for IMAP Mail Configuring Your Other Email Program

Forwarding Your Gmail to Another Account Importing Contacts and Emails from Other Accounts Summary

Lesson 16. Customizing Gmail

Customizing the Gmail Interface

Configuring Inbox Tabs Changing the Display Density Applying a Theme

Configuring Other Gmail Settings

General Labels Inbox Accounts and Import Filters Forwarding and POP/IMAP Chat Web Clips Labs Offline Themes

Editing Your Profile Information Changing Your Profile Picture Summary

Lesson 17. Dealing with Spam

How Google Deals with Spam Reporting a Message as Spam Removing a Legitimate Message from Your Spam List Permanently Deleting Messages from Your Spam List How Google Guards Against Malware Summary

Lesson 18. Managing Tasks with Gmail

Viewing Gmail’s Tasks List Creating a Task Completing and Deleting Tasks Working with Multiple Tasks Lists Emailing a Tasks List Printing a Tasks List Summary

Lesson 19. Chatting in Hangouts

Participating in a Text Hangout Participating in a Video Hangout Summary

Lesson 20. Using Gmail on Mobile Devices

Using Gmail on the Go Using Gmail’s iPhone App

Reading Email Viewing Other Email Sending Email

Using Gmail’s iPad App

Reading Email Viewing Other Email Sending Email

Using Gmail’s Android App

Reading Email Viewing Other Email Sending Email

Summary

Lesson 21. Using Gmail with Google+

How Gmail Integrates with Google+ Sharing Gmail Photo Attachments on Google+ Viewing and Responding to Google+ Posts from Gmail Messaging Between Google+ and Gmail

Emailing Google+ Connections Reading Google+ Messages in Gmail Turning Off the Gmail/Google+ Integration

Summary

Appendix A. Troubleshooting Gmail Problems

You’re Unable to Log In to Your Account

Resetting Your Password Resetting Your Username

Someone Has Hijacked Your Account Gmail Is Slow or Unresponsive You’re Receiving Someone Else’s Emails

Someone Mistyped the Address You’re Bcc’d on a Message You’re Being Spammed

The Message Was Sent but Not Received Messages Appear to Be Missing You Accidentally Deleted an Important Message All Messages Are Sent to the Trash Legitimate Email Is Marked as Spam Not All Labels Are Displayed Messages Aren’t Displaying Properly You Can’t Download File Attachments You Can’t Send an Attachment You Receive a Phishing Message You Receive a Message About Cookies Summary

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