Email 2 Gmail Handout
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Reference Services Division Presents
Email for Beginners
Sign in to your email account
Open a web browser (i.e., Internet Explorer) In the address box, type in gmail.com,
and then hit the Enter key on your keyboard
Type in your username and password
Note: If he ked, li k to un he k the box by Remember me on this computer.
!li k on the Sign In button
Read your email
If you ha"e unread (new) emails, they will appear in bold To "iew a list of your emails, li k on Inbox
#ll your mails, unread and read, in your Inbox will appear To open an email, li k on the line of the email you wish to read
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Delete an email
To delete an email messa$e, li k on the he kbox next to that email
Note: %ou an delete se"eral emails at on e by sele tin$ multiple he kboxes.
!li k on the Delete
button to delete the sele ted email
Send an email
!li k on Compose Mail Type in the re ipient&s
email address in the box next to To:
Type in the sub'e t of the
email. This is what will be seen when the re ipient re ei"es the email
Type your messa$e into
the lar$e text box
(hen you are ready to send the messa$e, li k on the Send button
Note: #fter you li k Send, you annot make any further han$es. Reply to an email
To reply to an email sent to
you, first open the email
!li k on Reply Type your messa$e
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!li k on Send
Forward an email
)orwardin$ an email is similar to replyin$, with two differen es:
!li k on Forward instead of *eply Type in the email address (or addresses) for the indi"idual(s) you want to forward the messa$e to. Note: (hen you forward an email, any and all atta hments will also be forwarded.
Download an attachment
# paper lip i on next to an email indi ates that there is an atta hment
Open the email+ you will see a
pre"iew of any atta hments
!li k on Download # window will appear (see below) !li k on Sa e !hoose the lo ation where you
want to sa"e the file
!li k on Sa e to finish
!og out when you"re done (hen you are finished, lo$ out by li kin$ on your email address (lo ated on the top ri$ht). 3
Then li k on Sign out. Important: ,o not li k on the red # to lose the browser window+ this may not lo$ you out. Send an attachment $i.e.% photo% document% etc.&
!li k on Compose Mail to start a new email !li k on 'ttach a (ile )ind the file to atta h, then
li k on )pen to finish
To atta h additional files, li k on
'ttach another (ile
%ou will see the names of the atta hments
under the Sub*ect line of your messa$e
Type the text of your messa$e (hen you&re ready to send the email, li k on Send
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Email for Beginners
Sign in to your email account
Open a web browser (i.e., Internet Explorer) In the address box, type in gmail.com,
and then hit the Enter key on your keyboard
Type in your username and password
Note: If he ked, li k to un he k the box by Remember me on this computer.
!li k on the Sign In button
Read your email
If you ha"e unread (new) emails, they will appear in bold To "iew a list of your emails, li k on Inbox
#ll your mails, unread and read, in your Inbox will appear To open an email, li k on the line of the email you wish to read
1
Delete an email
To delete an email messa$e, li k on the he kbox next to that email
Note: %ou an delete se"eral emails at on e by sele tin$ multiple he kboxes.
!li k on the Delete
button to delete the sele ted email
Send an email
!li k on Compose Mail Type in the re ipient&s
email address in the box next to To:
Type in the sub'e t of the
email. This is what will be seen when the re ipient re ei"es the email
Type your messa$e into
the lar$e text box
(hen you are ready to send the messa$e, li k on the Send button
Note: #fter you li k Send, you annot make any further han$es. Reply to an email
To reply to an email sent to
you, first open the email
!li k on Reply Type your messa$e
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!li k on Send
Forward an email
)orwardin$ an email is similar to replyin$, with two differen es:
!li k on Forward instead of *eply Type in the email address (or addresses) for the indi"idual(s) you want to forward the messa$e to. Note: (hen you forward an email, any and all atta hments will also be forwarded.
Download an attachment
# paper lip i on next to an email indi ates that there is an atta hment
Open the email+ you will see a
pre"iew of any atta hments
!li k on Download # window will appear (see below) !li k on Sa e !hoose the lo ation where you
want to sa"e the file
!li k on Sa e to finish
!og out when you"re done (hen you are finished, lo$ out by li kin$ on your email address (lo ated on the top ri$ht). 3
Then li k on Sign out. Important: ,o not li k on the red # to lose the browser window+ this may not lo$ you out. Send an attachment $i.e.% photo% document% etc.&
!li k on Compose Mail to start a new email !li k on 'ttach a (ile )ind the file to atta h, then
li k on )pen to finish
To atta h additional files, li k on
'ttach another (ile
%ou will see the names of the atta hments
under the Sub*ect line of your messa$e
Type the text of your messa$e (hen you&re ready to send the email, li k on Send
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