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Computer Basic Online ClassEmail Basics 101

Wednesday, September 4th, 20133:00pm to 4:00pm

How to use Gmail

(1) Compose Email

(2) Format Email


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To Open your Gmail Account on new window:

1.Click the Chrome menu in the top-right corner of the browser and then select New window. Alternatively, press Ctrl+N on your keyboard.

To Open your Gmail Account on new window:2. The new window will appear.


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To Compose Email:

1.In the left menu pane click the Compose button.

Composing a new email


To Compose Email:

2.The compose window will appear in the lower-right corner of the page.

Composing window


To Compose Email:

3.You'll need to add one or more recipients to the To: field. There are two ways to do this: •Type one or more email addresses, separated by commas.

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To Compose Email:• Click To to select recipients from your contacts,

and then click Select.

Selecting recipients

from contacts


To Compose Email:• If the person you are emailing is already one of your

contacts, you can start typing their first name, last name, or email address, and Gmail will display the contact below the To: field. You can then press the Enter key to add the person to the To field.

Adding an existing

contact as a recipient

Selecting recipients

from contacts


To Compose Email:

4.Type a Subject for the message.

5.In the Body field, type your message. When you're done, click Send.

Typing a subject and body and sending an email


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Click the Formatting button at the bottom of the compose window to see different formatting options.


* Highlight text you want to format

How to highlight text using your mouse

To highlight text using your mouse, position your cursor at the beginning of the text you want to highlight.

Press and hold your primary mouse button (commonly the left-button); while holding the button, move the cursor to the end of the text and let go of the button.

This will highlight all text from the beginning to the end.

How to highlight text using your keyboard

To highlight text with your keyboard move the cursor to the beginning of the text using your arrow keys, hold down the shift key, and while still holding down shift press the arrow key in the direction you want to highlight; when done, let go of the shift key.

If you want to highlight all text press the shortcut key Ctrl + A.

1. Click the gear icon in the top-right corner of the page and select Settings.

Type your desired signature in the box. You can also change the font, add other formatting, or insert an image if you want.

To Add an Attachment:While composing an email, click the paperclip icon at the bottom of the compose window.

The File Upload dialog box will appear. Choose the file you want to attach and click Open.

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Computer Basic Online ClassEmail Basics

1. Mouse & Keyboard tutoring & Email basics

2. Gmail: Address book & Compose email

3. Gmail: Formatting Email Attachment File & Signature

4. Gmail: Reading Email

5. Gmail: Responding Email

6. Gmail: Managing Emails & for Mobile Devises

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