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Opening and Using gmail a Gmail Account 
Step 1: Open any web browser and search GmailStep 2: Select "Gmail from Google"Step 3: Select "Sign up for a Gmail Account"Step 4: Complete the new account application.Congratulations on your new Gmail account!
 
Why use Gmail? (Please Google search "Gmail tutorial" for greater detail of gmail features or better yet go to YouTube forvideo "How To" tutorials).Lot's of storage.1)Superior spam filtering system.2)Search within Gmail feature.3)Limited ads. No Pop up ads or banners.4)Built in chat feature with the ability to go from chat to free voice calls.5)Chatting is "instant" communication. You can receive and send a chat message and it's seen instantly (the other partyneeds to be on Gmail at that time).a.Labeling feature (better than folders because you can have multiple labels for one email ) allows you to group emails intolabels.6)Example: One email can be marked: Label 1: Students, Label 2: Student's Namea.Document Storage: Gdocs (Google Documents) to save, share and retrieve your documents.a.Photo Storage: Picasab.Google Calendarc.Having a Gmail account allows you to use a number of really neat Google applications. Including:7)
Gmail Accounts
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Using Gmail
Creating a new emailI.Select "Compose Mail"a.Insert a "To" address, subject along with yourmessage.b.Add attachments such as documents or photosc.When done, press send!d.Let's take a quick tour of your Gmail Account to see how some things work!II.
In Box
: Shows your email messages, but removes the messages that you have labeled.a.
Starred:
You can "star" a message of importance and check all of your starred messages by selecting"Starred".b.
Sent Mail:
allows you to view all of the mail that you have sent to others.c.
Drafts:
"Holds" the emails that you have "written" but not yet sent.d.
ALL Mail:
shows every email that you have received, includes emails that you have labeled.e.
Spam:
holds your "junk" mail.f.
Trash:
Holds emails for 30 days that you have "moved" to trash.g.Contacts: are your Gmail address book of emails. You can add email addresses or when you "reply" toan email, that contact is automatically added to your address book.h.
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