(^4) Search Box
❱ Search for any message or contact in your Gmail inbox. Clicking
on the small arrow at the end of the search box allows you to
refine your search in several different ways.
(^5) Message Controls
❱ This set of buttons only appears when viewing a message. They
allow you to archive, delete or report the message as spam, as well
as letting you move the message to a particular mailbox or apply a
label. The More button reveals even more controls.
(^6) Conversation
❱ Gmail displays multiple messages from a contact in a
conversation format. If someone replies to your message, both the
reply and the original message are shown stacked in the window.
You can expand the conversation to make it easier to read.
(^7) Quick Reply
❱ Click anywhere in this box to start a quick reply to the last message
in the conversation. To Forward a message, click the Forward tab
in the quick reply window that opens. Quick reply offers the same
formatting options as creating a new message does.
(^3) Chat Controls
❱ This section shows a list of your available Chat contacts, as well as
containing the various chat controls: Add Contact, Status Update,
etc. You can read more about Gmail Chat later in this section.
Get Started with Gmail
Gmail on Android & iOS
You can download the Gmail app for mobile devices, free
of charge, from the Play Store or App Store. This allows
you to use Gmail on the go.
Once downloaded, the app should automatically sign
in using the same Google account details you entered on
your computer (hopefully, this is also the one with which
you set up your Android or iOS device).
You will now be able to see all of the folders and
emails you use and have sent/received on your computer,
albeit on your smartphone or tablet.
How to Compose a
New Mail
Google has incorporated a unique way to compose a
message in Gmail which allows you to retain on screen
whatever you were looking at, inbox, a message, etc.
while composing a new message in a separate window.
At the time of writing, this was still an optional feature
but could be made standard at any time.
To activate this compose window, click the Compose
button and a new window will open at the bottom right
of the Gmail window. Whatever you were viewing before
you clicked Compose will remain on screen but you can
click through into a different mailbox or open a message
without the compose window disappearing.
The new compose window contains many of the options.
Click in the To field and start to type a name or email
address to see a list of known contacts. The icons at the
bottom let you control formatting and attachments. If
you want to switch back to the old compose method,
click the Send icon at the bottom of the window.
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