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You can find your mail one of two ways, either by clicking where it says "Mail" on your opening screen, OR, by oepning your drive (second arrow) and clicking on GMail.
Let's talk about some important things on this page.
Let's talk about some important things on this page.
1. Where it says "mail" in the left sidebar....that can change...twice. If you click the down arrow, you get a choice of mail, contacts or tasks.
2. Under the Mail button is compose and it does exactly what it says...composes a new missive. Click on it and send a message.
3. Next comes the Inbox. Under that is "sent mail"...(this particular tab is a life saver if you can't remember whether or not you sent someone an email, or can't seem to just find it in general mail...). Then drafts (these are emails you started, but didn't finish...they are here to haunt you). Under that you will see MY list of "categories". Further down you can Manage Labels under categories. I save important emails here under these categories. I got through all of them about once every three or four months and get rid of the no longer important emails.
4. Under all of that you'll see me, Kacy Medlin, Tina Allen and maybe even Ruth Wheeler...this is where, rather than chat in emails, we chatted in Hangouts...kind of like a private text messaging service. Quicker, faster, and less of a pain to use than email for something you need an immediate answer to.
5. The little empty Box with the down arrow is a sorting tool...read, starred, not read, etc.
6. The Arrowed Circle is a refresh button.
7. Is an option button...you can mark everything as read, etc.
8. The keyboard on the far right is just that, a keyboard choice.
9. And last but not least is the settings button (which looks like a cog).
Add a Contact by clicking where it says "MAIL". A drop down menu will appear and offer up choices of Mail, Contact, or Tasks.
When you choose Contacts, it will show a page that lists every contact's email in your directory. You can click on any of them and add as much or as little as you can to see about them. You can add where they work, their home phone number, even a picture to help you remember who they are and birthdays as well.
Notice the following symbols that you can see on Gmail and what they mean. Actually, most of these are the same through Google's apps....hangouts, Gmail, docs, etc.
Once you've clicked on Contacts and chosen to add a new contact, you'll get the screen to the left. It's an empty template allowing you to enter any information you want to enter.
And finally, but not any less important is the Task button. Hidden under Mail is the option to list your tasks for the day, week, event, etc. You can name your task list, check it off as you complete it, and even share it with others.
And a couple of extra things here:
there is a really cool capability called "send/unsend". Ever sent an email and realized you forgot the darn attachment? or forgot to add something else you wanted to say? or said something you shouldn't have and thought better of it AFTER hitting the send button????? Well, go to settings, under the General tab and CHOOSE send/unsend. I choose 30 seconds of time because in the grand scheme of things, that's really not as much time as you think to change your mind! Once you've sent the message at the top of your mail page it will say "unsend message". Click on it and viola...you are saved.
The other thing is that you can work on your email even if there isn't any internet. Go to settings and choose the offline tab. This will take you to the web store where you down load an app. Once downloaded, it will appear in the app marshmallows (the colorful ones on the left side of the page). Nothing will be deleted, edited or sent until you connect back up to the internet, but you can effectively send out emails that will go the minute you connect.
Unread emails are bold, read emails are lighter in color.
And finally, you can search your email by recipient, subject, words that might be found in the email.
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