Things to do when you start to use Gmail

Set up your signature
Your signature won't be migrated from Outlook so will need to be recreated in Gmail.

Remove labelled messages from your Inbox
All mail in your Outlook folders will be migrated to Gmail and will be labelled with the folder name, but all messages will appear in your Inbox. You clear labelled messages from your Inbox so that they only show when the label is clicked.

Recreate any Outlook rules as Gmail filters
Any Outlook rules you had set up will not have been migrated to Gmail and will need to be recreated manually as Gmail Fiiters.

Set up your Inbox as you would like it to appear
There are a number of ways in which you can change the layout of your Gmail Inbox:

• You can use Inbox styles to show unread or starred first, or customise your layout completely

• You can turn conversation view on or off

• You can choose to show the reading pane

Your Spam folder is hidden by default in Gmail, but it's useful to have it in view, to make sure no important messages have been sent into spam. Move your Spam folder up in the folder list so that you can see it at all times

You can access Chat, Spaces and Meet directly from your Gmail screen, without the need to open another application
Make sure you can see Meet and Chat in Gmail

You can show your calendar in Gmail too, to see any upcoming appointments and create new events
Show your calendar in Gmail to see upcoming meetings

If you delegate your mailbox to a colleague, this will need to be set up again in Gmail.
Set up mail delegation for anyone that needs access to your mailbox

You can set Gmail to be available offline, if you would like to work on your email without an internet connection
Enable offline access