"Tech Tuesday" is a 1 hour in-person computer/marketing workshop/training that is open to all NOW Agents. This is an opportunity for agents to learn new computer skills, work on marketing materials, get technical help etc. Listed below are some of the topics discussed during this course with instructions on how to use each feature.
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Tired of typing the same reply every time someone sends you email with a common question? Compose your reply once and save the email as a template. You can also include your signature. Later, you can open the template and send it again with just a few clicks.
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Note: Email templates are available only in Gmail on the web. Templates aren't available in Gmail mobile apps.
Open Gmail.
At the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
At the top, click Advanced.
In the Templates section, select Enable.
At the bottom, click Save Changes.
Open Gmail and click Compose to start a new email.
In the Compose window, enter the text for your email.
Click More Templates.
Choose an option:
To create a new template, click Save draft as template > Save as new template.
To change a previously saved template, click Save draft as template and under Overwrite Template, choose a template and click Save to overwrite it.
Open Gmail and click Compose to start a new email.
Click More > Templates.
To insert a template, under Insert template, choose a saved template to insert in your email.
Compose the rest of your message and click Send.
Click here to go to the Google learning center for more help
Need to use different signatures for email within your company or externally? With Gmail, you can use templates to create different signatures. The next time you compose an email, just choose the template with the signature you’d like to use.
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You can use up to 10,000 characters in your signature. An email signature is text that includes information like your contact info or a favorite quote, website links, social media etc. that’s automatically added at the end of Gmail messages as a footer.
Open Gmail.
At the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
In the General tab, scroll to Signature and click Create new.
Name your signature, then click Create. *This name is not your actual signature it's just a name for the signature template.
In the text box at the right, add your signature text.
Use the format bar to add text colors, links, and images.
At the bottom, click Save Changes.
You can use different signatures for your emails. For example, you can set a signature default for new emails you compose or reply to. You can also choose a different signature with each email you send. Click here for instructions on how to edit or remove a saved signature.
Tip: If you want to change your signature while you write an email, at the bottom of the email, click the pen icon to select and Insert signature.
Make a typo in your email? Forget to add a recipient? Change your mind about sending a message? Take back a message you just sent up to 30 seconds later by enabling Gmail’s Undo Send feature.
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In the bottom left, you'll see "Message sent" and the option to "Undo" or "View message".
Click Undo.
On your computer, go to Gmail.
In the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
Next to "Undo Send," select a send cancellation period of 5, 10, 20, or 30 seconds.
At the bottom, click Save changes.
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You can schedule your emails to send at a later time. Scheduled emails may be sent a few minutes after the scheduled time.
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On your computer, go to Gmail.
At the top left, click Compose.
Type your email.
At the bottom left next to "Send," click the Down arrow.
Click Schedule send.
Note: You can have up to 100 scheduled emails.
On your computer, go to Gmail .
At the left panel, click Scheduled .
Select the email you want to change.
At the top right of your email, click Cancel send.
Make your changes.
At the bottom left next to "Send," click the Down arrow .
Click Schedule send and select a new date and time.
On your computer, go to Gmail .
At the left panel, click Scheduled .
Select the email you want to cancel.
At the top right of your email, click Cancel send.
Note: When you cancel a scheduled email, it becomes a draft.
How to update your N&O email settings to show that your emails are being sent from your new NOW address instead of your Necklen & Oakland address.
If you own another email address, you can also send mail as that address from your "N&O" account. For example:
Yahoo, Outlook, or other non-Gmail address
Your work, school, or business domain or alias, like @yourschool.edu or youralias@gmail.com
Another Gmail address