Gmail Cheat Sheet
Create a signature
Add your profile picture
Set up Gmail notifications
Use your vacation responder
Create a signature
Add your profile picture
Set up Gmail notifications
Use your vacation responder
Create a Signature
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, but is 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.
Add your profile picture
Open Gmail.
At the top right, click your profile picture.
Click Manage your Google Account.
At left, click Personal info.
Under Basic info, click your profile picture.
Select a photo.
(Optional) Crop the photo.
Click Set as profile photo.
Set up Gmail notifications
At the top right, click Settings See all settings.
Scroll down to the Desktop notifications section.
Click Click here to enable desktop notifications
Select New mail notifications on or Important mail notifications on.
At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes.
Notifications appear on Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari when you're signed in to Gmail and have it open.
Use your vacation responder
Open Gmail .
At the top right, click Settings > See all settings.
Scroll down to Vacation responder and select Vacation responder on or Vacation responder off.
If you turned on the vacation responder, enter the dates you're away and add a message. Then, select who should get a response.
At the bottom, click Save Changes.
Email, chat, and collaborate
Click Settings > See all settings > Chat and Meet to show or hide Chat or Meet
Open email
Open direct messages and spaces
Open video & audio meetings
Click Compose to create an email
Add recipients
Add a subject
Format text
Add files and links
Show more options, such as templates
Delete draft
See previous responses
Reply to email
Forward email
Expand all email
Open email in a new window
Show more options
Click New chat to chat with a person, space, or app
See someone's status
Search in a chat or space
Read chat messages
Add a Drive file or a Calendar invite
Format text, add emojis, and more
Send a chat message
Create a new meeting
Join a meeting using a code or nickname
Join a selected meeting
See details for a selected meeting