What to do on your first day?

1. Open Gmail.

2. At the top right, click Settings See all settings.

3. In the General tab, scroll to Signature and click Create new.

4. Name your signature, then click Create.
   This name is not your actual signature, but is a name for the signature template.

5. In the text box at the right, add your signature text.

6. Use the format bar to add text colors, links, and images.

7. At the bottom, click Save Changes

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.

2. In the top right, click Settings  See all settings.

3. Next to "Undo Send," select a Send cancellation period of 5, 10, 20, or 30 seconds.

4. At the bottom, click Save changes

You can add Chat to your Gmail inbox and get all the features of Chat directly in Gmail, so you can collaborate and stay connected from a central location.

1. On your computer, open Gmail.

2. At the top right, click Settings   See all settings.

3. At the top, click Chat and Meet.

4. Next to “Chat,” to turn Chat on or off in Gmail, select Google Chat or Off.

5. Click Save Changes.

You can also mute Chat notifications so you can work uninterrupted.

You can get notifications for new emails you receive, or for messages marked important.

1. At the top right, click Settings See all settings.

2. Scroll down to the Desktop notifications section.

3. Click Click here to enable desktop notifications for <your organization>.

4. Select New mail notifications on or Important mail notifications on.

5. At the bottom of the page, click Save Changes

1. On your computer, go to Gmail.

2. On the left, scroll down, then click More.

3. Click Create new label.

4. Name your label.

5. Click Create.

1. Open Gmail.

2. In the search box at the top, click Show search options  .

3. Enter your search criteria. If you want to check that your search worked correctly, see what emails show up by clicking Search. 

4. At the bottom of the search window, click Create filter.

5. Choose what you’d like the filter to do.

6. Click Create filter.

Note: When you create a filter to forward messages, only new messages will be affected. ​Additionally, when someone replies to a message you've filtered, the reply will only be filtered if it meets the same search criteria.

Set preferences for all your calendars

1. In Calendar, click Settings > Settings.

2. On the left under General, click Event settings.

3. Click Notifications and select an option:

   • Off

   • Desktop notifications

   • Alerts

4. (Optional) To set up a sound for your incoming notifications, check the Play notification sounds box.

5. (Optional) To manage your notifications, on the left, click your calendar > General notifications.

6. Next to each option, click the Down arrow  and select None or Email

If you’d prefer not to be invited to events outside of your working hours, you can adjust your Google Calendar settings so organizers know to reschedule an event to a better time.

1.  On your computer, open Google Calendar.

2. At the top right, click Settings   Settings.

3. On the left, under "General," click Working hours.

   • Tip: If your admin has turned on working location, click Working hours & location. Learn more about your administrator.

4. In the "Working hours" section, click Enable working hours.

5. Select the days you work  the times you work.

6. You can split the hours you work based on when you're available.

   • To add more than one time period to your workday, next to a day of the week, click Add .

   • To remove a time period, click Remove .

Tip: When you add work hours, the start time must be before the end time

1. On your computer, open Google Calendar.

2. On the left, next to “Other calendars,” click Add   Subscribe to calendar. If the calendar has been shared with you, you’ll get an email.

3. In the “Add calendar” box, enter the person's email address, or select one from the list.

4. Press Enter.

5. Depending on whether their calendar is shared, one of the following happens:

   • If the calendar isn't shared with you, we'll prompt you to request access.

   • If the calendar is already shared with you, their calendar will be added on the left side under "Other calendars."

   • If the other person doesn't have a Google Calendar, we'll prompt you to invite them to use Google Calendar.