iPad Email Essentials

Change Preview Lines

• Launch the Settings app.

• Scroll down in the Settings menu until you see Mail.

• Choose Preview and select the number of lines that will be displayed. 

Show To/CC Labels

If who sent or who was copied on an email; hide it and expand when you want to see it, or make it visible immediately. 

• Launch the Settings app.

• Scroll down in the Settings menu until you see Mail.

• Tap the switch net to Show To/Cc Labels -turns green.

Change Swipe Options 

Swipe gestures from an iPad make it easy to review email, especially on the go.

• Launch the Settings app.

• Scroll down in the Settings menu until you see Mail.

• Tap Swipe Options. 

• Tap Swipe Left or Swipe Right to adjust the slide options. 

• Tap Flag or Move Message to set the slide direction. 

Ask Before Deleting an Email

Accidentally delete and email by tapping in the wrong place?  iOS can ask before deleting a message.

• Launch the Settings app.

• Scroll down in the Settings menu until you see Mail.

• Tap the switch next to Ask Before Deleting, turns green.

Threading Feature - Organize Emails 

Organize, collapse read messages, only see the latest messages in a thread, and/ or see all of them, all the time, most recent message to top, there are options for all of these. 

• Launch the Settings app.

• Scroll down in the Settings menu until you see Mail.

• Tap the switch next to Complete Threads , turns green. 

Mark Addresses 

Ensure you're sending email from or to people at a specific domain. iOS can mark those addresses as a way to avoid mistakingly sending from or to the address or people. 

• Launch the Settings app.

• Scroll down in the Settings menu until you see Mail.

• Tap Mark Addresses. 

Set Your Signature

• Launch the Settings app.

• Scroll down in the Settings menu until you see Mail.

• Tap Signature, add your new signature. 

Notification When Someone Replies to Your Email Message

• Launch the Settings app.

• Tap on Notifications.  Scroll up until you find Mail.

• Tap on Mail.

• Select the switch beside Allow Notifications.

  • The switch will turn from gray to green.

Additionally, You can choose to adjust and customize your notifications to add sounds, badges app icons, or to have notifications appear on your lock screen. 

*Badges are small indicators that appear on the icons of apps. 

Add an Attachment

To insert things into mail messages, press and hold an empty area of a message.

• From the toolbar, add photo or video from your Photo library. 

• From the toolbar, add files from iPad, Google Drive, and/or iCloud