GOOGLE LEARNING TO USE YOUR G-MAIL ACCOUNT

LOGIN SCREEN:

CHANGE PASSWORD Go to your address in the upper right corner and click on it Click on the ACCOUNT button under your name NOTE: This is also where you sign out of your !!

CHANGE PASSWORD 2 Go to the security tab on the left Under password management, click “change password”

CHANGE PASSWORD 3 At this screen, you put in your old password at the top line, and below it you new password 2 times (to verify you typed it correctly.) Then click SAVE. NOTE: If you forget your new password, I will have to go back in and reset it.

NAVIGATION BAR -Appears on the left of the screen -Folders, compose new s, and contacts -In between folders and contacts, the is a blank picture and a green dot. -Click on this to change your options -Click on the phone icon to make phone calls using GMail

OPTIONS At the top of the options menu, you can choose whether or not available for chat. In the middle section, you can set the size of your chat list At the bottom, you add a picture of yourself, add a contact, add voice and video and edit the chat settings

ADDING A PICTURE OF YOURSELF Other people will see your picture in the contacts instead just a generic icon Now it looks like ME!! === 

MESSAGE OPTIONS The dash (far left) lets you choose which messages you want to do something to. The folder with a down arrow allows you to archive messages. Archiving allows you to keep messages without them appearing in your folders. The stop sign with an ! On it lets you report a message as SPAM. What is spam? The trash can deletes any message that you have checked. The last 3 icons will be discussed separately.

THE “MOVE TO” FOLDER Once you have checked an , you can move it to another folder. You can also create new folders, and manage the names of existing folders. Lastly, you can look at your Spam and trash folders. You may want to do this to make sure you did not throw away anything you didn’t mean to. The LABELS folder (right next to MOVE TO) allows you add a label to a message without changing its location. You may do this if you want to find all messages from a certain person in all folders.

“MORE” - THE LAST ICON ON THE RIGHT Use this menu to mark a message as unread. Very useful to remember to read it later. You can also mark a message as NOT important. Add a STAR if you like. Make it a TASK, or MUTE it all together. FILTER allows you to find other messages just like it.

SETTINGS MENU (COG ON FAR RIGHT) Comfortable, Cozy and Compact just describe how large the text is. The large the text is, the easier it is to read but less fits on the screen. You can go into general ACCOUNT settings HELP is always useful. Google’s help is excellent. Use it regularly.

SETTINGS FROM THE “COG” MENU Too many to discuss in a Powerpoint., We will go over each together.

COMPOSE A NEW MESSAGE Three simple steps to make a basic . TO: The address you are sending to (must SUBJECT: What’s it about? BODY: Say what you want to say.

CC AND BCC Below to TO line there is CC and BCC. These stand for Carbon Copy and Blind Carbon Copy. If you click on the link, it opens up a new address bar, for more addresses. A CC goes to people, but just as information. Nothing that they need to respond to. The recipient sees that it went to this person. BCC goes to another address but is hidden from display. So the person the is sent to does not know that the BCC address received the message as well.

WORD PROCESSING BAR THIS ALLOWS YOU TO DO NORMAL WORD PROCESSING THINGS From left to right, they are as follows: Bold face, Italicize, Underline ( B I T ) Change font type, change font size, change font color T Highlight color ( T this is like a highlighter pen) adds emoticons to your adds a link to an add a numbered or bulleted list indent a selection The quotation marks pushes the text in and makes it a quote. The next move all text either left, right or centered. removes any formatting you added from the selected area. changes the to look like a typewriter, with NO word processor effects.

NEED I REALLY EXPLAIN WHAT IT DOES? Found at the far right of the word processing bar. Use it…make it your friend! In school, spelling counts. You didn’t use spellcheck? You are SO BUSTED!

ATTACH A DOCUMENT Underneath where you typed the SUBJECT, you will see a link to ATTACH A FILE. Click the link and choose a file to attach. If you attached it correctly, you will see it show below the SUBJECT as seen below. Below the attached file, the link remains to attach another.

SEND AN INVITATION Below the SUBJECT and to the right of the ATTACH DOCEMENT, you will find send an INVITATION An invitation is how you send a calendar entry to another person.

SEND … AND OTHER STUFF SEND -- This sends the to where it is going. NOTE: Once you send it, it is gone! So be sure before you send! Save Now – Saves a copy of your document. IMPORTANT if you don’t want to have to start over! Discard -- Throw it away. NOT saved, just gone. Labels -- Add a label to help find it later. “autosaved” shows that the message has been saved for you!

ADDING OR DELETING CONTACTS Go to the left corner where it says MAIL and click on it to change it to CONTACTS. To add a contact, click on the NEW CONTACT button. To delete or edit a contact, choose either “Most Contacted” or “Other Contacts.” Highlight the contact you wish to change or delete.

CONTACTS - CONTINUED Click on the MORE button from the top bar. Here you can Delete a contact. You can also export or import contacts, print contacts and other tasks.

ASSIGNMENT Create an It must go to one person, and CC another Use specified Word Processing tools Attach a file to it it to me when done This is just a way to see how much you have understood. So no “Total Drama” necessary. Best assignment EVER!