Gmail makes it easy for you to create new contacts, either directly from the Contacts app or by adding them from an email that you receive. These contacts are saved to your Google Account, making them accessible through the Contacts app in your browser, or on your smartphone. Occasionally you may find that you need […]

If you receive a lot of emails that are about the same subject, it’s possible that you find yourself typing the same email over and over. You may have come up with a system for managing this, but Gmail has its own function, called “Canned Responses” that can prove to be quite helpful. Our tutorial […]

When you receive an email in your Gmail inbox, you typically need to click on it to view the contents of the message. The clicked email will then take the place of the inbox until you click on the back arrow or the Inbox tab to return to your list of messages. But you may […]

When you go on a vacation, the last thing you want to worry about is work. Keeping up with emails can be a chore, and can ruin what is supposed to be a relaxing experience. But you don’t want people to think that you are ignoring them, so it can be helpful to set up […]

Your Gmail inbox will display the subject line of an email that you received, as well as a small part of that email message. This can be really helpful with short emails, as you can sometimes read the entire content of the message without even opening it. Unfortunately this also means that anyone else who […]

Gmail does a good job of fitting a lot of information into your inbox. You might already be seeing different labels and indicators that let you know if an email is important, or you may be using an inbox setting that automatically categorizes emails into different tabs. But there is another label that you can […]

The signature that is included when you send an email can be used in a number of different ways. Many people choose to use that space as a way to give their contacts other methods of reaching them. That could be an address, a phone number, or even a website. If you have something in […]

Signatures in email programs are time savers. Most applications offer some kind of signature option (even your smartphone) and you can customize that signature to include information that you think your email conversation participants may need. But that signature isn’t set up automatically, which means that you need to seek it out in order to […]

Becoming familiar with when you should reply or reply all in an office setting is typically something that happens quickly, especially if you select the wrong option by mistake. Many corporate environments have a tendency to send messages that are copied to many of the people in the organization, and a series of “reply alls” […]

Keyboard shortcuts are helpful in almost every program that allows them. While it is possible to be quite proficient with a mouse, it’s almost always faster to perform specific actions by pressing a combination of keys on your keyboard. You may already be familiar with keyboard shortcuts in some of your favorite programs like Microsoft […]