Google Email Account Inbox

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By Computer Tech | August 27, 2008

Google Email Account Inbox is computer lesson plan part 2 in the 4 part group of learning Google email.

Part 1 Opening a New Google Email Account

Part 2 Google Email Account Inbox (you are here)

Part 4 Adding Attachments in Google Email

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To watch a video tutorial about your

Gmail Inbox, click the link below.

Google eMail Inbox


Inbox: Messages you receive from other people are stored here Number in parenthesis: number of unopened messages unopened messages: you haven’t clicked on that message, it has yet to be read You may have many messages in your Inbox that have been read, only the number of unread are indicated by the number. To Read messages: click on “Inbox” _____

Double click on the message._____
The messages on the white lines are unopened. To open one, double click on it. _____
After you have opened the message in your Google Inbox, you can delete the message, reply to the sender, forward it to a different person. The arrows allow you to see the message listed before or after the message you are veiwing. ______
Reply (on the right): Open a message sent to you, click Reply, it allows you to send a message back to the sender (it automatically fills in the address for you)

Reply all: If a message was sent to multiple addresses (yours included) and you want all those same people to receive your message…open the message, click Reply all

Forward: After opening an email message, scroll to the bottom, click Forward to send the same email on to another address (you need to type in the address) You can add to or change the message that was sent to you originally, before sending it on.

Delete: Either click on the message line before the email is opened or the message can be deleted after or while it’s open. Just click on the message and click delete. This puts it in a Trash folder that still holds all those deleted messages. You can open the Trash folder and retrieve a trashed message by dragging it to the Inbox or just reread deleted messages by clicking on them. To permanently get rid of deleted messages from the trash folder, double click on the Trash folder to open it, then click ‘Empty Trash now’.

You did it! You’re now the expert on Google’s Inbox options! We told you, you can do it!

Don’t stop now! Go on to Part 3 of the learning Google email group, New Messages In Google Email!

Part 1 Opening a New Google Email Account

Part 2 Google Email Account Inbox (you are here!)

Part 3 New Messages in Google Email

Part 4 Adding Attachments in Google Email

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