Gmail Tutorial for Beginners 2012 [Video]
The above 2012 Gmail overview tutorial for beginners covers the basics of using Gmail.
A lot of information is covered in the tutorial so remember that you can always pause, rewind and fast-forward.
See also: 2012 Google Docs Tutorial [Video]
If you have any additional questions that are not covered in tutorial, ask them in the comments section below and I will try to answer them as best as possible.
Specific areas covered include:
- Navigating within your Gmail account
- Archiving messages in Gmail.
- Accessing your Gmail settings.
- Setting up your Gmail signature.
- Composing messages in Gmail.
- Receiving messages in Gmail.
- Working with labels in Gmail.
- Creating custom labels in Gmail.
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After you move your sent emails to the folders/labels, will the sent emails disappear from the SENT folder ?
No, if you send a message, it will be in the sent folder until you delete it.
how do i set up an Email address book in Gmail?
karl: go to gmail then click gmail to the left of the inbox its a drop down with three options :gmail,contacts and tasks click contacts
you should prbably redo this the UI in gmail has changed big time since march
When composing a Signature I'd like to add a business photo to go along with the auto signature. I've been unable to figure out how to do that. Can you help? Thanks.
Diana,
I actually published a video answering your exact question:
http://ansonalex.com/videos/how-to-add-an-image-url-link-in-gmail-signatures-video/
Let me know if it helps!
Is there a setting that would allow me to "schedule cleanup"? For instance so I could request that my inbox would only keep the latest message from a particular sender, or delete all messages from this sender after 10 days, etc? My msn account has this feature.
Kristene,
I don't think that feature is available for Gmail. You can filter messages by particular senders, subjects, etc. – but there is no "timer" feature that would delete them after 10 days.
I have some redundant emails and some that need editing, but they are not visible in the contacts list at the TOP. They are only visible when forwarding an email and clicking on the "To" in the body of the email. When I click on delete or backspace to edit, it can not be done. How can I make corrections to the contacts when forwarding emails?
When you forward an email a new text box appears and the recipient is forwarded everything in the box. If you don't want them to see some of it, just delete it. They are not forwarded separate messages in the way that you see them in your Gmail account.