Creating and using an Email

Knowing how to use your device one step at a time

Overview of today

• Creating a Gmail account
• Sending and replying to Emails
• How to attach a file or picture to an email
• As well as downloading from an email
• *forwarding an email

Creating an Email/Gmail account

1. Go to www.gmail.com or whichever email account provider you want to use
2. Click either sign-in or create an account
3. Follow through instructions and fill in your information and details
4. Note: When creating a password, it is helpful to make it a memorable password and write it down somewhere safe and secure

Sending an Email

1. To send an email, find one of these compose buttons, often found near the top left of your email screen���
2. Once you click the compose button, you will need to fill in some information
1. To - Fill in the email address of who you want to send it to
2. Subject - Title of what the email is about
3. Body / blank space below - Everything you want to write and say
3. Finally, once you have filled in everything, click send and you are done

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Replying to an Email

1. To reply to an email, first open the email by clicking on the email
2. Near the top right, there is an icon that is like an arrow pointing backwards. Hover over it to make sure it is the reply button
3. Click the reply button, and it should prompt you to start writing the body of your email in response to the email you opened
1. The recipient of the email is automatically filled in with whoever sent the email to you. If you would like to add recipients, type them into the To section
2. Once you have written your message, click send and you are done

Attaching a file, picture, document, etc.

• To attach something to an email such as file, document, or picture, first compose an email, or being replying to an email
• Fill in all details such as To (your recipient), Subject (title of email), and Body (message) if it is not filled in already
• Now to attach something, find the paper clip icon
• It is often found near the bottom of your email composing space. It is also often found near the send button
• Click the paper clip icon, it should open a new window to select a file from your computer. Click and open the desired file and it will load onto your email

Downloading a file, picture, document, etc.

• When you receive an email with an attachment such as a file, picture, document, etc. you will often find it near the bottom of the email, or linked within the body of the email.
• To download the attachment to save it to your computer, find the word download next to the file, or open the attachment and find the download icon and click it
• The download should begin right away and can be found in the downloads folder on your computer. You can move it to whichever location you wish after it has been downloaded.

Forwarding an Email

1. To forward an email, open the email you would like to forward, just as you would with replying to an email
2. Near the top right where the reply button is often found, find the 3 dots button which is often called More
3. Clicking the More button, there will be more options to choose what to do with the email, including reply and forward
4. Click forward and it will prompt you to fill in details just like reply
1. Details such as To, Subject, Body�

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