Gmail – Time Saving and Sorting Tips

Ever get frustrated with Gmail?     … here are a couple of  useful tips.

1.  Quickly find all the messages ever sent to you from one person. 

Look for the show search options at the top of the email screen, and click on it.   After you click on it, another box will pop up where you can insert the email address and/or other info to help you locate the emails.  I simply put in the email address and that’s enough for me.
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Just look at my diagram below at the red arrows.  Easy!  Great time saver.

Gmail tips

Gmail Tips

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2.  Quickly Reply to an email without scrolling all the way down through the threads of conversation.  Be sure you are inside the body of the email the person sent you, then hit the r or the f.

Gmail Tip: Quickly reply to an email message without having to scroll all the way to the bottom of all messages

Tech Tip #100 – Snippage

snippageBy creating new snips, you can populate your desktop with information from any number of different websites. you can even set them to reload automatically at set intervals

Tech Tip #99 pdf my url

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You're on a great Web page. And you think, "It would be super if I could turn this Web page into a PDF." With this site, you can. It does a good job of keeping a page's formatting. And there's no software to install.

You’re on a great Web page. And you think, “It would be super if I could turn this Web page into a PDF.” With this site, you can. It does a good job of keeping a page’s formatting. And there’s no software to install.

 Learn more…  

 

Tech Tip #98 – Netbook Texting help

I purchased a netbook (which I love) but did not realize that my provider (Verizon) would charge me 20c per text AND
that there was no text bundle I could purchase to minimize my fees.  For instance, on my cell phone I pay $5.00 and that gets me 250 texts.  $9.99 gets me  500 texts, and so on.  So .. my savvy tech-e sister told me about call wave.

It works great and now I can use my phone for my phone and I can text on my netbook which in reality acts
as a big droid.

Tech Tip #97 – Zumbox paperless postal system

Are you ready to go paperless with your mail?  Hmmmmmmm … not sure?  Read on.

It’s free, (or so they say for now) secure and ….You may use standard HTML “embed” codes to include audio, video, Flash, and other interactive elements to enhance your mailings. For example:

  • Embed a YouTube video.
  • Embed a catalog or magazine with page-flipping technology.
  • Embed a survey.
  • Embed a “Reply” or “Comments” area.BE SURE TO READ THEIR TERMS OF SERVICE BEFORE YOU SUBSCRIBE.

Tech-e #96 – Digsby

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I LOVE THIS TOOL!

Go here and watch a short video to learn more.

Digsby is a multiprotocol IM client that lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list.

http://www.digsby.com/

Tech Tip #95 – Skype

Did you know that you don’t have to be tied to your desk to use Skype?

Don’t use up your cell phone minutes talking long Distance.
Got an i-phone, or other “smartphone” Device. Read on!

 


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