Primary are your personal emails between people. Social are emails from social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter. Promotions are emails that you receive from marketing that you have signed up for.
If someone replies to an archived mail, the conversation will be moved back to your inbox.
You can add more icons by clicking the Gear menu and selecting Settings. In the General tab, look for the Stars section. Drag icons to In Use that you want to add. Once they’ve been added, click the Star icon multiple times on an email to scroll through the available icons.
Click the Filters button to create a rule that will sort incoming mail into the labels you’ve created. Click the “Create a new filter” link to set up a new rule. You can have a filter set by who the email is from, who it is to, words in the subject, and words in the body. Once you have designated your filter, click “Create filter with this search”. Apply a rule to the filter. Once you have set the filter, check the “Apply the label:” box and select the label that you want. If you want it to go straight into the label and not appear in your inbox, check the “Skip Inbox” box.
“Cc” will send a copy to another recipient. “Bcc” will send a copy to another recipient without any of the other recipients knowing. If you have multiple accounts linked to your Gmail account, you can choose which one you want to send the message from by clicking the arrow next to your address in the “From” field. You can change the formatting of your text by clicking on the “A” button next to the send button. This will open a small menu that allows you to change the font, size, color, as well as create lists and indents. You can attach a file to the email by clicking the paperclip icon. This will open a window that will allow you to browse your computer for a file to attach. There is a 25MB file size limit for attached files. You can send money using Google Wallet by hovering over the + sign and clicking the $ icon. Google will ask you to verify your identity if you have not already. You can insert images and Google Drive documents into your email by hovering over the + sign as well.
You will need to log in with your Google account. Google Drive is free with all Google accounts.
You can add more functionality by clicking the “Connect more apps” button at the bottom of the list. You can browse other add-ons from Google as well as third-party developers.
The toolbar options will change depending on the type of file that you are creating. All changes are saved automatically as you work.
Any file type can be uploaded to Google Drive. Certain files, such as Word documents, can be converted into Google documents by clicking the Settings menu in the Upload window. Your uploaded documents will be added to your Google Drive list. You can download the Google Drive program for your computer that will allow you to create a shared folder that syncs with Drive automatically. Click the “Connect Drive to your desktop” button to download it. All free Google Drive accounts come with 15 GB of storage (shared across all of your Google services). If you run out of space, delete unwanted files and emails, or purchase more storage from Google for a monthly fee.
Try to use words that the websites that you are looking for will use. For example, if your tooth is hurting, search “toothache” as opposed to “my tooth hurts”. This will result in more informative websites. If you need a precise result for your search, put quotations mark around it. This will make Google only search for the exact word or phrase in the quotes. For example, if you entered chocolate cookies, without quotes, Google would find any pages containing the word “chocolate” or the word “cookies” (but pages with both words do end up higher in the results). If you put “chocolate cookies” in the search it would search only for pages that contain that exact phrase. Exclude a word from a search by using a dash. Put the dash in front of the word that you want to exclude. This will allow you to remove unwanted search result. Enter equations to see the calculated result as the first entry. This will open the calculator tool in Google, which you can use to enter new equations. Enter units to be converted to have Google tell you the conversion. For example, enter 1 cup = ounces and the conversion will be displayed before website search results. You can then use the pull-down menus to change units. Most punctuation is ignored during a Google search.
Web shows websites. This is the default tab. Images shows a list of images that correspond to your search. If your search result matches a lot of images, the most popular ones will be displayed as a search result in the Web tab. Maps shows your search result on a map. Usually when you enter a location into the search, a map will appear in the Web tab. The shopping tab will show products available in your area or online that relate to your search. Blogs will show any blog posts that relate to your search. You can click the More tab to search through other Google services, such as the Play Store, Recipes, and more.
In the “Find pages with…” section, you can specify exactly how you want Google to search for your terms. These can be achieved through the regular search box as well, and the instructions are listed beside each entry. In the “Then narrow your results by…” section, you can add filters that will hide results that aren’t relevant to you. You can set the desired language, region, update date, specific site, and more. For example, you could search for only French YouTube videos uploaded this year.
Your Google account is the same across all Google products, including Gmail, Drive, Maps, YouTube, and more.
You can choose to filter explicit results, show instant searches while typing, adjust the number of search results displayed per page, and more. These settings will not be saved when you exit Google unless you are signed in with your Google account.
You can zoom in and out of the map by dragging the slider, or by scrolling your mouse wheel up and down. The + and – keys on the keyboard will also some the map. Click and drag the map to move it around, or use the arrow keys to scroll. You can also click the four-directional button in the top corner to scroll around the map.
Click the “Search nearby” link to search for other locations near the pin that you placed.
Estimated travel time, adjusted for current traffic, will be displayed next to each suggested route. You can adjust your route by clicking and dragging on any part of it. The route will be recalculated to go as close to the new point as possible. Alternatively, you can right-click anywhere on the map and select “Directions to here” to open the navigation interface.
