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now that you have your Gmail account set
now that you have your Gmail account set

up it's time to compose your first email
up it's time to compose your first email

in the left menu pane click the plus
in the left menu pane click the plus

button to compose a new email there are
button to compose a new email there are

three main parts to the email that
three main parts to the email that

you'll always need to have recipients
you'll always need to have recipients

which are the people that you're sending
which are the people that you're sending

the email to a subject which tells your
the email to a subject which tells your

recipients what the email is about and
recipients what the email is about and

the body which is the message itself
the body which is the message itself

let's start by adding some recipients
let's start by adding some recipients

you can type one or more email addresses
you can type one or more email addresses

here if the person is already in your
here if the person is already in your

contacts you can just start typing their
contacts you can just start typing their

name and it will appear below then you
name and it will appear below then you

can press the Enter key or the tab key
can press the Enter key or the tab key

to add the person you can add a lot of
to add the person you can add a lot of

email addresses really quickly this way
email addresses really quickly this way

another way to add recipients is to
another way to add recipients is to

click the word to
click the word to

and then you can select the contacts
and then you can select the contacts

that you want
that you want

when you're finished click select for
when you're finished click select for

the subject you can just type something
the subject you can just type something

brief that describes what the email is
brief that describes what the email is

about and in the body field you can type
about and in the body field you can type

your message
your message

now before we send this email there are
now before we send this email there are

some additional things that we can do
some additional things that we can do

sometimes you may want to add recipients
sometimes you may want to add recipients

to the cc or BCC fields which stand for
to the cc or BCC fields which stand for

Carbon Copy and blind carbon copy Carbon
Carbon Copy and blind carbon copy Carbon

Copy is used a lot in the business world
Copy is used a lot in the business world

and it basically just lets the person
and it basically just lets the person

know that they're not the main recipient
know that they're not the main recipient

while still keeping them in the loop
while still keeping them in the loop

blind carbon copy is similar except it
blind carbon copy is similar except it

hides the recipients email address from
hides the recipients email address from

everyone else for this email we don't
everyone else for this email we don't

really need to use either of these you
really need to use either of these you

can also attach a file if you want for
can also attach a file if you want for

this email we might want to add a flyer
this email we might want to add a flyer

that people can print
that people can print

you'll be able to see the upload
you'll be able to see the upload

progress here and larger attachments may
progress here and larger attachments may

take a while to upload and it's nice to
take a while to upload and it's nice to

include a short note just to let your
include a short note just to let your

recipients know what the attachment is
recipients know what the attachment is

finally we can add various types of
finally we can add various types of

formatting to the body of the email for
formatting to the body of the email for

example it would be good to format this
example it would be good to format this

web address as a link so that people can
web address as a link so that people can

click on it I'll select it and then
click on it I'll select it and then

click the link button
click the link button

if you want you can click change to
if you want you can click change to

change the display text to something
change the display text to something

different
different

you can also use these buttons to add
you can also use these buttons to add

other formatting like colors fonts and
other formatting like colors fonts and

bulleted or numbered lists since this
bulleted or numbered lists since this

email is pretty informal a little bit of
email is pretty informal a little bit of

color can help add some personality to
color can help add some personality to

it but in a more serious email like a
it but in a more serious email like a

job application it's better to stick
job application it's better to stick

with more traditional formatting the
with more traditional formatting the

final step is to click send
final step is to click send

now there's one more thing that I'd like
now there's one more thing that I'd like

to mention many people like to create a
to mention many people like to create a

signature that will appear at the end of
signature that will appear at the end of

every email that they send to do this
every email that they send to do this

click the gear icon and select settings
click the gear icon and select settings

then scroll down until you see the
then scroll down until you see the

signature area
signature area

typically a signature will include your
typically a signature will include your

name and some kind of contact info like
name and some kind of contact info like

an email address or a phone number but
an email address or a phone number but

keep in mind that this will be seen by
keep in mind that this will be seen by

everybody who gets an email from you so
everybody who gets an email from you so

you may not want to include anything too
you may not want to include anything too

personal like a home address when you're
personal like a home address when you're

done scroll to the bottom of the page
done scroll to the bottom of the page

and click Save Changes
and click Save Changes

and now whenever you compose an email
and now whenever you compose an email

your signature will appear at the end
your signature will appear at the end

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better life
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