Here’s which one I’m talking about if you’re unsure:
Left to right it’s the Send button (easy to figure out), text formatting, add an attachment, add a link to a document on Google Drive, Send or request money, add a photo or video file, turn a word or phrase into a Web link, the smiley face brings up Google’s weird smooshed emoji faces, and the trash can lets you discard your draft.Ībove you can see I have highlighted the word “red” in the first sentence after already using the Command-B shortcut to bold a word and the Command-I shortcut to apply italics.Ĭlick on text formatting. The mobile interface is quite a bit different):Įverything you want to pay attention to is along the bottom row. To start our demo, click on “Comp0se” to start a new email message (using the Web or desktop interface. In fact, Google announced in February, 2016 that it had surpassed one billion active Gmail users.
Just in case your “let’s hire the person who’s name is in green but no-one else” ends up causing confusion! The down side is that you can’t guarantee that every recipient is going to see all the formatting you specify, so until you’ve confirmed their email prowess and capabilities, I’d be judicious in the use of these formatting features. You do have to enable rich email formatting, but once you do that in Gmail, there’s quite a bit you can accomplish! While most people use Google’s Gmail service as a straight text communication tool, your friend is highlighting in his email that it has quite a few nifty formatting tricks hidden away.
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