Gmail
Google's Gmail application lets you do most of the same things you can with your old email application. It also has some powerful new features, and a few things work differently than what you're used to. Here are resources for learning and mastering your new email application.
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Getting Started
Video (3:31) Tour the Gmail interface. View new messages, perform message actions, chat with contacts online, and more.
Click through this interactive Flash presentation to learn about Gmail from each part of its interface.
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Quick steps for how to compose messages, add attachments, reply and forward, and print messages.
Quick steps for organizing messages with labels and setting up other elements of your environment.
If you would prefer to continue to receive your email at an existing email address, you may wish to forward your SOO mail to another address. Click on the link to obtain instructions for forwarding your SOO Google Mail account to another email address.
Additional Resources
Resources from Google
Making the Switch
Common Outlook Tasks in Gmail
Learn to accomplish some of the same tasks in Gmail that you're used to in Microsoft Outlook®.
Print this reference guide out and keep it on your desk as you learn to use Google Apps!
(PDF) Learn to accomplish some of the same tasks in Gmail and Google Calendar that you're used to in Lotus Notes®. Also includes power tips.
Print this reference guide out and keep it on your desk as you learn to use Google Apps!
An introduction to Gmail's unique mail management features, including conversation threads, archiving. stars and labels, and Google powered search.
Features you might be used to in your old email application than aren't yet in Gmail.
Common Lotus Notes Tasks in Gmail
Switching from Outlook: Gmail and Calendar
Self-paced training (short clips - 1 hour total) A comprehensive introduction to switching from Outlook to Google Apps. Covers threaded email conversations, contacts, labels, mail filters, calendar events, syncing events from Outlook, and more.
Quick Video Clips
(1:00 - 5:00) Short clips on threaded conversations, labels, filters, archiving, message search, archiving, and more.
Additional Videos including comprehensive Videos on Gmail with Google Apps are available here at the Google Apps Deployment Site provided by Google.
Additional Videos including comprehensive Videos on Gmail with Google Apps have been collected and catalogued in the SOO Video Repository available at this link.
Advanced Tips and Tricks
(PDF) Find a wide variety of tips on reading and managing your email.
(PDF) Enable keyboard shortcuts in your Gmail settings. Then quickly perform almost any Gmail task without a mouse.
(PDF) Quickly find any message using powerful search operators and shortcuts.
Enable offline email access, email superstars, canned responses, and a host of other useful Gmail enhancements.
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Managing your Inbox: Gmail Tips and Tricks
Self-paced training (short clips - 1 hour total) Go beyond the basics to learn strategies for using labels, filters, archiving, and Google search to manage your inbox.
Mobile
Yes, you can access Gmail on your mobile phone! Follow the link to find out how.
For even more information about using Gmail, check out the Gmail Help Center.