Other productivity settings
1. Other productivity settings
When you compose an email, it might not be appropriate to send it immediately. You can automatically send a message at a predetermined time using Schedule send. Compose a message and add a recipient. Instead of choosing Send, select the dropdown on the Send button and select Schedule send. You can choose from the suggested dates and times or pick a date and time. The message will be labeled as Scheduled and will be sent at the time you choose. Open the Scheduled label to view your scheduled messages. Open a message to cancel sending and to convert the message back to a draft to be edited and rescheduled or edited and sent immediately. To save time and speed up your interaction with Gmail, you can enable keyboard shortcuts from your Gmail settings. The key combination will differ depending on your operating system. To see a complete list of keyboard shortcuts, including which need to be turned on, type the question mark when you have Gmail open. Give it a try now. Personalizing your Gmail experience can enhance your productivity and speed up your workflow. Gmail has custom inboxes with different layouts and features and even supports multiple inboxes. You can switch between inbox types at any time without losing access to your messages or affecting labels. The default inbox includes categories to automatically sort your incoming messages. We discussed these earlier in the course. Choose Important first if you want to see messages marked as important by Gmail in a top section in the messages list with everything else in a section below it. The same layout applies for Unread first and Starred first, with unread and starred messages in the top section and everything else below. Priority Inbox has the most options that can be configured with sections for important, unread, starred, and everything else from top to bottom. Multiple Inboxes add sections based on the search criteria and operators that you define. You can explore the various inbox types and customizations in your Gmail settings to find the one that works best for you. Remember, you are not changing your messages by switching the inbox type. You are just changing how your messages are presented to you. Take some time to do that now. Gmail may be a web app, but Google has designed it to act like a desktop email application with features like notifications and drag and drop for messages. For example, you can use the handle next to a message in your inbox to drag a message to a label in your label list. To enable desktop notifications, open Gmail settings and scroll to Desktop Notifications. Select Click here to enable desktop notifications for mail. Choose which messages you want to receive notifications for and select Save Changes.2. Let's practice!
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