Message actions
1. Message actions
Gmail automatically marks some messages as important using the following signals-- who you email and how often you email them, which emails you open, which emails you reply to, keywords that are in emails you usually read, which emails you star, archive, or delete. You can also use the Mark as Important action to manually designate a message as important. This will help Gmail refine the process so that it becomes more useful and specific to your workflow. If a message was automatically marked as important, you can also mark it as unimportant if the classification was inaccurate. Any message marked as important will have a marker next to the sender in the message list. If you hover over the marker, you'll see if the message was marked important because of Google assumptions or your own action. The importance attribute also affects how messages appear in the different inbox types that are available in Gmail. We'll explore the various inbox types later in the course. Another way to classify a message as important is to use the Add Star action. When you add a star, a gold star appears before the sender in the message list. Any message that you add a star to will also appear when you select the Starred label in the label list. In your Gmail settings, you can add additional stars and icons to further refine a system of classifying messages for your workflow. There are times when your participation in an email thread or conversation no longer requires any attention or action. Gmail allows you to mute a conversation to ensure that future replies don't interrupt you or appear in your inbox. The message will be archived and marked with a muted label. You can still search for and view muted conversations, and you can choose to unmute a conversation to return the message to your inbox when a future reply is received. Unlike other labels, the muted label does not appear in the Gmail label list. Sometimes the sheer number of emails you receive can be overwhelming, especially with requests from colleagues and partners to provide input and take action. Nudges in email will prompt you to follow up by suggesting messages that need your attention because you haven't yet replied to them. The emails are returned to the top of your inbox with a prompt to either reply or follow up. Every day the world seems to get a little smaller. You may receive an email from a colleague or partner in a language other than the one you understand. Gmail can help with one click translation of messages. Open the message, select More, and then Translate Message from the menu. Gmail will automatically detect the source language and translate it to the language you use for Gmail. You can change either language from the translation toolbar in the message. You can also choose View Original Message to go back to the message as it was received. Another machine learning powered feature in Gmail helps you write your emails faster. Smart Compose offers suggestions to complete words as you type. Gmail will learn from your writing style so that over time, the suggestions are tailored to the way you communicate. Smart Compose is simple to use. As you type, the suggestions will appear automatically. Click Tab to accept the suggestion and complete the word or just keep typing to ignore it.2. Let's practice!
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