Computer Club Meet #3 Summary

Post date: Apr 15, 2012 7:39:20 AM

We had another very informative meet last week... and covered lots of material!

Meet Date: Thursday, March 29th 2012 - 10am - 12 noon

Location: Gina Johnson's home in Gilbert

Topics Covered during Meeting #3:

• • Review web browsing basics - tabs, bookmarks, links, etc.

  • Difference between webmail and email client software

  • Creating a new Gmail account

  • Basics of webmail using Gmail as common example

    • setting up email signatures

    • setting up custom email font for new email compositions

    • configuring other email features:

      • preview pane

      • calendar and documents widgets

      • conversation view

      • undo send feature

    • managing email folders (aka labels)

    • managing email filters

    • adding/editing contacts

    • nuances of contacts integration when composing email

    • how to send, reply, forward email

  • Concept of "mailto:" links on websites and how to configure Gmail to manage it automatically

COME JOIN US AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER!

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