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GmailTM
After signing in to your Google account on the device, you can send
and retrieve Gmail messages with the
Gmail
app.
NOTE: This feature may not be available in a certain region or with
a certain service provider.
Opening Your Gmail Inbox
Touch
in the Home Screen and select
Gmail
. The Inbox screen
appears.
If you haven’t signed in, you will be prompted to do so or create a
new account.
Touch
at the bottom right of the screen to refresh your Inbox and
download new messages.
Switching Accounts
Gmail displays conversations, messages, and settings from one
Google account at a time. If you have signed in to more than one
Google account on your device, you can switch accounts and view
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information in each account.
1.
From your Inbox, touch the current account at the top of the screen.
2.
From the drop-down menu, touch the account you want to see. The
account’s Inbox will open.
Writing and Sending a Message
1.
Open your Gmail Inbox and switch to the account you want to use
for sending the message.
2.
Touch
.
3.
Enter a contact name or email address in the ‘To’ field. Separate
each recipient with a comma.
4.
Enter the email subject and compose the email text.
5.
To attach an image, touch the
Menu Key > Attach file
and select a
file from the image gallery.
6.
Touch
at the top right of the screen to send the message.
Adding a Signature to Your Gmail
Messages
You can set a few lines of plain text as a signature for every outgoing
Gmail message. The signature you set on the device is independent of
the signature you use for Gmail on the web.
1.
Open the
Gmail
app.
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2.
Touch the
Menu Key > Settings
and select the account you want
to add a signature to.
3.
Touch
Signature
and enter the text.
4.
Touch
OK
.
Replying to or Forwarding a
Message
1.
Open the Gmail message you want to reply to or forward to another
person.
2.
Do the following as you need:
To…
do…
Reply to the sender,
touch
in the message
header.
Reply to the sender and all recipients
of the original message,
touch in the message header
> Reply all
.
Forward the message,
touch in the message header
> Forward.
3.
Edit your message and touch the send icon
.
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Working with Received
Attachments
When a message has an attachment, Gmail displays information
about that attachment at the top of the message.
Depending on the attachment type, the applications installed on your
device, and on your settings, you may preview, view, play, save the
attachment, or check information about the attachment.
TIP: For documents with multiple pages, touching the Preview
option will only download the pages you view, while touching View,
Play, or Save will download the entire file and cost more time and
data.
Searching for Messages
You can search for messages using words that appear in addresses,
subjects, labels, or contents.
NOTE: If you search while the phone doesn’t have an active
Internet connection, only messages synchronized onto your device
can be searched.
1.
Open the
Gmail
app and touch
.
2.
Enter the words to search for and touch
Search
or the search icon
on the screen keyboard.
