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Keyboardshortcutshelpyousavetimebyallowingyoutonevertakeyourhandsoffthekeyboardtousethe mouse.You'llneedaStandard101/102KeyorNaturalPS/2Keyboardtousetheshortcuts. Toturnthesecasesensitiveshortcutsonoroff:

1. Clickthegearicon

intheupperright,thenselectSettings.

2. Choosetheoptionnextto"Keyboardshortcuts"toturnthemon.Youcanalsoenableshortcuts automaticallybygoingtohttp://mail.google.com/mail/?kbd=1 Shortcut Key c / k

Definition Compose Search

Action Allowsyoutocomposeanewmessage.<Shift>+c allowsyoutocomposeamessageinanewwindow. Putsyourcursorinthesearchbox. Opensormovesyourcursortoamorerecent conversation.Youcanhit<Enter>toexpanda conversation. Opensormovesyourcursortothenextoldest conversation.Youcanhit<Enter>toexpanda conversation. Movesyourcursortothenextmessage.Youcanhit <Enter>toexpandorcollapseamessage.(Only applicablein'ConversationView.') Movesyourcursortothepreviousmessage.You canhit<Enter>toexpandorcollapseamessage. (Onlyapplicablein'ConversationView.') Opensyourconversation.Alsoexpandsorcollapses amessageifyouarein'ConversationView.' Refreshesyourpageandreturnsyoutotheinbox,or listofconversations. Archiveyourconversationfromanyview.
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Movetonewerconversation

Movetoolderconversation

Nextmessage

Previousmessage

oor <Enter> u e

Open Returntoconversationlist Archive

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Archivestheconversation,andallfuturemessages skiptheInboxunlesssentorcc'ddirectlytoyou. Learnmore. Automaticallychecksandselectsaconversationso thatyoucanarchive,applyalabel,orchoosean actionfromthedropdownmenutoapplytothat conversation.

Selectconversation

Addsorremovesastartoamessageor Staramessageorconversation conversation.Starsallowyoutogiveamessageor conversationaspecialstatus. Markasimportant HelpsGmaillearnwhat'simportanttoyouby markingmisclassifiedmessages.(SpecifictoPriority Inbox) HelpsGmaillearnwhat'snotimportanttoyouby markingmisclassifiedmessages.(SpecifictoPriority Inbox) Marksamessageasspamandremovesitfromyour conversationlist. Repliestothemessagesender.<Shift>+rallows youtoreplytoamessageinanewwindow.(Only applicablein'ConversationView.') Repliestoallmessagerecipients.<Shift>+aallows youtoreplytoallmessagerecipientsinanew window.(Onlyapplicablein'ConversationView.') Forwardsamessage.<Shift>+fallowsyouto forwardamessageinanewwindow.(Only applicablein'ConversationView.') Removesthecursorfromyourcurrentinputfield. Savesthecurrenttextasadraftwhencomposinga message.Holdthe<Ctrl>keywhilepressingsand makesureyourcursorisinoneofthetextfields eitherthecompositionpane,oranyoftheTo,CC, BCC,orSubjectfieldswhenusingthisshortcut.

Markasunimportant

Reportspam

Reply

Replyall

Forward Escapefrominputfield

<Esc>

<Ctrl>+ s

Savedraft

Delete

MovestheconversationtoTrash.

Label

OpenstheLabelsmenutolabelaconversation.

Moveto

Movestheconversationfromtheinboxtoadifferent
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label,SpamorTrash. <Shift> +i <Shift> +u [ ] z <Shift> +n q Markasread Marksyourmessageas'read'andskiptothenext message. Marksyourmessageas'unread'soyoucangoback toitlater. Removesthecurrentview'slabelfromyour conversationandmovestothepreviousone. Removesthecurrentview'slabelfromyour conversationandmovestothenextone. Undoesyourpreviousaction,ifpossible(worksfor actionswithan'undo'link). Updatesyourcurrentconversationwhenthereare newmessages. Movesyourcursordirectlytothechatsearchbox. Automaticallyremovesthemessageorconversation fromyourcurrentview. From'Inbox,''y'meansArchive From'Starred,''y'meansUnstar From'Trash,''y'meansMovetoinbox Fromanylabel,'y'meansRemovethelabel *'y'hasnoeffectifyou'rein'Spam,''Sent,'or'All Mail.' . Showmoreactions Displaysthe'MoreActions'dropdownmenu. <Ctrl>+<Downarrow>movesfromeditfield inyourchatwindowtoselectthe'Videoand more'menu Next,press<Tab>toselecttheemoticon menu Press<Enter>toopentheselectedmenu

Markasunread Archiveandprevious Archiveandnext Undo

Updatecurrentconversation Movecursortochatsearch

RemovefromCurrentView*

<Ctrl>+ <Down arrow>

OpensoptionsinChat

Displaysthekeyboardshortcutshelpmenuwithin ? Showkeyboardshortcutshelp anypageyou'reon.(Note:Typing?willdisplaythe helpmenuevenifyoudon'thavekeyboardshortcuts enabled) k j Moveupacontact Movesyourcursorupinyourcontactlist

Movedownacontact

Movesyourcursordowninyourcontactlist
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<Enter> Open

Opensthecontactwiththecursornexttoit.

Returntocontactlistview

Refreshesyourpageandreturnsyoutothecontact list.

RemovefromCurrentGroup

Removesselectedcontactsfromthegroupcurrently beingdisplayed.

Selectcontact

Checksandselectsacontactsothatyoucan changegroupmembershiporchooseanactionfrom thedropdownmenutoapplytothecontact.

<Esc>

Escapefrominputfield

Removesthecursorfromthecurrentinput

Delete

Deletesacontactpermanently

Groupmembership

Opensthegroupsbuttontogroupcontacts

Undo

Reversesyourpreviousaction,ifpossible(worksfor actionswithan'undo'link)

Showmoreactions

Opensthe"Moreactions"dropdownmenu.

CombokeysUsethefollowingcombinationsofkeystonavigatethroughGmail. Shortcut Key <Tab> then <Enter> ytheno gthena gthens gthenc

Definition

Action Aftercomposingyourmessage,usethiscombinationtosendit

Sendmessage automatically.(SupportedinInternetExplorerandFirefox,on Windows.) Archiveandnext Archivesyourconversationandmovestothenextone. Goto'AllMail' Takesyouto'AllMail,'thestoragesiteforallmailyou'veeversent orreceived(andhavenotdeleted).

Goto'Starred' Takesyoutoallconversationsyouhavestarred. Goto'Contacts' TakesyoutoyourContactslist.

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gthend gthenl gtheni gthent *thena *thenn *thenr *thenu *thens *thent

Goto'Drafts' Goto'Label' Goto'Inbox'

Takesyoutoalldraftsyouhavesaved. Takesyoutothesearchboxwiththe"label:"operatorfilledinfor you. Returnsyoutotheinbox.

Goto'SentMail' Takesyoutoallmailyou'vesent. Selectall Selectnone Selectread Selectunread Selectstarred Selectsallmail. Deselectsallmail. Selectsallmailyou'veread. Selectsallunreadmail. Selectsallstarredmail.

Selectunstarred Selectsallunstarredmail.
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