Drag drop or Copy Paste Image in Gmail

Today, when I opened gmail I saw a very good feature which helps to do things faster in gmail. It is apparent that images are very effective to communicate ideas.  Sometime back I wrote an article how to insert inline images in gmail but now google mail provides an opportunity to simply paste or drag drop images into the compose window.

The only requirement is you need a latest version of Chrome to use this feature.

Simply copy an image from web and paste into the compose window of gmail that is it or you can drag drop an image from your system to the Chrome gmail compose window. Web is becoming more user friendly now.

How to change default font properties in gmail?

I just found something interesting which I would like to share. Now with the help of lab gmail created a feature to change your default font. I would like to send my emails in Trebuchet format. I used to select the font every time I send the email.

Select your lab feature enable “Default text styling” after that change your font style in the general tab of settings.

change font

settings font

Windows Gmail Notifer Extension

gmail-notifier-plus-smallThere is a nice little application exclusively for Windows 7 which extends the functionality of Gtalk . The Gmail Notifier Extension adds additional features to the Gtalk notification environment.

1. The notifier allows us to see a preview of all the unread mails in the inbox. A button at the center allows access to the mail in the Gmail.

2. The jump list provides access to unread mail and clicking them will open them in Gmail.

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3. Gmail secured RSS feed is used to retrieve mail and therefore it failry safe. Machine’s dependent encryption is used to save the credentials.

New Lab feature Insert inline image in gmail

Gmail recently overcomes the hurdles adding inline images while composing email. I have explained some workaround sometime back, moreover I am still getting lot of traffic to the post. I think gmail recognized the fact. Yeah it is now added as one of the lab feature. Enable the lab feature for inline images like below.

inline-images

Once you enable the lab feature the upload icon will appear on the mail composing window like below. Enjoy mailing..

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Multi-Select and Progressbar for Attachments in Gmail

This entry is part 18 of 14 in the series gmail tricks

Today when I was attaching some of the documents in gmail, I saw a progress bar on selecting the file. Suddenly I tried to check the file upload again. I came to see that multiselect option also enabled for gmail. This is one of the cool feature for me as I attach more than single files in most of my emails. I think most of the business people need this feature. Gmail is a feature rich web application, this app is now one of the addicted application for me. Gmail is using flash uploading mechanism to attain this.

Gmail introduces task / to-do’s

Gmail added a lightweight tool to track your pending task, this will spice up your inbox if you are really unhinged to track your to-do’s.

How to enable task?

Go to settings link and navigate Labs tab. You can see an option (radio button) for enable / disable.

Does the application suits you?

If you are a serious user those who are very busy with works and you are not able to track your to-do’s this is the right application. In the busy life, marking our to-do is only method to get things done.

After adding the application in your mailbox you can add / edit / remove tasks. Moreover you can add email as task also.

Here is the snapshot of gmail task.

Superstars in gmail

This entry is part 8 of 14 in the series gmail tricks

All of us need to flag some of the important emails, thats why email clients provide the facility for flagging or starring. But what will do if we need to prioritizes the starred emails?

Team gmail recently enabled a feature called superstars, which provide us facility to add priority by assigning different labels accordingly upon our priority. There are 12 icon for assigning priorities. It is enabled as a Lab feature.

How to enable superstars?

As I mentioned that it is enabled as Lab feature. Click on the Setting link on the top right corner of your mailbox. On the setting window click on the Lab tab. On the Lab tab select the Enable radio button labeled Superstars and save the setting.

How to create your own notes using gmail?

This entry is part 5 of 14 in the series gmail tricks

gmail logoI am sure slew people are using gmail as there email client. I know lot of peoples shifted to gmail from other providers mainly due to its usability. Now I am going to explain how to make your gmail account as an application to store your notes online, however this is a tricky mechanism but I guess it is useful for employees who regularly use Notes.

There are mainly 3 step to make your gmail account a Notes Store.

Step 1)

Add a contact with name as “Notes” and an email address “yourusername+Notes@gmail.com”. Click on the “Contacts” link on the left side of your mail box, will load the contact window. Click on the first ‘+’ icon which has a menu tip of “New Contact”.

Step 2)

After entering the name as “Notes” and email address as “yourusername+Notes@gmail.com”, please click on the save button. It will add the new contact.

Step 3)

Create a Label “Notes”. Go to Settings->Labels enter the label “Notes” at the bottom and click create button.

Step 4)

Create a Filter. Go to Settings->Filters->Create a new filter (on the bottom). During filter creation add the “To:” field as “yourusername+Notes@gmail.com” and click on the button labeled “Next Step”. In the next window check the checkbox with label “(Archive it)” and “Apply the Label:”, from the drop down select “Notes” and click on the button with label “Create Filter”.

Now let me explain the denouement of this magic. You know gmail accepts email address with format “YourUsername+AnyLabel@gmail.com”. The ultimate thing is that your gmail will accept all email address with format as above. For eg: send any email as per above format from another email address and watch whether it receives your mail box.

Search gmail message during a period of time

This entry is part 4 of 14 in the series gmail tricks

Gmail is one of the best email client available online, moreover slew people are using the application as there email client. This email client provide vast variety of search option for searching the email in the mail box. I am going to explain how is it possible to sort emails within particular period of time. This is one best features that add more value to business, professional people because they have to regularly check the emails sent by different peoples.

On the search text box type the period with keywords after and before, I will explain it with an example.

For eg: If you need to search email after 2008/04/16 and before 2008/04/18, email between 2 days. Type “after:2008/04/16 before:2008/04/18“, moreover if you need to include some other criteria like email with particular keyword just include that keyword with a space after the format.

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