WE R LIBRARY FORMAT
| Level | Basic |
| Device | Computer (Macbook) |
| Topic | Messaging |
| Sub-topic | How To Write Email – Gmail |
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| Sending email through Gmail using a Mac OS can be in 2 ways. If you have a chrome browser installed, you can simply proceed with the web and navigate to https://mail.google.com/. Or through the Mail app of Macbook. In this article, we’ll show you how to write and send an email using the latter option: | |
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| 1 | Open the Mail app by clicking on the icon that looks like this: |
| 2 | On the menu, click on Mail and choose Add account. It will allow you to choose the mail account provider(s).  |
| 3 | Select Google and click on Continue. |
| 4 | Fill in the necessary account information of your google account to add to the mail app. |
| 5 | On the sidebar, you will find the google account you added. Click on the account to check. |
| 6 | To start creating a message, click on the New Message icon: |
| 7 | Add in the recipient’s username on the To: field. Add in as well other recipients on the CC field. Click on the Header button to use other fields, such as Bcc or Priority.  |
| 8 | Type in the subject of the message. |
| 9 | Proceed to write the message. There are also formatting options such as Font style, size, emojis, and attachments. |
| 10 | When the email is complete, click on the Send button.  |
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| When using a Macbook, you can write and send an email on Gmail using the browser or the Apple Mail App. You may add your Google mail account in the Mail app. Writing an email on the Apple mail app is simple. Follow these steps: Click on the New Mail icon, Add in the recipient email address, type the email subject, compose your message, and add in attachments, media files, or emoji if needed, then click on the arrowhead button to send the email. To check if the email was delivered successfully, open the sent folder. For troubleshooting and other concerns, you may contact our technical support team. | |
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