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Organize emails in Gmail inbox

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:39:58 +0000

Gmail is a popular email service from Google. Lot of internet users have Gmail accounts to receive and send email messages. If you happen to get lot of email messages in your Gmail inbox – then its time to organize them to save lot of time and efforts. But then, “how do I organize emails without wasting too much time?”

Prioritize Gmail emails based on their importance

1. Go to your Gmail account and click ‘Settings’.

2. Then click ‘Priority Inbox’ tab on Settings page.

3. Click to check ‘Show Priority Inbox’ option to view more options for Priority Inbox.

Priority Inbox feature will automatically organize your email messages based on your email usage. You can also supplement this feature by manual sorting of emails by clicking arrow markers / symbols each indicating and assigning different importance level to emails.

Use two Gmail accounts at same time

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:16:44 +0000

Gmail is a popular and stable web based email service from Google. Many users create more than one gmail account for different reasons. For example, one Gmail account could be used for personal emailing needs while other for business email correspondence. You can easily open two Gmail email accounts at the same time and track latest email messages.

Open 2 Gmail accounts in same browser simultaneously

1. Open google.com/accounts and login into your Gmail account.

2. Click Edit next to “Multiple sign-in” listing.

3. On next screen, turn on this feature after reading instructions.

You can open different Gmail accounts in seperate browser tabs. Also, you can toggle between email accounts using drop down option at top right of Gmail inbox (after enabling above settings).

Download free browser software to use Internet

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 23:57:28 +0000

Surfing internet on computer is important activity for majority of PC users. By default, lot of computer users open “Internet Explorer” browser to surf the internet. You can easily open different websites, browse online photo albums, watch online videos, listen to songs in Internet Explorer. There are number of free software that can be used for Internet surfing besides Internet Explorer browser.

Free web browser software to surf websites

1. Google Chrome - It is very fast and easy to use web browser from Google. It has very simple interface and loaded with lot of features found in standard web browser.

2. Firefox -It is old and robust web browser software to surf the internet. You can easily customize and add different functionalities to Firefox using extensions and plugins.

3. Safari - Primarily intend for Apple MAC users, Safari browser can also be used on Windows operating system. It has glitzy interface with traditional Apple products feel and look.

4. Opera -It also has very glitzy and good looking interface. Besides the speed, you can surf internet with robust functionality in Opera browser.

How to access images from Digital Camera

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:45:25 +0000

Using photo film camera is passe and majority of us use digital cameras to click images. Being in digital format, you can copy and transfer images to any storage device. We often desire to transfer images from digital camera to our desktop or laptop for leisurely viewing or printing.

Use official digital camera software

Every digital camera is shipped with CD or DVD disc containing photo transfer software. Install that software on your laptop or desktop, connect camera via cable or bluetooth (whatever is available). Then use software program to transfer photos from camera to your PC.

Use 3rd party photo transfer software

There are number of free utility software to transfer photos from camera to PC. You can use Digital Camera Copy software for quick and easy transfer (should works with majority of cameras). Do you know any other such software? Share with us by adding a comment!

How to open PowerPoint (ppt, pps) presentation online

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:21:08 +0000

Powerpoint presentation is great way to communicate with graphs, images and statistical data. Ideally, one will require Microsoft Office (PowerPoint) software install on computer to open and edit PowerPoint files or PowerPoint viewer to only view such files. You can open, edit and view any PowerPoint (.ppt, .pps) file online without installing any software at Google Docs.

Open PowerPoint files online at Google Docs

1. Goto http://docs.google.com & login using Gmail / Google account.
2. Click Upload button & click “Select File to Upload” link.

3. Select PowerPoint file in new window & click OK button.
4. Uploaded PowerPoint presentation will appear in list of document. Click on it to open in online editor.

5. Then goto: View > Start Presentation (or press Ctrl + F5) to view uploaded PowerPoint presentation show.

Similarly, you can upload any PowerPoint presentation file and further edit or preview them. You can also share or embed uploaded PowerPoint show using “Share” option at top right.

Shortcut key to select Text in document

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:28 +0000

keyboard shortcut keys help a lot in perfoming basic tasks quickly. We have already seen keyboard shorcut key to copy and paste text. You can also select specific or all text using keyboard shortcut keys for quick copy or cut of selected text.

Shortcut key to select all text

Use Ctrl + A keys to select all text in a document. Alternatively, goto Edit > Select All menu option for full text selection.

Shortcut key to select Specific text

Move cursor to specific text location using right / left / up / down arrow keys. Then hold and press Shift + right/left arrow keys to select specific text.