Transcript yahoomail
Yahoo e-Mail Tutorial 1. Getting To Yahoo Mail 2. Starting Your Mail 3. Registering Your Details 4. Registration Verification 5. Registration Finalization 6. Starting Yahoo Mail 7. Opening Mail 8. Reading Mail 9. Mail Actions Available 10. Composing Mail 11. Confirmation Of Sending 12. Signing Out Of Mail 13. Signing Out Of Yahoo This tutorial aims to quickly cover some of the basic elements of web based email using Yahoo - a free email service Stop Use the Index on the left or the Navigation Buttons on each page to move back and forward through the presentation Next Getting To Yahoo Mail Firstly, to get to the Yahoo website type www.yahoo.com.au in the address bar Note: the address will appear as http://au.yahoo.com Index Stop Previous When at the Yahoo site click on the "Mail" icon to begin Next Starting Your Mail Index Stop Previous Next If you have an account, type your ID and password in here and then click the “Sign In” button If you do NOT have an account, click on the “Sign Up” link Registering Your Details Index Stop Previous Next Fill in the required information Tip: Use the TAB key on the keyboard to move to the next box This will be your yahoo name (ID). This checks if the name you have chosen is available. You must type in your password twice to make sure that you have typed it correctly Tip: write down your password immediately These will be used if you forget your password Tip: Make sure you read any instructions such as this Registering Your Details Index Stop Previous Next Click in this box if you wish to receive this information. Leave it blank if you do not. You must now copy into this box the "code" below. Be sure that you use capital letters and lower case letters as shown (This is done so that Yahoo can make sure that a human and not a programme is completing the information) Tick the "Agree" box if you want to proceed (just click in Finally, click on the “Create My Account” button the box) Registration Verification Index Stop Previous Next This page reports back all the information that you have provided CHECK IT CAREFULLY and make sure that you have indeed typed what you thought - especially the Yahoo ID When you are satisfied that everything is correct, click on the "Continue" button Click here if you wish to print out his page Note: your email address is [email protected] Registration Finalization Index Stop Previous This page gives you the option of setting up your Yahoo email slightly differently When you are ready click on the “No thanks, remind me later" link Next Starting Yahoo Mail Click on compose to begin a new email Index Stop Previous Next Click on either "Inbox" to view any email you have received This is the Yahoo mail "front" page. From here you can go to the various different sections of the web based mail service Click on the folder names to open the respective locations Opening Mail Index Stop Previous Next Tip: The Help command is very useful The Inbox will display the emails that you have received Click on the name (under subject) to open the email These buttons will enable you to "manage" your email Reading Mail Index Stop Previous Next When an email has been opened: Information about the email is displayed in this area The content of the email is displayed in this area Mail Actions Available Index Stop Previous Next Delete = this sends the email to the Trash folder Reply = allows you to reply to the person who originally sent the email Forward = enables you send the email to other people Spam = the programme recognizes this address as junk mail and will not place future emails from this address in the inbox Move = enables you to move this email from the Inbox to another folder These buttons will provide options for the email that you are reading/have open Click on compose to begin a new email Composing Mail Index Stop Previous Next Type the email address of the intended recipient here Tip: do this last to ensure that you do not accidentally send an unfinished email Click here if you want to send a copy to someone else Tip: CC means Carbon Copy and BCC means Blind Carbon Copy Type a brief subject here Use this to attach files such as pictures, documents etc. These buttons allow you to format your message Tip: Hold your mouse over the top of each button for a quick description Select "Send" when finished This is the area where you compose your email Confirmation Of Sending Index Stop Previous This page will confirm that the message has been sent and will display the addresses which have been entered From here you can use the appropriate buttons to either go back to your Inbox or Compose another email Next Signing Out Of Mail Index Stop Previous Next Click on the "Sign Out" button when you have finished with your email Note: This will sign you out of the email section but not necessarily completely out of Yahoo Signing Out Of Yahoo Index Stop Previous Next It is wise to click on the "Sign Out Completely" link when you are certain you are finished, especially if you are on a public computer Previous Stop Index