ADDING EMAIL CONTACTS IN YOUR EMAIL
In lieu of typing every single email address each time you want to send an email, you need to create an "Email Contact List".....this is the best and easiest way to save all of your contacts in one area. In addition, you can add land line phone numbers, addresses, birthdates, etc. and create an "address book" if you wish. The information below will show you how to set up a basic contact:
1 - Sign in to your Gmail account as you normally would do.
2 - You will see 9 little "white dots" at the upper right hand side of your email right next to the circle and your initial.
3 - Click on the dots to display a drop down menu and you will see an icon that shows CONTACTS; click on that icon which will open the CONTACTS dialog box.
4 - At the top left you will see a red plus and "CREATE CONTACT" which you need to click to open.
5 - You will then see a drop down dialog box that states "CREATE NEW CONTACT".
6 - Now you will need to fill in the dialog box with the following information:
First Name (type in the persons first name)
Last Name (type in the persons last name)
Email (type in the persons EXACT email address, i.e. myemail1456@gmail.com - REMEMBER YOU MUST PUT IN THE ENTIRE EMAIL ADDRESS AND THAT INCLUDES THE EXTENSION which is @gmail.com, @yahoo.com. @aol.com
7 - Click "Save" at the bottom right.
8 - After you have saved your contact properly, a new dialog box will pop up and show a circle with the persons first initial in the circle with the contact detail....if you see that dialog box you did it right!! FABULOUS!!
9 - Now you have a contact saved and you do to need to type the full address when sending your email.
10 - I will explain how to insert your contact name when sending an email in the HOW TO SEND AN EMAIL!