Gmail

Power User

Use the links below to find out more about the advanced features of Gmail that will help you to save time. 

Set the Inbox style

Inbox styles allow you to choose the way in which messages display in your Inbox e.g. to show unread messages first, or important messages first, regardless of whether they have been read or not...

Create and manage labels

Gmail labels are used to organise messages in your Inbox. You can view content from multiple labels in one screen, and can assign a single message to multiple labels. If, for example, you receive an email that...

Create filters

Filters allow you to control what happens when specific messages are received in your Inbox. You could set a filter to label all messages from a certain person, for example, or to star all messages containing key...

Set email options

You can change a number of options in Gmail, from the theme that your mailbox displays, to mail forwarding options. The Settings screen is also used to manage labels and filters...

Set advanced email options

Although you will find that Google Workspace provides excellent features for using your email and calendar at work, some of the features that you used in Outlook aren’t yet available. Advanced settings are experimental...

Set an out of office reply

You can set an Out of Office Reply to be sent to anyone that emails you while you are away from the office. If the same person contacts you again while you are away, they will not receive the Out of Office reply...

Create a signature

Gmail allows you to create a single signature which will be added to each message you compose. You can format the signature text and add images e.g. company logos...

Delegate your mailbox

You can delegate your Gmail  mailbox so that another user at your organisation can read and respond to messages in your Inbox on your behalf. You can add up to 25 delegates to your mailbox...

Access Gmail offline

When you are offline, you can read messages, compose new messages, and search, delete and label email messages using Gmail offline...