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Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step One, Two & Three
By Squeaky Scraps
Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step One, Two & Three STEP ONE - Signing Up For Your Gmail Account Wednesday, April 23, 2008
12:36 PM 1. Open your Gmail account with Google by clicking here.
2. Click on Sign up for Gmail.
3. Create your account by filling out the form, reading the "Terms of Service" and clicking on "I accept. Create my Account." at the bottom of the page. NOTE: The email address and password that you use on this page will be for your Google account and your Gmail account. BE SURE TO PUT A CHECK MARK BESIDE “ENABLE WEB HISTORY ". Your "Web History" will keep track of all the places you have been on the web. You can file the history of websites you have visited in your Google "Notebook". ALSO BE SURE TO RIGHT DOWN YOUR NEW EMAIL ADDRESS AND PASSWORD.
4. Read over the next page and then click on "I'm Ready Show Me My Account".
5. CONGRATULATIONS! You now have your new Genealogy Gmail Account.
6. Before you go on to the STEP 2 of your Genealogy Tool Box play around with your Gmail for the rest of the day.
7. Check out the "Settings" button in the top right hand corner, the "Archive" button lets you archive your email so you don't see any of it.
8. Check out the "Contacts" button. You can group Contacts. Example: Gmail's I get from my dad's side of the family I have in a group named "Dad's Family" and Gmail's I get from my mom's side of the family I have in a group named "Mom's Family", Emails I get from family members that I personally know I have in a group named "Known Family Members". If I want to send an email to only the Contacts in my Mom's side of the family then I type "M" in the "Send to" box and a list of all Contacts starting with "M" show up and I click on "Mom's Family" this puts all the email address in the group "Mom's Family" in the "Send to" box. Or you can put one email address in the "Send To " box and then "Mom's Family" in the BCC box. The only email address that shows up in your email is the one in the "Send To" box.
9. The "Help" button tells you how to do everything in your Gmail and in your "Settings".
10. Go ahead and read your first email also. STEP TWO - Starting Your Genealogy Tool Box Wednesday, April 23, 2008
1:14 PM 1. The next step to starting your Genealogy Tool Box is to go to the Classic Google Homepage here.
2. Click on "Sign In" in the top right hand corner.
3. Type in your new Gmail address and your new password that you created yesterday and then click on "Sign in".
4. Now click on "iGoogle" in the top right hand corner.
5. This is the page that will begin your Genealogy Tool Box.
6. You will first have to start a "Homepage" and then make a Tab for "Genealogy Tool Box."
7. Don't click on any "Select Interest" you would like on your homepage. This will just make extra tabs on your homepage. You can thou click on the "theme" you would like on your homepage and then click on "See Your Page".
8. Now it gets a little tricky but worth all the efforts. Just stay with me.
9. Click on the small arrow beside the "Home" Tab.
10. Click on "Edit this Tab"
11. Under the "General" section, check on the language of your choice, the Country you live in and type in your zip code.
12. Under the "Content" section beside "Name" highlight the word "Home" and type in "Genealogy Tool Box".
13. Under Gadgets. Delete the following: Official U-tube Gadget, Movies, CNN.com, How to of the Day, Top Stories.
14. Google automatically puts Gadgets on your page that go with your title and then you can add more gadgets later.
15. Change your "Theme" or leave it the same.
16. Leave the "Layout" like it is.
17. Click on "Save" in the bottom right hand corner.
18. This is the beginning of your Genealogy Tool Box. It doesn't look like much right now but we will add the gadgets and features that you will need in STEP 3 to make your Tool Box work for you.
19. Practice moving your "Weather" box and your "Date and Time" box around in different columns.
20. Click on "Select Theme" if you want to and browse thru the themes. Your "Theme" changes during the day depending on what time it is and what Theme you use.
21. If you want your Genealogy Tool Box to be your Homepage when you pull up the Internet, click on "Make Google Your Homepage" in the middle of the bottom of the page.
22. You can check your emails by clicking on "Gmail" in the top left hand corner.
NOTE: You can move all your boxes in your Genealogy Tool Box where you want them by Clicking with your left mouse button and dragging them where you want them.
STEP THREE - Adding GMAIL to Your Genealogy Tool Box Wednesday, April 23, 2008
1:53 PM 1. The first thing we want to add is your Gmail.
2. Click on "Add Stuff" in the top lower right hand Corner.
3. On the left hand side of the page, go to "Narrow by Category" and click on "Communication".
4. Scroll down the "Gadgets" until you see "GMAIL" and click "Add it Now".
5. Click on "Back To iGoogle Home" in the top left hand corner.
6. Now on your Genealogy Tool Box you have the Weather, Time and Date, and access to your emails. Grab a hold of your Gmail by holding down the left button on your mouse and move your Gmail to the center of the page. I have my Weather on the left, Gmail in the Center and Time and Date on the right. You can arrange yours however you want them.
7. You now have your Genealogy Tool Box.
8. If you have made iGoogle your homepage, when you pull up your internet your Genealogy Tool Box will be the first thing you see and will show you your email at a glance, the date, time and how cold or hot it is outside.
NOTE: You can also access your Google Docs and any other program you have with Google by clicking on the "My Account" button in the top right hand corner. This will give you a list of the accounts you already have under "My Products" and give you options of getting more products that you need for your Genealogy Tool Box.
NOTE: You can move all your boxes in your Genealogy Tool Box where you want them by Clicking with your left mouse button and dragging them where you want them. Next Article: "Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step Four & Five" Other Articles in this series: Setting Up A Free Genealogy Tool Box, Introduction
Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, Step Six, Seven & Eight
Setting Up a Free Genealogy Tool Box, The Final Steps
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Contributor's Note
Copyright 2008 Deborah Claxton
This article was written by Deborah Claxton using Microsoft Office One Note and Microsoft Word.
You DO NOT have permission to sell or change this article in anyway. You may distribute this article for free, in its original form, but no more than 100 times.
Deborah Claxton is not affiliated in any way with Google or its affiliates.
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