How to Use Yahoo Email
By LaDonna Hadley
Yahoo Mail is easy to use and customize. Read on to learn the various options to use Yahoo Mail to its fullest.
Things You'll Need
- Computer
- Internet Access
- Yahoo email program downloaded on the computer
- Yahoo account with a username and password (FREE sign up at www.yahoo.com)
It’s easy to navigate
Yahoo Mail
and use its features. In addition the inbox and folders, you can access
your contacts, calendar, messenger, notes and news. Other tools include
changing the theme and settings.
Navigation Icons
Mail
Mail gives you a menu of the individual emails in your
Inbox and other
Folders. The default selection includes
Drafts, Sent, Spam, Trash, Smart Views and
Recent emails. Clicking on each one opens a list of those emails. To write a
new email, click on
Compose.
Contacts
The
Contacts icon opens a menu to view
All Contacts and
Deleted Contacts, and displays options to
import Contacts from other accounts. You can also create a
New List.
Calendar
The
Calendar shows your own personalized calendar enables you to click
New Event or add a reminder. You can also click
Actions to
Create New Calendars, Create New To Do’s List, Share your calendar with others, and
Add details. You can choose how you want the calendar to display by clicking on the options along the top menu bar.
Notepad
The fourth icon leads to the
Notepad
screen. This option allows you to write notes that can be viewed from
any device you use to access your email. This screen also lets you
Move and
Delete notes.
Yahoo Messenger
Clicking the
Yahoo Messenger icon opens a pop-up screen. When signed in to Messenger, you can send and receive
instant messages to other Yahoo members.
Warning
You aren’t automatically signed in to Yahoo Messenger when you sign in to Yahoo or Yahoo Mail. You must click on Available to send instant messages.
Tip
Other options allow your status to show as Busy, Invisible or a Custom Status that you designate.
News Feed
The
News Feed screen shows
News, Finance, Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyles, Technology and
Science news for the day.
After you
Sign In to your
Yahoo Email account, your page features six navigation icons at the top left.
- Mail
- Contacts
- Calendar
- Notepad
- Messenger
- News Feed
Other Navigation Tools
The Yahoo email page also includes these other navigation tools.
- Search
- Home
- Account
- Settings
You
can search email, calendars, your other tools or the Internet without
opening a new window in your browser. Along the top of the Yahoo email
page is a
Search box. Use this to search the page you're on by name or subject. You can also click
Search Web to conduct a search for Web content.
Tip
The search option changes for the feature you've selected. For example:
- To
search for an email from a specific sender, make sure you're in the
email feature by clicking on the envelope icon before searching.
- To search for a calendar entry, click on the calendar icon first, and then search.
On the top right of the home page are three more icons. The first is
Home
and opens your Yahoo home page in a new window. The second opens a
pop-up that shows the account you are signed into and gives you the
options to
Add an Account and
Sign Out. The third is
Settings. Click on
Settings to open a menu to change the
Theme, Settings, Privacy and
Account Information. This is also where you can upgrade to
Ad Free Mail.
Tip
After choosing a theme, click Done to save changes.
Tip
After adjusting any of the settings, remember to click Save.
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1Log into yahoo. You type in your email, and your password. Then press "login" at the bottom of where you type your login in.
2Press compose message. This is located in the top left. It opens up a tab where you can write your email, add emoticons/smileys, etc.
3Write who it's to. If you have the person in your contacts, you can write their name from there. If not, you can write their full email. It can be to ANY email, it doesn't have you be a "@yahoo" address.
4Type the subject. This is in the bottom square before the big one.
5Type the message in the bottom box. You can type as short or as complex as you want.
6Press send. Then you have sent your email!by : www.infoseek.com
