Five Really Delicious Features of Gmail

You must have been using Gmail for long. But are you using it just for receiving and sending e-mails? Well, there are a lot more ways in which you could explore Gmail And that is what we have exactly for you here… tips, tricks, and information on the same.

Are you looking for a file converter? Look inside your Gmail

You could be looking for an online file converter on the World Wide Web to convert your Microsoft Office docs into HTML format. Well, put an end to your hunt for third party applications and look in your Gmail inbox instead. If you do not have an Adobe Acrobat PDF reader in your system or you are using a different version of Microsoft Office applications, just mail that document to your Gmail. Later, open the document in HTML format by clicking on ‘View as HTML’.

Same account; different ID for different purposes

You must have opened multiple e-mail accounts for different purposes. Well, with Gmail you can certainly compress all the variations of e-mail use! You can create different variations of Gmail ID by inserting a dot between the alphabets of your user ID. You may send e-mails from your beau to rose.parker@gmail.com and put them inside a ‘beau’ folder while work related mails could be sent to R.oseparker@gmail.com and inside a ‘Work’ folder. No matter where you insert a dot in your Gmail id, all mails will nevertheless be sent to your inbox. Isn’t it fun and convenient?      

Well, here are some more fun and never before uses of your Gmail account –

• You can convert your Gmail into an MP3 player (by clicking on the ‘Play’ button beside MP3 attachments).
• Download Gmail Cheat Sheet to grasp keyboard shortcuts to elevate your Gmail experience further and easier.
• Have you ever thought of using Gmail as your online storage? The Gmail Drive is an extension available for Windows-based PCs to let users use Gmail storage space as a secondary drive to save data of My Computer. Going forward, your computer data will be stored in high up on the Google Cloud.

Aren’t these really awesome perks of Gmail? Well, why don’t you start using these features and let us know what do you these of these cool features of Gmail?

By Bidisha

Bidisha wanted to buy a new cell phone and her thorough research for gadgets revealed her passion for technology. Gradually, she found her drawn to everything related to technology and her work which involves extensive research and writing on new gadgets, apps, and smarter use of technology. Careful, her mission is to manipulate technology-naïve women to juice up their ordinary lives with use of technology.

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2 Responses to " Five Really Delicious Features of Gmail "

1. Sarah Price says:

   October 3, 2011 at 11:51 pm

   Great tips, Sue!

   Reply
2. Sue says:

   July 30, 2012 at 9:11 am

   Thanks a ton Sarah 🙂 Enjoy reading

   Reply

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