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Attention all Gmail users: use the following tips and you’ll be on your way to Gmail greatness:

• Enable your keyboard shortcuts by clicking on the Settings link (top of your screen, on the right), then clicking on the General tab. See the Keyboard Shortcuts area?
• Make sure the “Keyboard Shortcuts on” option is selected.
• Once your keyboard shortcuts are turned on, use those shortcuts! If you’re reading an e-mail and determine that you’d like to reply to it, just hit the “r” key on your keyboard.
• Alternatively, if you want to forward an e-mail you’re reading, simply tap the “f” key on your keyboard.
• Hit your forward-slash key (/) and your cursor will instantly jump into the Gmail search box.
• If you’re in the middle of composing an e-mail, but decide that you’d like to save it and work on it later, click on the “Save Draft” button in Gmail (usually located between the Send and Discard buttons). Later, when you’re ready to work on it again, go to Drafts, located under Sent Mail and above All Mail, click your message, and keep typing.
• Remember that you can easily set up a signature that will go at the bottom of all your e-mails by going to Settings, selecting the button next to the edit box in the Signature section, and typing in the text you’d like to have in your signature.
• If you’d like to be whisked immediately to your Contacts list, hit the “g” key, then the “c” key.
• If you ever access Gmail from a computer other than your own, make sure to login to https://gmail.google.com — note the extra “s” after the http. Logging in at this address means your Gmail password is kept safe and secure, and (other than that creepy guy sitting next to you who keeps glancing furtively at your monitor) your e-mails are kept private.