Contents of this guide Introduction 1 Editing text 21 Opening windows Live mail software 3 Inserting a photograph 23

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1 Page 1 of 33 Windows live mail in system 7 and General notes on accessing your How you access your varies with each provide If for example, you use BT, Hotmail, A.O.L., or Gmail, you access your via a web browser. The software and all your content are all stored on the web. When you finish reading and sending s and close your connection, you no longer have access to your . This type of provision is known as Web based . You can access this type of provision from any computer that has access to a web browser. If for example, you use Outlook or Windows live mail, you use software installed on your computer to access your . You receive and send your via your internet provider, (web based or other). The Sent and inbox is stored on your computer, and can be accessed or new written ready for sending, while you are connected or not connected to your server. This type of provision is known as Client based . Contents of this guide Introduction 1 Editing text 21 Opening windows Live mail software 3 Inserting a photograph 23 Creating an new account Program Icons 4 11 Creating contact addresses Creating Group contact addresses Contacts etc Sending Group Inbox 14 Replying to an 15 Creating new 18 Using Microsoft Windows Live Mail This is the start-up procedure to use Microsoft Windows Live Mail. Windows Live mail is available on Windows System 7 and Windows 10 computers and can be used to receive and send from most providers. You can have it set up to receive from several different providers at the same time. Widows Live Mail is a client based software 1

2 Page 2 of 33 1 Using Microsoft Windows Live Mail This is the start-up for Microsoft Windows Live Mail. WLM is available on Windows System 7 &10 and will receive /send from most providers. It can be up to receive from different providers at the same time. WLM is a client based software Left click on the start button bottom left of screen. Links to software programmes are displayed. If Windows Live Mail is not shown on your list yet. This is probably because you have not used it yet on your computer. In which case left click on at the bottom of the panel you have opened on the left side of the screen. 2

3 Page 3 of Opening the Windows Live Mail software. Move your cursor to and left click on Windows Live Mail, which produce the screen shown on the next page. 3

4 Page 4 of Creating your account Place the cursor over and left click. This will open the next screen for registering your address account, as shown on the next page. 4

5 Page 5 of 33 Place your cursor over the icon and left click. This will open a panel as shown in the second image below. 5

6 Page 6 of 33 This panel is displayed for completion. Type in your address and password. Don t tick the panel if you prefer to enter your password each time you search for . 6

7 Page 7 of 33 On completing your entries (your address and password) left click on 7

8 Page 8 of 33 When the entry is complete left click on 8

9 Page 9 of First page on loading My copy of this programme is arranged to read from 4 different addresses. All are closed at present (note the position of the triangles at the left of each address.) 9

10 Page 10 of Program icons (1) The following are descriptions of the icons appearing top and bottom of the screen above. It is not necessary to remember all these icon functions at this stage. They are here for reference later. The icons in the top left corner of the screen are; This is a menu for commands mostly associated with changing the screen appearance. I personally rarely use it. Click on this symbol if you wish to make display chages to the task bar Click on this symbol to create a new page. Click on this symbol to reply to an incoming . 10

11 Page 11 of 33 Click on file for a new , saving, printing and moving s to and from other locations. 11

12 Page 12 of Program icons (2) These are functions in the second row at the top left of the screen.. Home Relates to creating new, responding to, activating transmission of s. Folders This label relates to optional commands for creating storage folders. Views This label relates to optional screen appearances. Accounts This label relates to creating an account and details of your internet server connection 12

13 Page 13 of 33 In the bottom left corner of the screen are the following symbols; Mail brings up the page that is used for writing and reading s. Calendar Provides a calendar for recording future diary entries, which will update as the days pass by. Contacts ( addresses). This shows the filing system for recording all the names addresses you wish store. This is an important part of the software and will be dealt with separately later. To return to Mail, Click on Mail 13

14 Page 14 of The Inbox This page shows the inbox. The left hand panel shows the 4 accounts. The inbox of the hotchilli account is highlighted, and the right hand panel lists the received through my hotchilli.net account. 7. Reading individual s Left Clicking, on any subject title, will open up the contents of the . 14

15 Page 15 of 33 Replying to s To reply to this left click on the reply icon. If the had been addressed to more than one person, you can reply to all of them by clicking on reply all. To forward this to another address click on forward. 15

16 Page 16 of Replying to s Left Clicking on the reply icon will display the screen shown below. The address of the recipient is automatically shown. You can add additional recipients if required. Type your reply in the space above(conventional) or below (less conventional) the original . 16

17 Page 17 of A reply, ready for sending. 17

18 Page 18 of Creating a new Left click on the icon at the top left of the screen, or on the message symbol on the file menu. This will create a new screen as shown on the next page. 18

19 Page 19 of 33 Start typing the recipient s address. If their name is contained in your list of contacts, the computer will anticipate the rest of the entry and show several suggestions for you to select, by left clicking on the correct suggestion. 19

20 Page 20 of Attaching a photograph in your reply. To attach a photograph, left click on the icon, in the message option. The filing system will be opened. Select the photograph from the filing system and double click on the photograph image. That will place the attachment in the as seen in the next page. 20

21 Page 21 of Editing the text. The attachment icon is displayed The contents of the , gives examples of some of the text editing available. 21

22 Page 22 of received The image below shows the received by the recipient. Double left clicking on the photograph Image, will show it full size in a separate window. 22

23 Page 23 of Inserting a photograph in the body of an . Click on the insert menu option and click on single photo. This will bring up the filing system of photos. Select the required photograph and double left click on it. This will place the photograph at the point where the cursor has been placed ready for sending. 23

24 Page 24 of received. 24

25 Page 25 of Contact addresses (1) Clicking on the icon, bottom left of the screen, will display the list of contact addresses. Clicking on personal listing, will display the full information for the selected address. The panel on the right of the enables additional editing to be made 25

26 Page 26 of Creating contact addresses (2) Left clicking on the New button and while holding the left key down move your cursor to the contact button and release. This will cause the panel shown on the right below to display. Complete the information and click on add contact. 26

27 Page 27 of 33 Creating an group. 19 Left click on category, which will display a new panel in to which you type the name of your new group 27

28 Page 28 of Type in the name of your group. 30 Select several contacts by left clicking from the list 40 Left click on Save 28

29 Page 29 of Sending a group Open Windows Live mail 42 Click on contacts 29

30 Page 30 of Select group name. When the list of the selected group is displayed, highlight the whole list,by left clicking with the mouse on the top name to highlight it. Hold the shift key down and place the cursor at the bottom of the list, and left click. The names in that group are highlighted. 30

31 Page 31 of Highlighted list. 31

32 Page 32 of Place the cursor on the highlighted list and right click. Select send on the pop up menu, by left clicking. 32

33 Page 33 of This will cause an panel to display with the selected list shown. 47 If you want to send the list out as BCC, highlight the list and copy and paste into the BCC panel. Alan Paul revised