Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Owners Manual
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Messaging 66 Section 5: Messaging This section describes how to send and receive messages and other features associated with messaging. Types of Messages Your device supports these types of messages: Gmail: Send and receive Gmail from your Google account. Email: Send and receive email from your email accounts, including Corporate Exchange mail. Google Talk: Chat with other Google Talk users. Google Messenger: Use Google Messenger to bring groups of friends together into a simple group conversation. Note: Your Wi-Fi-only device does NOT support voice calling and messaging services. Please disregard any “dial” and “message” related menus because some Gmail options are identically set in all Android devices. Gmail Send and receive email with Gmail, Google’s web-based email. Tip: To set up your Google account on your device, use Accounts and sync settings. For more information, refer to “Accounts and Sync” on page 187. From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail. Setting Up Your Gmail Account If you did not set up a Google account during the initial configuration, the first time you launch Gmail, your device prompts you to set up your Google account. Note: You can use more than one Google account on your device. To add another account, touch Menu ➔Settings ➔ ADD ACCOUNT.
671.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail. The Add a Google Account screen displays. 2.Touch Existing to sign in to an existing account. At the Sign in screen, use the on-screen keyboard to enter your Google Email name and Password, then touch Sign in. – or – Touch New to create a new account. At the Your name screen, enter your first and last name, and touch Next. At the Create email address follow the prompts to create a new account. The Backup and restore screen displays. 3.Read the backup and restore information, touch the option to enable or disable it, and then touch Next. 4.The device communicates with the Google server to set up your account and synchronize your email. When complete, your Gmail displays in the Inbox. Refreshing Your Gmail Account Refresh your account to update your device from the Gmail servers. 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail. 2.To u c h Refresh in the Application Bar. Managing Your Gmail Account Use menu options to manage your Gmail account. 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail. 2.To u c h Menu for these options: Manage labels: Determine settings for each label. Settings: Configure settings. For more information, refer to “Gmail Account Settings” on page 69. : Learn about using Gmail. Send Feedback: Fill out a Google feedback form.
Messaging 68 Managing Your Gmail Conversations In addition to managing your Gmail account, there are options for changing the status of one or more Gmail conversations in an account. 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail. 2.Touch the gray box to the left of one or more conversations and then choose one of the following options: : Archive the conversations. Archived conversations are assigned to the All Mail folder. : Delete the conversations. Deleted conversations are moved to the Trash folder. Change labels : Relocate the conversations to the Inbox, Personal, Receipts, Tr a v e l, or Work folder and then touch OK. Mark as Read / Mark as Unread : Mark the conversations as read or unread. Once a conversation is marked as read, it has a gray background. Touch Done to remove the check marks. Tip: To move a conversation to another folder, touch and drag it to the folder tab.3.To u c h Menu for these options: / Remove star: Mark (or unmark) conversations with a yellow star. Starred conversations are listed in the Starred folder. Touch Done to remove check marks. Mark important / Mark not important: Change the importance indicator . Yellow indicates important. : New messages added to muted conversations bypass your inbox so that the conversation stays archived in the All Mail folder. : Report the conversations as spam, which are emails that violate the Gmail Program Policies and/or Terms of Use. : Configure settings. For more information, refer to “Gmail Account Settings” on page 69. : Learn about using Gmail. Send feedback: Fill out a Google feedback form.
69 Composing and Sending Gmail 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail. 2.To u c h Compose. 3.Touch the To field to enter recipients. As you enter names or email addresses, matching contacts display. Touch a contact to add it to the field. 4.Touch the Subject field to enter a subject. 5.Touch Compose email to enter the text of your email. 6.While composing a message, the following options are displayed: CC/BCC: Create Cc (copy) and Bcc (blind copy) fields in the message. After creating the fields, touch to enter recipients. : Launch Gallery to select a photo to add to the message. 7.Touch Menu for the following options: Settings: Configure settings. For more information, refer to “Gmail Account Settings” on page 69. : Learn about using Gmail. Send feedback: Fill out a Google feedback form. 8.To u c h SEND to send this message. – or – To u c h SAVE DRAFT to save a draft of this message. Gmail Account Settings 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Gmail. 2.To u c h Menu ➔ Settings for settings: General settings Confirm before deleting : Have your device prompt you to confirm Delete actions. Confirm before archiving: Have your device prompt you to confirm archiving actions. Confirm before sending: Have your device prompt you to confirm Send actions. Auto-advance: Choose a screen to show after you delete or archive a conversation. Message text size: Set the size of text in message displays. Clear search history: Remove previous searches you performed.
Messaging 70 Ask to show pictures: Restores the default setting (do not show pictures automatically) for all the people who send you email, including those whose Show pictures setting you may have changed when reading messages from them. (Gmail account settings) Each account has independent settings: Priority Inbox: This setting is only available if you have configured Gmail on the web to show Priority Inbox. If available, you can set Priority Inbox as the conversation list to open when you have new mail, rather than Inbox. Email notifications: When enabled, notifications for new email appear in the Status Bar. : If Email notifications is enabled, touch this field to set the following options: –Sync messages: Sync options are: None, Last 30 days, or All. –Email notifications: When enabled, notifications for new email appear in the Status Bar. –Ringtone: Choose a ringtone for new email notifications or use the default ringtone and then touch OK. –Notify once: When enabled, a notification appears in the Status Bar for new email, not for every new message. : Create a text signature to add to outgoing messages. Gmail sync is ON/OFF: Indicates whether you have Gmail synchronization turned on for this account in the Account and sync settings. Touch to open those settings. Days of mail to sync: Set the number days to sync email for this Gmail account. Manage labels: Choose which labels are synchronized. Download attachments: Enable or disable auto-download of files attached to recent messages when connected through Wi-Fi. About Gmail Displays information about the Gmail (Version, copyright information, Send feedback, Report a problem, Open source licenses). Experiments Enable full text search : Enable indexing message content to allow a local search. Enable drag and drop contact chip: Enables you to drag and drop a contact chip between To, CC, and BCC.
71 Email Use Email to view and manage all your email accounts in one application. Configuring Email Accounts 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Email. 2.At the Set up email screen, enter an Email address and Password, then touch Next. 3.Your account’s incoming server settings are different depending on the kind of email service for the account. If you are asked What type of account?, touch the type of account: POP3 account, IMAP account, or Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync . The Server settings screen displays. Enter the required settings and touch Next. For more information, refer to “Incoming Server Settings” on page 77. 4.Review the Account options screen. Available options vary, depending on the provider: Peak schedule: Set how often to check for new email sent to this account during peak times. Options are: Push (Automatic), Manual, every 5 or 15 minutes, or every 1, 4, or 12 hours. Off-peak schedule: Set how often to check for new email sent to this account during off-peak times. Options are: Push (Automatic), Manual, every 5 or 15 minutes, or every 1, 4, or 12 hours. Period to sync Email: For Exchange ActiveSync accounts, set whether to store All, 1 or 3 days, 1 or 2 weeks, or 1 month of email on the tablet. Emails retrieval size: Set the maximum email retrieval size. Options are: Headers only, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, or100 KB, or All. Period to sync Calendar: Set how much of the calendar for this account to sync with your tablet. Options are: 2 weeks, 1, 3, or 6 months, or All calendar. Send email from this account by default: When enabled, email from your device is automatically sent from this account. Notify me when email arrives: When enabled, you receive notifications when you receive new email sent to this account. Sync Email: When enabled, email from your account is synchronized with your device’s email. : When enabled, contacts from your account are synchronized with your device’s Contacts.
Messaging 72 : When enabled, events from your account are synchronized with your device’s Calendar. Sync Task: When enabled, tasks from your account are synchronized with your device’s Calendar. Automatically download attachments when connected to Wi-Fi : Enable or disable auto-download of files attached to recent messages when connected through Wi-Fi. 5.Touch Next to go to the next screen or touch Previous to go to the Apps screen. Note: For Exchange ActiveSync accounts, the Activate device administrator? screen may appear. Read the information and touch Activate to continue. 6.Enter an account name for the email account just added, which is displayed on the email screen, and enter Your name, if required. 7.Touch Done. The device communicates with the appropriate server to set up your account and synchronize your email. When complete, your email appears in the Inbox for the account. Note: To configure email account settings at any time, use Menu ➔Settings. Touch the account to display Account settings. Adding Additional Email Accounts To add additional email accounts: 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Email. 2.To u c h Menu ➔Settings ➔ Add account. 3.Enter the Email address, Password, and so on. Managing Your Email Accounts You can view email you receive for all accounts in the Combined view screen or you can view email accounts individually. 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Email. 2.To u c h t h e drop-down menu at the top left of the screen to select: Combined view: View all email in a combined inbox. : View email for the account.
73 Managing Your Email Conversations In addition to managing your Email account, there are options for changing the status of one or more Email conversations in an account. 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Email. 2.Touch the box to the left of one or more conversations and then choose one of the following options: : Mark the conversations with a gold star and list them in the Starred folder. Touch to make the changes. – or –Flag : Touch Clear to clear all flags and check marks, touch Complete to mark all conversations with a blue check mark, or touch Set to set all flags. Set flags are gold. Mark as Read / Mark as Unread : Mark the conversations as read or unread. Once a conversation is marked as read, it has a gray background. : Relocate the conversations to another folder in the current email account or in a folder within another email account. : Delete the conversations. 3.To u c h Menu for these options: : Choose a method for listing your email conversations. : Choose how to view your email conversations. Choices are: Standard view and Conversations view. Create folder: Create a new main folder or touch an existing folder to create a sub-folder. Note: This option is not available for all email accounts. Settings: Display the settings for this email account. For more information, refer to “Account Settings” on page 75. Delete all: Delete all items for this email account. New meeting invitation: Use Calendar to add an event or add a task. For more information, refer to “Creating an Event or Task” on page 150. Composing and Sending Email 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Email. 2.Touch an account, if you have more than one account set up, then touch Compose.
Messaging 74 3.Enter the recipient’s email address in the To field. If you are sending the email message to several recipients, separate the email addresses with a comma. You can add as many message recipients as you want. Touch to add a contact to the field. Touch +Cc/Bcc to add additional carbon copy recipients. –Use the Cc field to carbon copy additional recipients. –Use the Bcc field to blind copy additional recipients. Touch +Me to add yourself as a recipient. 4.Touch the Subject field to enter a subject. 5.Touch the body of the email to enter the text of your email. 6.While composing a message, the following options may be displayed: Priority: Set the email priority. Options are: High, Normal, or Low. Tr a c k i n g o p t i o n s: Touch Read receipt or Delivery receipt and then touch OK to set the tracking options for this email. Security options: Set the email security options. Options are: Encrypt and Sign. Attach: Choose an attachment to add to the message from the listed apps, such as My Files, Images, Video, Audio, and so on. Undo: Erase the previous input. Redo: Restore the previously erased input. Insert: Choose an item to insert into the message from the listed apps, such as Images, Memo, Contacts, and so on. Insert quick response: Insert text that you frequently use in emails. For more information, refer to “Account Settings” on page 75. Font size: Choose a text font size of 9, 10,12, 14, 16, 20, 24, 28, or 36 points. Bold: Bold the following text. Touch again to turn off bold.
757.Touch Save to save the email to the Drafts folder, Send to send the email, or Delete to delete the email. Account Settings Account settings lets you configure handling of email on your device. Note: Available settings may depend on the email account and include setting how much email to synchronize, creating signatures for email you send, and other handling options. 1.From a Home screen, touch Apps ➔ Email.2.To u c h Menu ➔ Settings, then touch General Preferences . The following options display: Display after deleting message: Set the screen to show after deleting a message. Choices are: Next message, Previous message, or Message list. Message preview line: Choose a message preview line amount. Options are: None or 1, 2, or 3 lines. Email header: Set whether the Subject or Sender of the email is shown as the header. Confirm deletions: Touch the box to enable or disable this option. A check mark indicates that deletions must be confirmed. Quick responses: Edit text that you frequently use in emails. Touch an email account to display the following settings: Common settings Account name : Enter a name to identify this account. : Enter a name to be used on emails. Italics: This action italicizes the subsequent entered text. Font color: Set the color of the text font. The bar changes to the selected color. Background color: Set the color of the background of the email.