Templates or predefined text or whatever you want to call it.

Gmail gives you the ability to insert predefined text into a new email, forward or a reply email.


First you need to turn the feature on. In Gmail, go to the settings gear icon --> Advanced --> Templates and enable them.

To set up a template:

To use a template

Click the three dots, then choose which template to insert.

Edit/Modify Then Send

After you insert the template you can edit the email (if needed, e.g. you might change the date and count) Then add recipients and send it on its way

Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Shortcut	Notes
Go to Inbox	g + i
Go to All mail	g + a	All mail is, well, all your mail (less spam and trash). Go here if you can't find a message in the regular places.
Go to Contacts	g + c
Go to Tasks	g + k
Go to Next Message	k	(down/older)
Go to Previous Message	j	(up/newer)
Delete	#	I do miss using the delete key, but can get used to this
Reply	r
Reply all	a
Forward	f
Reply or Reply All or Forward in a new window	Shift + r or a or f	Working in a bigger window is sometimes just necessary
Undo last action	z	Hey, i just tried this after deleting a message and it brought the message back
Mark as read	Shift + i
Mark as unread	Shift + u
Add conversation to Tasks	Shift + t	A todo list, that's how I use my tasks
Open a message in new windows	Shift + mouse click	OK, it is not really a true keyboard shortcut, but worth a mention

Drag and Drop or Drag and Drop

You can drag and drop files on top of an email message.  These can be PDFs, pictures, etc.  One trick I learned today is you can drag a picture in the body and hey, it shows in the body of the email. Or you can drag and drop a picture toward the bottom (near the paper clip), then the  picture will be an attachment. The first screen shot below, shows one picture in the body and one attached. Not that you'd ever do that, but I'm just showin'....

Gmail even displays a little message at the bottom (I highlighted in yellow).