Those who use Gmail, most likely already enjoy the simple and intuitive keyboard shortcuts to help you get organized and move quickly through the web interface. I discovered something new the other day that may be of interest of you.
New Question Mark (?) Keyboard Shortcut
Google announced a subtle, but useful, new feature on their Gmail Blog in December. They describe how you can now hold down the Shift key and then press ? key (Shift + ?) to bring up a Keyboard shortcuts legend. Check out the screenshot below to get a glimpse. (Screenshot provided by Google)
Turn Shortcuts On
If you are reading this and asking yourself what are Gmail shortcuts, or if you have an interest in turning them on, its easy. In the Gmail interface, go to Settings and select Keyboard shortcuts on, then Save settings. (Note: You need to have Keyboard shortcuts on before you are able to use the new (Shift + ?) legend feature.
Bonus Tip
The Gmail team also announced recently that they added a new email archive keyboard shortcut. For those that have used the “y” shortcut in the past, well a new archiving shortcut “e” works “every time” and in every area, even while in labels. The Gmail team describes it in more detail here.
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Hey Mark, thanks for the GMail tips. I’d e-mail you, but your e-mail contact link was not evident. Got your link to here from Dave over at GreaterFalls.com. We were posted in the same article today. See ya later. . .
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