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You can access your e-mail account anytime by following these steps:   Some commonly used emoticons are:

 Step 1  Double-click on the Web browser icon.    Emoticon   Used For
                                                                    You can also use built-in emoticons for different
 Step 2 Type  www.gmail.com in the address      :)   Happy          facial expressions. Some of the emoticons are:
 bar of the browser window and press      :(   Sad
 Enter key.           =O                Surprised
                       :O               Shouting
 Step 3  In  the  Email  or  phone  field,  enter  the
                       :’(              Crying
 username of the e-mail address that you
                       :D               Laughing
 have created.
                       :))              Very Happy
 Step 4  Click on the Next button.
                       :@               Angry
 Step 5  In the Password field, enter the password   Logging in to Gmail     :I   No Expression
 you had created for your e-mail account      |-)   Sleepy
 and click on the Next button.     (-_-)zzz   Sleeping
 All your emails are visible in the Web browser window.     (=_=)   Tired
 Clickipedia           :$               Embarrassed
                 Clickipedia


 Inbox is the section where all your emails are stored untill you move them to a different
                   The first two emoticons used by their introducer, Scott Fahlman were :-) depicting a smiling
 folder or delete them.
                   face and :-( depicting a sad face.
 Logout          Acronyms

 You should always close your  e-mail account  after checking
                 An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a multi-word name. It may be in the form
 e-mails. This is known as Sign out or logout. It is very important
                 of an abbreviation like HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) or more than one letter from some
 to sign out from your account so that no one else using the
                 words like COBOL (COmmon Business Oriented Language).
 computer can read your e-mails or send unwanted e-mails from
 your e-mail account.  The use of acronyms became popular with the concept of Short Message Service or SMS.
 You can sign out from your e-mail account by following the   Acronyms work like shorthand for Internet users as it saves typing time.
 given steps:    Some of the common acronyms used in Internet communication are:
 Step 1  Click on your account name icon on the top right corner   Acronym  Meaning
 of your browser window.
                        LOL                     Laughing Out Loud
 Step 2  Click on the Sign out button.
                        CU                      See You
                        CUL8R                   See You Later
 If you could design a new email feature that would make it easier for people to      BTW   By The Way

 stay in touch, what would it be and how would it help them?     FAQ   Frequently Asked Questions

                        K                       OK
  EMOTICONS AND ACRONYMS     F9                 Fine
 Emoticons              Pls                     Please

                        Gr8                     Great
 During e-mail communication, the people may not be face to face with each other. So, facial
 expressions cannot be conveyed to others. To overcome this problem, the concept of emoticons   Abt  About
 was developed. Emoticons represent your facial expressions. The term emoticon is an abbreviation      ASAP   As Soon As Possible
 for emotion icon. They help in conveying your mood to others and save typing time.
                        4ever                   Forever

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