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Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''How to Use ''' '''Thunderbird '''
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Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on '''How to Use ''' '''Thunderbird '''

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'''Learning Objectives
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* Add the Thunderbird short cut to the launcher
* Tag Messages
* Quick Filter
* Sort and Thread Messages

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In this tutorial we will learn how to:

* Add the Thunderbird short cut to the launcher
* Tag Messages
* Quick Filter
* Sort and Thread Messages

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* Save As and Print Messages
* Attach a File
* Archive Messages
* View the Activity Manager
|| We will also learn to:
* Save As and Print Messages
* Attach a File
* Archive Messages
* View the Activity Manager

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'''System Requirements'''
'''* Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1'''
'''* Ubuntu 12.04.'''
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Here we are using '''Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1''' on '''Ubuntu 12.04'''

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'''Short Cut Icon'''
* Create a short-cut Icon for Thunderbird
|| As we access '''Thunderbird '''quite often, let’s
create a short cut icon for it.

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|| Switch to Thunderbird
Point to the Launcher and move the mouse up and down over it.
|| Let’s drag and drop the '''Thunderbird '''short cut icon on to the '''Launcher'''.

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|| Click '''Dash Home'''.

In the '''Search''' field, type '''Thunderbird'''.
|| First, click '''Dash Home'''.

In the '''Search''' field, that appears, type '''Thunderbird'''.

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|| Point to the '''Thunderbird''' icon that appears under the '''Search''' field
|| The '''Thunderbird''' icon appears under the '''Search''' field.

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|| Select it, press and hold the left mouse button.
|| Select it, and do not release the left mouse button.

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|| Drag and drop the icon to the '''Launcher'''.

|| Now, drag and drop the icon to the '''Launcher'''.
And release the left mouse button.

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|| Click '''Dash Home '''to close it.'''.'''
|| Click '''Dash home '''to close it.

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|| Click on the Thunderbird short cut icon and open Thunderbird.
|| Click on the '''Thunderbird '''icon in the '''Launcher'''.

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|| Point to the Thunderbird window.
|| The '''Thunderbird '''window opens.

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|| Under the Gmail ID, click '''Inbox'''.
|| Under '''STUSERONE at gmail dot com''' ID, click '''Inbox'''.

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|| Point to the unread messages from the Yahoo and Gmail accounts.
|| Notice that some messages are in bold.
These are the unread messages.

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|| Click the '''Get Mail''' icon and select '''Get All New Message'''s.
|| Click the '''Get Mail''' icon and select '''Get All New Message'''s.

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|| Point to the new messages that are in the Inbox.
|| We have received messages from the '''Gmail''' account.

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'''Sort Messages
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* Sort the messages by Sender
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Let’s say we want to

sort these messages by '''Sender'''.

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|| Click on the column header '''From'''.
Point that the messages are sorted by '''From '''Name.
|| Simply click on the column heading '''From'''.
The messages are now sorted in an alphabetical order.

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|| Click on the column header '''From'''.
Point that the messages are sorted by Sender in reverse order.
|| Let’s click on '''From''' once again.
The messages are sorted in the reverse alphabetic order now!

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|| Now, let’s sort by '''Subject'''.

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|| Click on the column header Subject.

Point that the messages are sorted by Subject.
|| Simply click on '''Subject'''.
The messages are sorted by '''Subject''' now!

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'''Assignment '''
* Sort the messages by Date received.
|| Pause this tutorial and try out this '''Assignment'''.

Sort the messages by '''Date''' received.

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'''Tag Messages'''
* Tag messages.
* This way you can easily identify messages you want to open again.
* Use tags to group similar messages together.
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* You can also tag messages.
* This way you can easily identify messages you want to open again.
* You can also use tags to group similar messages together.

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|| Let’s say you want to tag a mail as '''Important'''.

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|| Click on '''Inbox''', select the first mail.
|| Click on '''Inbox''', select the first mail.

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|| From the toolbar, click the '''Tag''' icon and select '''Important'''.
|| Click the '''Tag''' icon from the toolbar and select '''Important'''.

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|| Point to the mail that is displayed in the colour red.
|| Notice that the mail is displayed in the colour red.
Look at the bottom panel.

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|| Point to the bottom panel and show that the mail is tagged as '''Important'''.
|| The mail is tagged as '''Important'''.

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|| Select the same mail.
|| To remove the tag, first select the mail.

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|| From the toolbar, click the '''Tag''' icon and click '''Important '''again.
|| From the toolbar, click the '''Tag''' icon and click '''Important '''again.

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|| Tag the first mail in the inbox as '''Important '''and second mail in the inbox as '''Work'''.
|| Let’s tag the the first mail in the Inbox as '''Important '''and the second mail as '''Work'''.

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|| Suppose we want to view only the mails that have been tagged, in the right panel.

Would it be possible to do this?

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'''Quick Filter Toolbar'''
* Use the '''Quick Filter '''toolbar
* To quickly filter and view messages.
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You can use the '''Quick Filter '''toolbar
to quickly filter and view messages.

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|| Point to the Quick Filter toolbar in the top right panel.
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|| In the '''Quick Filter '''toolbar, click on the icon '''Tagged'''.
|| To view messages that are tagged, from the '''Quick Filter '''toolbar, click on the icon '''Tagged'''.

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|| Only the messages that we tagged are displayed!

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|| Click on the icon '''Tagged '''again.
|| Let’s click on the icon '''Tagged '''again.

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|| We can view all the mails now!

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|| Let’s learn about '''Message Threads '''now.

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'''Message Threads'''
Messages that are displayed
* as sequence in a conversation
* are called message threads.
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What are '''Message Threads'''?
Related messages that are displayed in a
* sequence or as a conversation
* are called Message Threads.

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|| We use message threads to view related messages

as one entire conversation,

in a continuous flow.

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|| Let us now learn how to do this.

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|| Switch to Thunderbird.
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|| Point to and then click on the '''Click to display message threads''' icon in the left corner of the '''Inbox'''.
|| Click on the '''Click to display message threads''' icon in the left corner of the '''Inbox'''.

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|| Point to the message threads.
|| The mails are displayed as a conversation.

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Click on the Threading symbol present next to the corresponding thread.
|| To view the full conversation click on the '''Threading '''symbol present next to the corresponding thread.

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|| Point to the Preview Pane where it is displayed.
|| The entire conversation is visible in the message preview panel.

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|| Click on the '''Thread '''icon again.
|| To come out of the Thread view, simply click on the '''Thread '''icon again.

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'''Save and Print Messages'''
* Save the mail in a folder on the desktop
* And then print it.
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Let us now learn how to save a mail to a folder and then print it.

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|| Go to the folder Saved Mails on the desktop.
|| For the purposes of this tutorial:
* We have created a new folder on the '''Desktop'''.
* And named it '''Saved Mails'''.

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|| Switch to TB.
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|| Select the first mail.
|| Let’s select and save the first mail.

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|| Double-click on it.
|| Double-click on the mail.

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|| Select the tab on which opens.
|| It opens in a separate tab.

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|| From the toolbar >> click '''File''' >> '''Save As''' and '''File'''.
|| From the toolbar, click '''File''', '''Save As''' and '''File'''.

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|| Point to the '''Save Message As''' dialog box.
|| The '''Save Message As''' dialog box appears.

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|| Browse for '''Desktop''' and select the folder '''Saved Mails'''.
Click '''Save'''.
|| Browse for '''Desktop '''and select the folder '''Saved Mails'''.
Click '''Save'''.

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|| Point that the message is saved in the folder.
|| The message is saved in the folder.

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|| Browse to the '''Saved Mails and '''double-click and open it.
|| Let’s go to the '''Saved Mails''' folder.

Double-click on it and open it.

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|| Point to the mail that opens and point the cursor to Gedit that is displayed at the top of the file.
|| The mail opens in '''Gedit '''as a text file.
<<pronounced as G-edit>>

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|| Close the text file by clicking on the x icon at the top left corner.
|| Let’s close and exit this file.

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|| Switch to Thunderbird.
|| You can also save the message as a template.

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|| Go to the message tab that we opened.
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|| From the toolbar >> click '''File''' >> '''Save As''' and '''Template'''.

|| From the toolbar, click '''File''', '''Save As''' and '''Template'''.
The message is saved, in the '''Templates''' folder, in '''Thunderbird'''.

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|| From the Thunderbird left panel, click the '''Templates''' folder.
|| From the '''Thunderbird '''left panel, click the '''Templates''' folder.

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|| Select the mail and double-click.
|| Select the mail and double-click.

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|| Poin

Point to the separate tab as, with the '''To''' addresses field, filled with the contacts, listed in the original mail.
|| It opens in a separate tab, with the '''To''' address field filled with the contact listed in the original mail.

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|| You can now modify the content in this mail, add or delete contacts and send it.

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|| Add the number 1 in the '''Subject'''.
|| Add the number '''1''' in the '''Subject'''.

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|| Click the x icon on the top left of tab to close it.

The '''Save Message''' dialog box appears.

Click '''Don’t Save'''.
|| To close the template, click the '''X '''icon on the top left of tab.

The '''Save Message''' dialog box appears.

Click '''Don’t Save'''.

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'''Print a Message'''
* Now, let’s print a message.
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Now, let’s print a message.

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|| Click on '''Inbox''' and from the right panel, select the second mail and double click on it.

It opens in a new tab.
|| Click on '''Inbox''' and from the right panel, select the second mail and double click on it.

It opens in a new tab.

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In the '''Main''' menu, go to '''File''', and then select '''Print'''.
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From the '''Main''' menu, go to '''File''', and then select '''Print'''.

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|| Point to the '''Print''' dialog box.
|| The '''Print''' dialog box appears.

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|| We shall print this mail on an '''A4 '''sheet, with '''Orientation''' as '''Portrait '''

and make two copies of this mail.

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|| * Click the '''Page Setup''' tab.

* In the '''Paper Size''' field, click on the drop-down list and select '''A4'''.

* In the '''Orientation''' field, click on the drop-down list and select '''Portrait'''.
|| * Click the '''Page Setup''' tab.

* In the '''Paper Size''' field, click on the drop-down list and select '''A4'''.

* In the '''Orientation''' field, click on the drop-down list and select '''Portrait'''.

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|| Click the '''General''' tab.
|| Now, click the '''General''' tab.

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|| In the '''Copies''' field, enter '''2'''.
|| In the '''Copies''' field, enter '''2'''.

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|| Point to the '''Print''' button.
Do not click on it.
|| Click '''Print'''.

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|| If your printer is configured correctly, the mail must start printing now.

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|| Click '''Cancel''' to exit the '''Print''' dialog box.

Close the '''Mail''' tab, by clicking on the '''Close''' '''Tab''' icon, That is black x cross on the top right corner of the tab.
|| Let’s click '''Cancel''' to exit the '''Print''' dialog box.

Also, let’s close the '''Mail '''tab.

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|| Now, let’s send a video as an attachment to the '''Yahoo '''account.

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|| Let’s compose a new message.

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|| Click '''Write'''.
The '''New Message''' window appears.
|| From the '''Menu '''bar, click '''Write'''.
The '''New Message''' window appears.

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|| In the '''To''' field type '''S'''.
|| In the '''To''' field, type the first letter of the '''yahoo''' id, that is '''S'''.

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|| Point to the yahoo mail id that automatically populates.
|| Notice that the '''yahoo '''mail id is automatically filled.

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|| In the Subject Field type '''Video Attachment'''.
|| In the '''Subject '''field, type '''Video Attachment'''.

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|| From the toolbar, click '''Attach'''.
The '''Attach''' dialog box opens.
|| From the toolbar, click '''Attach'''.
The '''Attach''' '''Files''' dialog box opens.

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|| From the desktop, select the video '''What is a spoken Tutorial. rar'''.
|| From the '''Desktop''', select the file '''What is a Spoken Tutorial.rar'''.

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Click '''Open'''.
|| Click '''Open'''.

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|| Point to the attachment that is displayed at the top right corner.
|| The file is attached and the attachment is displayed at the top right corner.

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|| Click '''Send'''.
|| Click '''Send'''.

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|| Log in the Yahoo account STUSERTWO.
|| Let’s login to our '''yahoo''' account. <Pause>

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|| Point to the message.
|| We have received the message with the attachment.

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|| Close the Yahoo account.
|| Let’s close the '''yahoo''' account.

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'''Archive Messages'''
* We may receive an important message that we may want to refer to.
* But there may be many mails in the '''Inbox '''
* Therefore it may be cluttered.
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* We may receive an important message that we may want to refer to.
* But there may be many mails in the '''Inbox '''
* Therefore it may be cluttered.

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|| Thunderbird lets you archive such messages.

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|| Switch to TB
|| First we must check the archive settings.

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|| From the left panel, click on the STUSERONE gmail account.
|| From the left panel, click on the '''STUSERONE gmail '''account.

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|| From the right panel, under '''Accounts''', click '''View Settings '''for this account.
|| From the right panel, under '''Accounts''', click '''View Settings for this account'''.

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|| The '''Accounts Settings '''dialog box appears.
|| The '''Accounts Settings '''dialog box appears.

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|| From the left panel, click on the '''STUSERONE gmail '''account and click '''Copies and Folders'''.
|| From the left panel, click on the '''STUSERONE gmail '''account and click '''Copies and Folders'''.

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|| Point to the '''Message Archives '''options are enabled.

|| The '''Message Archives '''options are enabled.

These options determine the folder in which the messages are archived.

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|| If these options are not enabled, then:
* check '''Keep message archives in '''box
* select the option “'''Archives” Folder on STUSERONE at gmail.com'''.

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|| Click '''OK'''.
|| Click '''OK'''.

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|| Now under the STUSERONE Gmail account click on '''Inbox'''.
|| Now, under the '''STUSERONE Gmail '''account click on '''Inbox'''.

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|| Let’s archive the third message.

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|| Select the third message, right-click for the context menu and select '''Archive'''.
|| From the right panel, select it.
Right-click for the context menu and select '''Archive'''.

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|| From the left panel, click on the STUSERONE@gmail.com.
Under it the '''Archives '''folder is present.
Double-click on the '''Archives '''folder.
|| The message is moved to the '''Archives '''folder, under the '''STUSERONE Gmail''' account.

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|| Point it is no longer displayed in the '''Inbox'''.
|| It is no longer displayed in the '''Inbox'''.

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||
|| And what if we want to view the the actions that we did using '''Thunderbird'''?

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'''Activity Manager'''
* Displays the list of actions carried out in Thunderbird.
|| This is simple too!

The '''Activity Manager '''displays the list of actions carried out in '''Thunderbird'''.

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|| Switch to TB
From the '''Main '''menu, click '''Tools '''and '''Activity Manager'''.
|| From the '''Main '''menu, click '''Tools '''and '''Activity Manager'''.

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|| Point to the '''Activity Manager '''dialog box.
|| The '''Activity Manager '''dialog box appears.
You can now view the list to check all email activity!

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|| Close the '''Activity Manager '''dialog box.
|| Let’s close the '''Activity Manager '''dialog box.

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|| Click on the red cross in the left corner of the Thunderbird window
|| Let’s exit '''Thunderbird''', by clicking on the red cross in the left corner of the '''Thunderbird '''window.

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'''Summary'''
* Add the Thunderbird short cut to the launcher
* Tag Messages
* Quick Filter
* Sort and Thread Messages
|| In this tutorial we learnt how to:

* Add the '''Thunderbird '''short cut to the launcher
* Tag Messages
* Quick Filter
* Sort and Thread Messages

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|| We also learnt to:
* Save As and Print Messages
* Attach a File
* Archive Messages
* View the Activity Manager
|| We also learnt to:
* Save As and Print Messages
* Attach a File
* Archive Messages
* View the Activity Manager

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'''Assignment'''
* Login to Thunderbird,
* View a message thread.
* Save and print a message.
* Select an email, right-click for the context menu
* Check all the options in it.
* View the '''Activity Manager '''dialog box.
* Logout of Thunderbird
* Check the '''Activity Manager dialog box '''again when you login.

|| Here is an assignment for you.
* Login to Thunderbird,
* View a message thread.
* Save and print a message.
* Select an email, right-click for the context menu
* Check all the options in it.
* View the '''Activity Manager''' dialog box.
* Logout of Thunderbird.
* Check the '''Activity Manager dialog box '''again when you login.

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|| Show About Slide

About the Spoken Tutorial Project

* Watch the video available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/What_is_a_Spoken_Tutorial

* It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project

* If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
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* Watch the video available at the following link

* It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project

*If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it
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|| Show About Slide

Spoken Tutorial Workshops

The Spoken Tutorial Project Team

* Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials

*Gives certificates for those who pass an online test

* For more details, please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org
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The Spoken Tutorial Project Team

* Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials.

* Gives certificates for those who pass an online test

* For more details, please write to contact at spoken hyphen tutorial dot org
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Acknowledgements

* Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project

* It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.

* More information on this Mission is available at

* http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro
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*Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project

* It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India

*More information on this Mission is available at

* spoken hyphen tutorial dot org slash NMEICT hyphen Intro
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About the Contributor

* This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd

* www.desicrew.in

* Thanks for joining
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*This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd

* Thanks for joining
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Chandrika: Created page with '=Resources for recording= How to Use Thunderbird. {| border=1 || '''Visual cue''' || '''Narration''' |- || Show Slide Welcome to the Spok…'