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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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|In this tutorial we will learn how to:  
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|In this tutorial, we will learn how to:  
  
 
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|Add the Thunderbird short cut to the launcher  
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|Add the '''Thunderbird shortcut''' to the '''launcher'''
  
 
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| Tag Messages
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| '''Tag''' messages, '''Quick Filter''', '''Sort''' and '''Thread''' messages.
Quick Filter
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Sort and Thread Messages
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|We will also learn to:  
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|We will also learn to: '''Save As''' and '''Print Messages'''
 
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|Save As and Print Messages  
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|Attach a File  
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|Attach a File, '''Archive''' Messages  
 
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|Archive Messages  
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|View the Activity Manager  
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|View the '''Activity Manager'''.
  
 
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|Here we are using Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04
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|Here we are using '''Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1''' on '''Ubuntu 12.04'''.
  
 
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|As we access Thunderbird quite often, let’s create a short cut icon for it.  
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|As we access Thunderbird quite often, let’s create a shortcut icon for it.  
  
 
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|Let’s drag and drop the Thunderbird short cut icon on to the Launcher.  
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|Let’s drag and drop the Thunderbird '''shortcut icon''' on to the '''Launcher'''.  
  
 
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|First, click Dash Home.
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|First, click '''Dash Home'''.
  
 
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|In the Search field, that appears, type Thunderbird.  
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|In the '''Search''' field that appears, type: "Thunderbird".  
  
 
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|The Thunderbird icon appears under the Search field.  
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|The '''Thunderbird icon''' appears under the '''Search''' field.  
  
 
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|Select it, and do not release the left mouse button.  
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|Select it and do not release the left '''mouse''' button.  
  
 
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|Now, drag and drop the icon to the Launcher.
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|Now, drag and drop the icon to the '''Launcher'''
  
 
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|And release the left mouse button.  
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|and release the left '''mouse-button'''.  
  
 
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| Click Dash home to close it.  
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| Click '''Dash home''' to close it.  
  
 
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|Click on the Thunderbird icon in the Launcher.  
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|Click on the Thunderbird icon in the '''Launcher'''.  
  
 
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| Thunderbird window opens.  
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| The '''Thunderbird''' window opens.  
  
 
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|Under STUSERONE at gmail dot com ID, click Inbox.  
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|Under '''STUSERONE at gmail dot com''' ID, click '''Inbox'''.  
  
 
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|Notice that some messages are in bold.
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|Notice that some messages are in '''bold'''.
  
 
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|Click the Get Mail icon and select Get All New Messages.  
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|Click the '''Get Mail''' icon and select '''Get All New Messages'''.  
  
 
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|We have received messages from the Gmail account.
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|We have received messages from the '''Gmail account'''.
  
 
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|Let’s say we want to sort these messages by Sender.  
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|Let’s say we want to sort these messages by '''Sender'''.  
  
 
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|Simply click on the column heading From.  
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|Simply click on the '''column''' heading '''From'''.  
  
 
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|Let’s click on From once again.  
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|Let’s click on '''From''' once again.  
  
 
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|Now, let’s sort by Subject.  
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|Now, let’s sort by '''Subject'''.  
  
 
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|Simply click on Subject.  
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|Simply click on '''Subject'''.  
  
 
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|The messages are sorted by Subject now!  
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|The messages are sorted by '''Subject''' now!  
  
 
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|Pause this tutorial and try out this Assignment.
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|Pause this tutorial and try out this '''assignment'''.
  
 
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|Sort the messages by Date received.  
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|Sort the messages by '''Date''' received.  
  
 
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|You can also tag messages.  
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|You can also '''tag''' messages.  
  
 
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|You can also use tags to group similar messages together.  
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|You can also use '''tag'''s to group similar messages together.  
  
 
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|Let’s say you want to tag a mail as Important.  
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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.  
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|Click on '''Inbox''', select the first mail.  
  
 
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|Click the Tag icon from the toolbar and select Important.  
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|Click the '''Tag''' icon from the toolbar and select '''Important'''.  
  
 
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|The mail is tagged as Important.  
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|The mail is tagged as "Important".  
  
 
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|From the toolbar, click the Tag icon and click Important again.  
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|From the toolbar, click the '''Tag''' icon and click '''Important''' again.  
  
 
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|Let’s tag the the first mail in the Inbox as Important and the second mail as Work.  
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|Let’s tag the the first mail in the '''Inbox''' as '''Important''' and the second mail as '''Work'''.  
  
 
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|You can 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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|To view messages that are tagged, from the Quick Filter toolbar, click on the icon Tagged.
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|To view messages that are tagged, from the '''Quick Filter''' toolbar, click on the icon '''Tagged'''.
 
 
 
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|Let’s click on the icon Tagged again.  
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|Let’s click on the icon '''Tagged''' again.  
  
 
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|Let’s learn about Message Threads now.  
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|Let’s learn about '''Message Threads''' now.  
  
 
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|sequence or as a conversation  are called Message Threads.  
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|sequence or as a conversation  are called '''Message Threads'''.  
 
    
 
    
 
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|Click on the Click to display message threads icon in the left corner of the Inbox.  
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|Click on the '''Click to display message threads''' icon, in the left corner of the '''Inbox'''.  
  
 
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|To view the full conversation click on the Threading symbol present next to the corresponding thread.  
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|To view the full conversation, click on the '''Threading''' symbol present next to the corresponding thread.  
  
 
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|The entire conversation is visible in the message preview panel.  
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|The entire conversation is visible in the '''message preview''' panel.  
  
 
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|To come out of the Thread view, simply click on the Thread icon again.
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|To come out of the '''Thread view''', simply click on the '''Thread''' icon again.
  
 
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|Let us now learn how to save a mail to a folder 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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|For the purposes of this tutorial:
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|For the purposes of this tutorial,
  
 
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| We have created a new folder on the Desktop.
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| we have created a new folder on the Desktop
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|And named it Saved Mails
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|and named it '''Saved Mails'''.
  
 
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|From the toolbar, click File, Save As and File.  
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|From the toolbar, click '''File >> Save As''' and '''File'''.  
  
 
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|The Save Message As dialog box appears.  
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|The '''Save Message As''' dialog-box appears.  
  
 
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|Browse for Desktop and select the folder Saved Mails.Click Save.  
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|Browse for Desktop and select the folder '''Saved Mails'''. Click '''Save'''.  
  
 
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|Let’s go to the Saved Mails folder.  
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|Let’s go to the '''Saved Mails''' folder.  
  
 
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|The mail opens in Gedit as a text file.  
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|The mail opens in '''Gedit''' as a text file.  
  
 
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|You can also save the message as a template.  
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|You can also save the message as a '''template'''.  
  
 
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|From the toolbar click file save as & templates
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|From the toolbar, click '''File >> Save as''' & '''Templates'''
  
 
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|The message is saved, in the Templates folder, in Thunderbird.  
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|The message is saved in the '''Templates''' folder in Thunderbird.  
  
 
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|From the Thunderbird left panel, click the Templates folder.  
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|From the Thunderbird left panel, click the '''Templates''' folder.  
  
 
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|It opens in a separate tab, with the To address field filled with the contact listed in the original mail.  
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|It opens in a separate tab with the '''To''' address field filled with the contact, listed in the original mail.  
  
 
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|Add the number 1 in the Subject.  
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|Add the number 1 in the '''Subject'''.  
  
 
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|To close the template, click the X icon on the top left of tab.  
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|To close the template, click the 'X' icon on the top left of the tab.  
  
 
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|The Save Message dialog box appears. Click Don’t Save.  
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|The '''Save Message''' dialog-box appears. Click '''Don’t Save'''.  
  
 
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|Click on Inbox and from the right panel, select the second mail and double click on it.  
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|Click on '''Inbox''' and from the right panel, select the second mail and double-click on it.  
  
 
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| From 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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|The Print dialog box appears.  
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|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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|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.  
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| Click the '''Page Setup''' tab.  
  
 
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|In the Paper Size field, click on the drop-down list and select A4.  
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|In the '''Paper Size''' field, click on the drop-down list and select 'A4'.  
  
 
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|In the Orientation field, click on the drop-down list and select Portrait.  
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|In the '''Orientation''' field, click on the drop-down list and select '''Portrait'''.  
  
 
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|Now, click the General tab.
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|Now, click the '''General''' tab.
  
 
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|In the Copies field, enter 2. Click Print.  
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|In the '''Copies''' field, enter 2. Click '''Print'''.  
  
 
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|Let’s click Cancel to exit the Print dialog box.Also, let’s close the Mail tab.  
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|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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|Now, let’s send a video as an attachment to the '''Yahoo account'''.  
  
 
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|From the Menu bar, click Write.The New Message window appears.  
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|From the Menu bar, click '''Write'''. The '''New Message''' window appears.  
  
 
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|In the To field, type the first letter of the yahoo id, that is S.  
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|In the '''To''' field, type the first letter of the '''yahoo id''', that is 'S'.  
  
 
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|Notice that the yahoo mail id is automatically filled.  
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|Notice that the yahoo mail-id is automatically filled.  
  
 
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|In the Subject field, type Video Attachment.  
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|In the '''Subject''' field, type: "Video Attachment".  
  
 
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|From the toolbar, click Attach.The Attach Files dialog box opens.  
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|From the toolbar, click '''Attach'''. The '''Attach Files''' dialog-box opens.  
  
 
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|From the Desktop, select the file What is a Spoken Tutorial.rar. Click Open.  
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|From the Desktop, select the file "What is a Spoken Tutorial.rar". Click '''Open'''.  
  
 
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|The file is attached and the attachment is displayed at the top right corner.Click Send.  
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|The file is attached and the attachment is displayed at the top right corner. Click '''Send'''.  
  
 
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|Let’s login to our yahoo account
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|Let’s '''login''' to our '''yahoo account'''.
  
 
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|We have received the message with the attachment.  
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|We have received the message with the '''attachment'''.  
  
 
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|We may receive an important message that we may want to refer to.  
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|We may receive an important message that we want to refer to.  
  
 
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| But there may be many mails in the Inbox Therefore it may be cluttered.  
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| 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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|Thunderbird lets you '''archive''' such messages.  
  
 
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|First we must check the archive settings.  
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|First we must check the '''archive setting'''s.  
  
 
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|From the left panel, click on the STUSERONE gmail account.  
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|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.  
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|From the right panel, under '''Accounts''', click '''View Settings''' for this account.  
  
 
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|The Accounts Settings dialog box appears.  
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|The '''Account Settings''' dialog-box appears.  
  
 
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|From the left panel, click on the STUSERONE gmail account and click Copies and Folders.  
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|From the left panel, click on the '''STUSERONE''' gmail account and click '''Copies & Folders'''.  
  
 
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|The Message Archives options are enabled.  
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|The '''Message Archives''' options are enabled.  
  
 
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|check Keep message archives in box  
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|check '''Keep message archives in''' box,
  
 
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|select the option “Archives” Folder on STUSERONE at gmail.com.Click OK.  
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|select the option '''"Archives Folder on" STUSERONE at gmail.com'''. Click '''OK'''.  
  
 
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|Now, under the STUSERONE Gmail account. click on Inbox.  
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|Now, under the '''STUSERONE''' Gmail account, click on '''Inbox'''.  
  
 
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|Right-click for the context menu and select Archive.  
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|Right-click for the context menu and select '''Archive'''.  
  
 
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|The message is moved to the Archives folder, under the STUSERONE Gmail account.  
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|The message is moved to the '''Archives''' folder, under the '''STUSERONE''' Gmail account.  
  
 
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|It is no longer displayed in the Inbox.  
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|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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|And what if we want to view the actions that we did using Thunderbird?
  
 
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|This is simple too!The Activity Manager displays the list of actions carried out in Thunderbird.  
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|This is simple too! The '''Activity Manager''' displays the list of actions carried out in Thunderbird.  
  
 
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|From the Main menu, click Tools and Activity Manager.  
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|From the Main menu, click '''Tools''' and '''Activity Manager'''.  
  
 
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|The Activity Manager dialog box appears.
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|The '''Activity Manager''' dialog-box appears.
 
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|Let’s close the Activity Manager dialog box.  
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|Let’s close the '''Activity Manager''' dialog-box.  
  
 
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|Let’s exit Thunderbird, by clicking on the red cross in the left corner of the Thunderbird window.  
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|Let’s exit Thunderbird by clicking on the red cross in the left corner of the '''Thunderbird window'''.  
  
 
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|In this tutorial we learnt how to:  
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|In this tutorial, we learnt how to:  
  
 
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|Add the Thunderbird short cut to the launcher,
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|Add the Thunderbird shortcut to the launcher
 
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|Tag Messages,   Quick Filter,
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| Tag Messages, Quick Filter, Sort and Thread Messages.
Sort and Thread Messages  
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| Save As and Print Messages,
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| '''Save As''' and '''Print Messages''', '''Attach a File''',
Attach a File,
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|Archive Messages,
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|'''Archive Messages''', View the '''Activity Manager'''.
View the Activity Manager  
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|Here is an assignment for you.  
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|Here is an '''assignment''' for you.  
  
 
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|Login to Thunderbird,  
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|'''Login''' to Thunderbird,  
  
 
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| View a message thread.
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| view a message thread.'''Save''' and print a message.  
Save and print a message.  
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|Select an email, right-click for the context menu  
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|Select an email, right-click for the context menu.
  
 
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|View the Activity Manager dialog box.  
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|View the '''Activity Manager''' dialog-box.  
  
 
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|Logout of Thunderbird.  
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|'''Logout''' of Thunderbird.  
  
 
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|Check the Activity Manager dialog box again when you login.  
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|Check the '''Activity Manager''' dialog-box again, when you login.  
  
 
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|It summarises the Spoken Tutorial project.  
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|It summarizes the '''Spoken Tutorial''' project.  
  
 
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|The Spoken Tutorial Project Team
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|The Spoken Tutorial project team:
  
 
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|For more details, please write to contact at spoken hyphen tutorial dot org  
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|For more details, please write to: '''contact at spoken hyphen tutorial dot org'''.
  
 
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|Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project  
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|'''Spoken Tutorial''' project is a part of the '''Talk to a Teacher''' project.
  
 
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|It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India  
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|It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 10:19, 10 March 2017

Time Narration
00:00 Welcome to the Spoken Tutorial on How to Use Thunderbird.
00:05 In this tutorial, we will learn how to:
00:07 Add the Thunderbird shortcut to the launcher
00:10 Tag messages, Quick Filter, Sort and Thread messages.
00:17 We will also learn to: Save As and Print Messages
00:21 Attach a File, Archive Messages
00:24 View the Activity Manager.
00:27 Here we are using Mozilla Thunderbird 13.0.1 on Ubuntu 12.04.
00:36 As we access Thunderbird quite often, let’s create a shortcut icon for it.
00:43 Let’s drag and drop the Thunderbird shortcut icon on to the Launcher.
00:49 First, click Dash Home.
00:52 In the Search field that appears, type: "Thunderbird".
00:57 The Thunderbird icon appears under the Search field.
01:01 Select it and do not release the left mouse button.
01:06 Now, drag and drop the icon to the Launcher
01:09 and release the left mouse-button.
01:12 Click Dash home to close it.
01:14 Click on the Thunderbird icon in the Launcher.
01:19 The Thunderbird window opens.
01:23 Under STUSERONE at gmail dot com ID, click Inbox.
01:29 Notice that some messages are in bold.
01:32 These are the unread messages.
01:35 Click the Get Mail icon and select Get All New Messages.
01:41 We have received messages from the Gmail account.
01:45 Let’s say we want to sort these messages by Sender.
01:49 Simply click on the column heading From.
01:52 The messages are now sorted in an alphabetical order.
01:57 Let’s click on From once again.
02:01 The messages are sorted in the reverse alphabetic order now!
02:06 Now, let’s sort by Subject.
02:09 Simply click on Subject.
02:12 The messages are sorted by Subject now!
02:16 Pause this tutorial and try out this assignment.
02:20 Sort the messages by Date received.
02:24 You can also tag messages.
02:26 This way you can easily identify messages you want to open again.
02:32 You can also use tags to group similar messages together.
02:37 Let’s say you want to tag a mail as Important.
02:40 Click on Inbox, select the first mail.
02:44 Click the Tag icon from the toolbar and select Important.
02:51 Notice that the mail is displayed in the colour red.
02:54 Look at the bottom panel.
02:57 The mail is tagged as "Important".
03:00 To remove the tag, first select the mail.
03:04 From the toolbar, click the Tag icon and click Important again.
03:09 Let’s tag the the first mail in the Inbox as Important and the second mail as Work.
03:17 Suppose we want to view only the mails that have been tagged, in the right panel.
03:22 Would it be possible to do this?
03:25 You can use the Quick Filter toolbar to quickly filter and view messages.
03:31 To view messages that are tagged, from the Quick Filter toolbar, click on the icon Tagged.
03:37 Only the messages that we tagged are displayed!
03:42 Let’s click on the icon Tagged again.
03:45 We can view all the mails now!
03:49 Let’s learn about Message Threads now.
03:52 What are Message Threads? Related messages that are displayed in a
03:57 sequence or as a conversation are called Message Threads.
04:02 We use message threads to view related messages as one entire conversation, in a continuous flow.
04:10 Let us now learn how to do this.
04:14 Click on the Click to display message threads icon, in the left corner of the Inbox.
04:21 The mails are displayed as a conversation.
04:24 To view the full conversation, click on the Threading symbol present next to the corresponding thread.
04:33 The entire conversation is visible in the message preview panel.
04:38 To come out of the Thread view, simply click on the Thread icon again.
04:45 Let us now learn how to save a mail to a folder and then print it.
04:50 For the purposes of this tutorial,
04:53 we have created a new folder on the Desktop
04:56 and named it Saved Mails.
05:00 Let’s select and save the first mail.
05:04 Double-click on the mail.
05:06 It opens in a separate tab.
05:09 From the toolbar, click File >> Save As and File.
05:15 The Save Message As dialog-box appears.
05:19 Browse for Desktop and select the folder Saved Mails. Click Save.
05:26 The message is saved in the folder.
05:29 Let’s go to the Saved Mails folder.
05:33 Double-click on it and open it.
05:35 The mail opens in Gedit as a text file.
05:40 Let’s close and exit this file.
05:42 You can also save the message as a template.
05:46 From the toolbar, click File >> Save as & Templates
05:52 The message is saved in the Templates folder in Thunderbird.
05:56 From the Thunderbird left panel, click the Templates folder.
06:01 Select the mail and double-click.
06:04 It opens in a separate tab with the To address field filled with the contact, listed in the original mail.
06:13 You can now modify the content in this mail, add or delete contacts and send it.
06:20 Add the number 1 in the Subject.
06:23 To close the template, click the 'X' icon on the top left of the tab.
06:29 The Save Message dialog-box appears. Click Don’t Save.
06:36 Now, let’s print a message.
06:39 Click on Inbox and from the right panel, select the second mail and double-click on it.
06:46 It opens in a new tab.
06:50 From the Main menu, go to File and then select Print.
06:55 The Print dialog-box appears.
06:58 We shall print this mail on an 'A4' sheet, with Orientation as Portrait and make two copies of this mail.
07:08 Click the Page Setup tab.
07:11 In the Paper Size field, click on the drop-down list and select 'A4'.
07:16 In the Orientation field, click on the drop-down list and select Portrait.
07:22 Now, click the General tab.
07:25 In the Copies field, enter 2. Click Print.
07:31 If your printer is configured correctly, the mail must start printing now.
07:38 Let’s click Cancel to exit the Print dialog-box. Also, let’s close the Mail tab.
07:46 Now, let’s send a video as an attachment to the Yahoo account.
07:51 Let’s compose a new message.
07:54 From the Menu bar, click Write. The New Message window appears.
08:00 In the To field, type the first letter of the yahoo id, that is 'S'.
08:06 Notice that the yahoo mail-id is automatically filled.
08:11 In the Subject field, type: "Video Attachment".
08:16 From the toolbar, click Attach. The Attach Files dialog-box opens.
08:23 From the Desktop, select the file "What is a Spoken Tutorial.rar". Click Open.
08:34 The file is attached and the attachment is displayed at the top right corner. Click Send.
08:44 Let’s login to our yahoo account.
08:56 We have received the message with the attachment.
08:59 Let’s close the yahoo account.
09:03 We may receive an important message that we want to refer to.
09:07 But there may be many mails in the Inbox. Therefore it may be cluttered.
09:12 Thunderbird lets you archive such messages.
09:16 First we must check the archive settings.
09:20 From the left panel, click on the STUSERONE gmail account.
09:25 From the right panel, under Accounts, click View Settings for this account.
09:31 The Account Settings dialog-box appears.
09:35 From the left panel, click on the STUSERONE gmail account and click Copies & Folders.
09:43 The Message Archives options are enabled.
09:48 These options determine the folder in which the messages are archived.
09:53 If these options are not enabled, then:
09:57 check Keep message archives in box,
10:01 select the option "Archives Folder on" STUSERONE at gmail.com. Click OK.
10:10 Now, under the STUSERONE Gmail account, click on Inbox.
10:15 Let’s archive the third message.
10:19 From the right panel, select it.
10:21 Right-click for the context menu and select Archive.
10:27 The message is moved to the Archives folder, under the STUSERONE Gmail account.
10:36 It is no longer displayed in the Inbox.
10:39 And what if we want to view the actions that we did using Thunderbird?
10:44 This is simple too! The Activity Manager displays the list of actions carried out in Thunderbird.
10:52 From the Main menu, click Tools and Activity Manager.
10:57 The Activity Manager dialog-box appears.
11:01 You can now view the list to check all email activity!
11:05 Let’s close the Activity Manager dialog-box.
11:09 Let’s exit Thunderbird by clicking on the red cross in the left corner of the Thunderbird window.
11:16 In this tutorial, we learnt how to:
11:20 Add the Thunderbird shortcut to the launcher
11:23 Tag Messages, Quick Filter, Sort and Thread Messages.
11:28 We also learnt to:
11:30 Save As and Print Messages, Attach a File,
11:34 Archive Messages, View the Activity Manager.
11:38 Here is an assignment for you.
11:41 Login to Thunderbird,
11:44 view a message thread.Save and print a message.
11:48 Select an email, right-click for the context menu.
11:53 Check all the options in it.
11:56 View the Activity Manager dialog-box.
12:00 Logout of Thunderbird.
12:03 Check the Activity Manager dialog-box again, when you login.
12:07 Watch the video available at the following link:
12:10 It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project.
12:13 If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it.
12:18 The Spoken Tutorial project team:
12:20 Conducts workshops using spoken tutorials.
12:23 Gives certificates for those who pass an online test.
12:27 For more details, please write to: contact at spoken hyphen tutorial dot org.
12:33 Spoken Tutorial project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project.
12:37 It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India.
12:45 More information on this mission is available at: spoken hyphen tutorial dot org slash NMEICT hyphen Intro.
12:56 This tutorial has been contributed by DesiCrew Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Thanks for joining.

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