Here’s one I just learned the other day -
If you need to select a series of messages in Gmail, click the first one ..
hold down the Shift key and select the last one ..
Ta-da!
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Gmail Tip – Selecting Multiple Messages
Posted in Email.
– May 7, 2007
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Techzi » Blog Archive » Gmail Tip: Select multiple emails with the Shift key linked to this post on May 11, 2007
[...] This behavior is akin to how you’d multi-select anything in most desktop applications, but who knew it existed in Gmail, too? And here I thought I knew everything about Gmail. — Adam Pash Gmail Tip – Selecting Multiple Messages [Simplehelp] [...]
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Gmail Tip: Select multiple emails with the Shift key at SoftSaurus linked to this post on May 11, 2007
[...] This behavior is akin to how you’d multi-select anything in most desktop applications, but who knew it existed in Gmail, too? And here I thought I knew everything about Gmail. — Adam Pash Gmail Tip – Selecting Multiple Messages [Simplehelp] [...]
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[...] Astuce Gmail : sélectionner plusieurs messages en gardant enfoncée la touche Shift [...]
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Gmail Tip: Select multiple emails with the Shift key » D-L Technology BLOG linked to this post on May 15, 2007
[...] This behavior is akin to how you’d multi-select anything in most desktop applications, but who knew it existed in Gmail, too? And here I thought I knew everything about Gmail. — Adam Pash Gmail Tip – Selecting Multiple Messages [Simplehelp] [...]
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I found something else to be really usefull in Gmail. Once you are ready to send your e-mail, just hit ‘Tab+Space’ in that sequnce and your message will be sent! tab+space
I’ll be damned. You’re right. That’s genius!
Ctrl also works to select non-sequential emails
And the Tab+Space combo works here too
Tab+Enter also works to send emails within Gmail…
doesn’t seem to work with me? firefox issue? https issue?
tabbins one or more times moves the focus (I think that’s the word) to another spot on the page. Pressing space at that point is the same as clicking on that spot. Can be used for things like regular buttons, radio buttons and checkboxes.
tabbins -> tabbing
ok, this discussion’s topic was covered well enough and even added to BUT:
how does one select multiple recipients? :
I put an ad online, got responses, to which this entire group I want to send a general info reply, & I’d like to be able to just select each recipient in my inbox and click reply BUT there is no reply button there.
OK, drop knowledge on me at least one person–amidst the babble of spammers, lowlifes, and posers pretending to know but just critiquing or doublspeaking. Maybe I’ll get no replies.
once several emails are selected, can they be batch printed, rather than the tedious method of loading them in individually and printing them one by one?
I agree with you James, it’s useless that gmail doesn’t allow multiple replies. And along the same lines, doesn’t provide a means of quickly adding contacts from the inbox to a particular contact group.