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Ergonomic Tip of the Month: Ergonomic Tip of the Month: Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts |
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-by Kim Granata-Clark, MS in Human Factors and Ergonomics, Ergonomic Specialist
Keyboard shortcuts are important to practice to give your hands a break from using the mouse during the day. Use two hands when doing keyboard shortcuts that involve 2 keys.
To set up keyboard shortcuts for Gmail, click your settings button on the top of the page, click keyboard shortcuts on, then page down and save your changes. Refresh the page by clicking at the top tool bar versus the refresh icon on the page. You can get a list of keyboard shortcuts on the settings page. Below are a few of the basics.
SHORTCUT KEY DESCRIPTION
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C
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Compose a new message
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R
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Reply to a message
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A
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Reply to all
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F
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Forward a message
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S
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Star a message/conversation
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Ctrl + s
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Save draft of message
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#
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Delete message
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L
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Label a conversation
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V
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Move to
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Shift + i
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Mark as read
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Shift + u
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Mark as unread
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E
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Archive
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Tab + Enter
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Send message
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Y then o
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Archive and next message
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G then s
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Go to “starred messages” folder
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G then l
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Go to “labels”
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G then i
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Go to “inbox”
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G then t
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Go to “sent mail” folder
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G then d
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Go to “drafts” folder
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V. 2010 
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