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Windows 10 - Email Management

Windows 10 features the new Mail app to help you handle your e-mails. You can access the Mail app directly from the Start Menu.

Mail App

If you are connected to Windows with a mail account, the Mail app will automatically configure itself to present you your e-mails. But, if you are using a local account, the Mail app will ask you to configure it.

Configuring the Mail App

The first time you access the Mail account, you will see this window.

Configuring Mail App

To configure it, follow these steps −

Step 1 − Click on the Get started button.

Step 2 − On the next window, add the account you want to use with Mail.

Add Mail Account

Step 3 − On the Choose an account window, select what type of account you want to configure. Mail is compatible with most of the current mail providers.

Choose an Account

Step 4 − If you’re using a Microsoft account, enter your username and password.

Microsoft Account

Step 5 − After a while, the Mail app will start loading your emails.

Loading Mail App

Windows 10 - Keyboard Shortcuts

Like most Windows applications, there are several keyboard shortcuts you can use to make it easier or faster for some to perform certain tasks.

Most of the new Windows shortcuts use the Windows key ( Windows Key) combined with other keys to perform several actions. The following are some of the most common or useful shortcuts used in Windows 10.


Window Snapping

Other useful shortcuts introduced in Windows 10 are the ones used for Windows snapping. Snapping windows was introduced in Windows 7 and allows you to automatically arrange your windows making it easier to work with multiple applications at the same time.

Window Snapping

Although you can do this with your mouse by dragging the windows to each side of the screen, Windows 10 introduced shortcuts to perform this task.

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