Droid X: The Missing Manual

Creating and Sending Mail

To create a new email message, press the Menu key and then tap Compose. If you’re in your inbox, you can instead tap the green + key at the top of the screen.

You create a new email message in nearly the identical way in the Email app as you do in the Gmail app, so go to Writing Messages in Gmail for details about filling in the To, Subject, and other fields.

There are some differences between composing and sending mail in Gmail and in your Email app, however:

• To add a recipient without typing, tap the small Add Recipient icon in the To: field. Your Contacts list opens. Select a contact to add as a recipient. You can select multiple recipients. When you’re finished, click Done.

• Format text using boldface, italics, and so on by using the toolbar just beneath the Subject field. You can also add emoticons—little smileys and other symbols—by tapping the smiley face icon. Be sparing, please; not everyone is an emoticon lover.

  Note

  You can hide the formatting toolbar if you want. Press the Menu key, tap More, and then tap Hide Toolbar. To make it reappear, repeat the steps and tap Show Toolbar.

• If you have multiple email accounts, you can select from which account you want ...