Sams Teach Yourself Gmail in 10 Minutes

Lesson 5. Organizing People Using Contacts and Groups

In this lesson, you’ll see how to create a contact, use contacts to email people quickly, and organize contacts into groups for en masse emailing.

All About Contacts

Gmail excels at organizing, and that includes the people you email. In particular, Gmail lets you create an address book of contacts for easy access when you want to email someone.

Contacts are stored in Contacts pages, which, as you’ll see, can store a great deal of information about someone. Gmail makes it easy not only to email your contacts, but also to use your contacts with Google Buzz and Google Chat.

Working with Contacts

To see your Gmail contact pages, click the Contacts link at the left in any Gmail page, which opens ...