Sending an E-mail

In this lesson we will show you how to send an e-mail message.  There are three basic parts to a message that you will need to keep in mind.

1. The address who you are writing too,
2. A brief title of what the message is about which is called the subject,
3. and the body of the message.

The first thing you will need to do is open your e-mail program.  If Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook are what you will be using, open the one that was configured for your computer and we will get started there. 

If you do not have your e-mail program set up to focus in the In-Box first, then you will always need to press a command after the e-mail program is opened.  That command is "control Shift I".  Make sure that you hold down the control and shift before you tap the letter I.  This will place the curser in the In-box where all your new e-mail messages will come in so you can read them and respond accordingly. 

Steps for sending a new e-mail

1. Press the "control N" Command.
2. You will land in the edit box called To.  Now type the address of the persons e-mail you want to send a message.
3. After that, press the tab key until you hear "Subject edit".
4. Type in a couple words that will describe to the person who you are writing, what the message is about.
5. Press the tab key one more time and you will land in the main body of the e-mail where you can type the message.  It will basically say edit.
6. Type what you want to say and then you will be ready to send the message.

After you are finished with these steps, you are ready to send the message.  There are several ways to send; but, we are going to tell you one that works with both e-mail programs.  The command to send is "alt S".

If you have your spell checker set to check your spelling before the message is sent, then this is what will begin at this point if you have any misspelled words in your message.  You will respond like checking the spelling in a document in the Word program.  If not, then you will hear a sound that sounds like someone pulling a sword.  This confirms that your message has sent and all the words are spelled correctly.

Congratulations!  You have just sent your first e-mail!

End of lesson