Choosing A Username and Password Prepare to set up your new Gmail Account

What email are you using now? Name of Program Company Name Location Outlook Express Microsoft Computer Based Mail Apple AOL Verizon Was computer based but now it is Web based Yahoo Mail Web based Gmail Google Windows 10 Synchronized

What is a User name? A User Name is also referred to as: Log On Name User ID Email name Account name And others For the purposed of this presentation, User Name will be that part of your email address before the @ sign. kleind123@gmail.com

Steps for Choosing a User Name Your User Name should be easy to type. Your User Name should be easy for you and others to remember. Consider that your User Name is one of the first things others will know about you. What sort of message do you wish to send? loverboy@gmail.com? hotmama@gmail.com? newbie@gmail.com? Next

Steps for choosing a User Name Restrictions Some names are "reserved". The following cannot be used as usernames: names of existing users titles of certain pages on this site, such as Google Mail, User, Logon, etc. etc. User names cannot consist entirely of digits User names cannot begin with space or underscore User names cannot contain any of these characters: < > | [ ] Next

Choose a User Name User Names are not case sensitive. They can contain upper and or lower case letters. With Gmail it does not make any difference Remember, the letter “O” and the number zero “0” can be confusing in an email address. Do it: Write down a couple of User names you want to try when you set up your new Gamil account.

Choose a Password Remember: You want to keep your password “secret”. Do not share it with anyone. YOU must remember your password. To a limited extent, Gmail may be able to help you “remember” your password, but they cannot “see” your password. Your Gmail password IS CASE SENSITIVE!! Your Gmail password must be at least eight (8) characters in length. Your Gmail password should be a combination of letters, numbers and special characters

Choose a Password Do it!! Write down a password with at least eight (8) characters. It should be easy for you to remember Keep a well organized list of your passwords!!!!!!!