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How Gmail canned responses save me tons of time

April 12, 2009 By Linda Dessau

Canned responses is one of many Gmail "labs" – applications created by Google staff and other Gmail users that are still in the testing phase (but we get to play with them already).

Whenever I notice myself typing or pasting the same thing over and over again in emails, I can quickly and easily save it as a canned response. Then, when I want to include it an another email, I just click the list of canned responses to select and insert it.

Here are some of the things I am using canned responses for:

  • Welcome emails to new clients
  • Alternate signatures (e.g., in emails to my music therapy clients)
  • Instructions for clients (e.g., how to use tracked changes in MS Word)
  • Template for project estimates
  • Technical support issues (e.g., where to find missed emails from my Roadblocks to Creativity e-course)

More praise and adulation for Gmail and Gcal coming up in future posts about my transition from Outlook to Google.

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