How to customise emails?

Understand how to use the formatting and customization icons in an email. 

These icons are located in a formatting toolbar at the top of an email. With most email providers, you will use your cursor to highlight text you want customized, and click on the formatting icon of your choice.

Add bold formatting to words or phrases of an email. 

The bold feature will pronounce a word or phrase by adding thickness to its appearance, and is usually indicated by an uppercase letter "B."

Italicize certain words or phrases. 

The italics command will add stress to certain words and phrases, giving the text a slanted appearance. The italics icon will appear in the form of an uppercase letter "I" slanted in an italicized format.

Underline parts of your email message. 

The underline feature can be used to specify and add importance to certain words or phrases. The underline command will often appear in the form of an underlined, uppercase letter "U."

Change the font style of your email message.

Some font styles are easier to read than others, and will change the appearance of the text throughout your entire email. The font style icon is usually a drop-down menu that either resembles an uppercase letter "T" or "F," depending on your email provider.

Change the font size of some or all text in an email. 

The font size icon is normally a small drop-down menu labelled with a double letter "T," "F," or "A," depending on the email provider you use. For example, use the font size icon to make sub-headings larger than the rest of your text.

Customize the colour of text or its background. 

You can either change the colour of the text itself, or change the colour of the background to make certain text appear highlighted. The icons for these features usually resemble colour palettes or paint brushes.

Add emoticons throughout an email. 

An emoticon is an icon of a facial expression used to convey emotion; such as happiness, sadness, anger, surprise, and more. The emoticon feature will usually resemble a smiley face on your toolbar. For example, use emoticons when sending personal emails to your friends and family.

Add Internet links to an email. 

This customization feature can be useful if you want to place links to websites in an email message. The link, or hyperlink feature is usually indicated by a chain "link," or the picture of a globe with a chain link by its side.

Add a numbered or bulleted list to your email. 

A numbered list will assign numbers to the beginning of every sentence in your message; whereas a bulleted list will add bullet points to the beginning of each sentence in a list. For example, when sending a "to-do" list, use the numbered list format.

Indent lines or paragraphs within your email.

The indention formatting commands will usually resemble paragraphs with left- or right-pointing arrows, for "indent less" or "indent more," respectively. For example, when emailing a fictional short story, use the indention feature.

Align text within an email. 

You can align certain words or blocks of text to the left, right, or centre of an email. The alignment icons will usually resemble series of lines that are either aligned to the right, left, or centre. For example, align sub-titles within an email to the centre of the page.