Set up Aol webmail

Go to login.aol.com, click on ‘Create an account’ and follow the steps. Think carefully about the email address you want and try different options. Using your initials and a number will mean a much shorter email but you need to be able to say it clearly. Complete an account page for Aol and file in the Tomtie Toolkit

Aol is a simple free email and has some fun stationery. The areas to get to know are – The left hand Navigation pane showing from the top; folders (inbox, drafts, sent, spam and trash) then Views (of Photos, Documents, Receipts etc. contained in emails) then Folders – new folders created by you. The Search box is above the main pane, the right hand pane is for Contacts, Calendar, Notes, Help then Settings. See Profile and Home in top right

Click on profile icon ❯ Account info ❯ Security ❯ 2-step verification turn ON and add a second email address, mobile number and if you can the Google authenticator app to your mobile

Open Settings ❯ More Settings ❯ Personalise Inbox and select as needed so Aol is easy to read (e.g. Message layout as ‘List’ and Inbox spacing as ‘Large’). For spell check – Go to Settings ❯ More Settings ❯ Writing email – scroll down to ‘Check spelling before sending’ turn ON. This will underline misspelt words in red then, when you click ‘Send’ a box will pop up asking if you want to ‘Review errors’ and misspelt words are highlighted in yellow to be clicked on to see suggestions

Open Settings ❯ More Settings ❯ Personalise inbox and change ‘Start page when signing in’ to inbox (if you want to see the latest news, number of unread messages and email tips don’t change it). Changes are saved automatically

Open Settings ❯ More Settings ❯ Writing email ❯ ‘Default rich-text font’ – click on the small triangles to select the font and font size. Changes are saved automatically

Open Settings (click on cog icon – top right) ❯ More Settings ❯ Writing email ❯ Signature – turn on option and add text and emojis as wanted. Changes are saved automatically

Open Settings (click on cog icon – top right) ❯ More Settings ❯ Viewing email ❯ scroll down to ‘Show images in messages’ and select ‘Always, except in Spam folder’. Changes are saved automatically