How to Send a Web Page to a Friend Using the Google Toolbar

The Google Toolbar gives you the ability to carry out a variety of Web-related activities within a user-friendly interface. You can search databases using the toolbar search field, send Web pages to your blog or mobile phone and translate Web pages. If you have a Gmail account, you can send Web links to friends and family easily using the Google Toolbar.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A Gmail account
• An Internet connection
• Operating System: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows ME, or Windows 98
• The latest version of Internet Explorer or Firefox
• The Google Toolbar

Enable the Send To Menu in Internet Explorer

1. Click the Settings button. Select Options and then the Features tab.

2. Check the box labeled Send To and click OK to save your changes and exit the window.

Send a Web Page via Gmail in Internet Explorer

3. Click the Send To button on the Google Toolbar and select the Gmail option.

4. Sign in to Gmail when prompted. If you would like to skip this step in the future, check the Remember Me on This Computer box.

5. Add the email address of the recipient in the To field of the window.

6. Click anywhere in the body of the email to add your own text, but take care not to type in areas where there is Web page text.

7. Click Send when you are done to send the email.

Tips & Warnings

• Note that you must have a Gmail account to use this feature. Your email recipient does not need a Gmail account. If you don’t have one, check the Resources section of this article to find out where to get one.
• If you check the Remember Me on This Computer box, you’ll stay signed into Gmail until you sign out. You will also stay signed into other Google services such as Google Groups and Google News.
• To disable the Send To feature, carry out the steps you would take to enable it but uncheck the Send To box instead of checking it.
• The Firefox version of the Google Toolbar does not have a Send To feature, however you can make Gmail your default email client in Firefox. To do this, click the Options button, select the Browsing tab then check the box labeled Send with Gmail. With this feature enabled, clicking an email address in a Web page will open a Gmail composition window.
• If you check the Remember Me on This Computer box, anyone who uses that computer can access your Gmail account. If you share your computer it is safer to leave this box unchecked and take the extra few seconds to sign into Gmail each time you use it.