Weekly Tips: Enhance Productivity with Quick Access

Weekly Tips: Enhance Productivity with Quick Access

Having thousands of emails, tasks, attachments, and reminders in a single inbox can make navigating to a specific option difficult, especially when you're in a hurry to get things done without putting in too much effort or thought. Whether you need to access your mail settings or view a streams post, how quickly can you locate what you need without any hassle?

Here's how Zoho Mail's Quick Access can help quickly find what you need.

Navigation Made Easy with Quick Access

Maximize your efficiency with Zoho Mail's Quick Access feature, that allows you to perform actions directly from your Quick Access menu bar. By accessing important actions with just a click, you can focus more on what truly matters to you.

Whether you need to access the attachment viewer or change your theme, Quick Access allows you to do that with ease, helping you eliminate unnecessary clicks and distractions.

How to use Quick Access:

Quick Access in Zoho Mail can be accessed through the Search bar.
  1. Log into your Zoho Mail account.
  2. Click on the Mail search drop-down icon in the search bar available in the top right corner of your inbox.

  3. Choose Quick Access from the drop-down to perform an action.
You can also select from the list of options in the quick access menu and choose the desired option from the listing to apply it to your account:
  • Select Theme - To change your display theme
  • Select Mail view - To choose how you want to open a new email (Preview, new window, new tab, etc)
  • Select Compose View - To choose how you want the compose window to open (New tab, inline, new window, etc)
  • Select Read receipt - To choose when to send read receipts (Always, Never, Ask)
  • Load External Image - To choose when to load external images in the emails you receive
  • Select Time Format - To choose the time format for your account
  • Select Editor Mode - To choose the default editor mode for your mail composer (Rich text mode, Plain text mode)
  • Select Text direction - To choose your preferred text direction (Left-to-right, Right-to-left)
With Quick Access, you can spend less time searching for files and more time executing your tasks efficiently and effectively!


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