Using the organization tools offered in Google Gmail can help increase your productivity and makes email management a simpler process. You should learn how to use stars in Gmail. Stars are an easy way to highlight a specific email in your inbox, folder or archive. Starring an email makes it more visible.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dMPt2pPiBfg

You can use stars in a variety of ways. Consider using stars to highlight emails that need further review, emails that have a specific purpose, or emails that you want to be able to reference quickly. If you receive numerous emails with different priorities, you could also use the star when reviewing your list of emails to quickly notate which emails are higher-priority.

Open your preferred Internet browser, then browse to Gmail.com. Place your username and password in the spaces provided, then press the button to access your account. If you are unable to access your account, check your caps lock or other keyboard settings that may be altering your inputed information. If you are still unable to access your account, you may need to follow Gmail's password retrieval process.http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=12381

On your open Gmail account, select your inbox, folder or other email category where you would like to use stars. Look at one email line in your list. On the farthest left side of the line, you will note a star between the name of the email sender and a check box. The star will be white in color.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dMPt2pPiBfg

Click one time on the star next to the email you want to highlight. The star will change colors. Click he star again if you want to remove the highlighting. You can star as many emails as you would like. The stars will remain highlighted until you remove the highlighting, even after closing and re-opening your account.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dMPt2pPiBfg