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How to Register for an Email Account

Go to: ca.

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1. Click on the Yahoo! Mail link.

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2. At the bottom of the screen, you will see “Don’t have a Yahoo! ID?” and a Sign Up link. Click on the Sign Up link. The registration form below will appear.

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3. Begin to fill in the form.

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4. Beside Name, click in the box First Name and type in your first name. Then, click Last Name and type in your last name. If you decide to use a fictional name or a pseudonym, write it down so that you will remember it.

5. Beside Gender, click Select One and choose your gender (Male or Female).

6. If you decide to use a fictional birth date for yourself, remember to write it down. Beside Birthday, click Select Month and choose your month.

7. Click in the box Day and type in the appropriate number.

8. Click in the box Year and type in the appropriate year.

9. “Canada” is already in the Country box. Skip this box.

10. Beside Postal Code, click into the box and type in your postal code. If you choose to use a fictional postal code, remember to write it down.

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11. In the “Select an ID and password” area, beside Yahoo! ID and Email, click into the box. You will see Yahoo! creating an ID or IDs for you choose from (i.e. smith.jerome71@yahoo.ca).

12. You can choose from the one or group of IDs that Yahoo! suggests or you can type in your own ID. If you type in your own ID, click on the Check button to see if that ID is available or not.

13. Beside Password, click into the box. Type in a password. You will see the “Password Strength” indicator activate. The stronger your password, the more bars will be filled in. When choosing a password, you may wish to choose a word, some numbers and some punctuation marks that you will remember.

14. Beside Re-type Password, click into the box. Type in the password that you have chosen. Do not forget to write your password down!

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What’s Next ?

1. When you have successfully chosen your Yahoo! ID and Email, you will see it displayed (i.e. smith.jerome71@yahoo.ca).

2. When typing in your password, you will see black dots displayed instead of the actual letters, numbers and punctuation marks. This is a security measure – only you should know your password.

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3. You are now at the “In case you forget your ID or password…” area of the form.

4. If you wish to give an Alternate Email address, click into this box and type it in. If not, just skip this box.

5. Beside Secret Question 1, click on Select One.

6. You will have to choose one of the questions or choose Type your question here. If you choose Type your question here, a Specify Your Question box will appear. Click into it to type in your question.

7. Beside Your Answer, click into the box and type in your answer. It has to be 4 characters or more.

8. Beside Secret Question 2, click on Select One.

9. You will have to choose one of the questions or choose Type your question here. If you choose Type your question here, a Specify Your Question box will appear. Click into it to type in your question.

10. Beside Your Answer, click into the box and type in your answer. It has to be 4 characters or more.

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11. Beside Type the code shown, click into the box. Look at the wavy line of characters displayed. That is the code. Figure out what the characters are and type them exactly as shown into the box.

12. If you cannot figure out what the code is, click on the Try a new code button. The code will change and you can try again to type in the characters.

13. Next, you will see links for the Yahoo! Terms of Service, Yahoo! Privacy Policy and Mail Terms of Service. Click on these links to review them if you wish.

14. Lastly, click the Create My Account button.

Last Steps

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1. If you are successful in creating your account, you will see a Congratulations screen.

2. It is important to have a record of your account information in case you need it. Write out your information or click the Print Account Details link and follow the instructions to print out your account information.

3. You may wish to uncheck the Check Box beside Contact me occasionally about special offers, promotions and Yahoo! features by clicking on it.

4. Click the Continue button, when you are ready to experience Yahoo! Mail.

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5. Your Yahoo! Mail account will open. Start exploring your account. Remember to click the Sign Out link when you are finished using your account for the day.

6. Consider taking an Email Made Easy class at a Toronto Public Library branch to learn more about email.

7. For further assistance, please contact a librarian at your local Toronto Public Library branch or phone Answerline at 416-393-7131.

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