VO-command T to the table of conversations. 
VO right or left arrow to the one you want. 
VO-J to the edit field where you can type. To be sure you're on the right 
message, VO-up arrow to hear the name of the recipient. 

Hope this helps,
Kevin

On 2014-07-09, at 9:13 AM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've always had trouble being able to navigate properly between different 
> conversations without the thing just automaticly placing me in a typing 
> field, which is usually the the last person I happened to be messaging.  Can 
> someone give me some tips on how to do do this?
>   I think I managed to do it a couple times, but can't remember how I did it.
> On Jul 8, 2014, at 9:10 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> Usually, you are placed in a window showing all past conversation threads in 
>> a table. Next to that is an HTML content area showing the history for the 
>> selected thread, then a place to type a message to that thread. Left of the 
>> threads table is a place showing who that thread goes to, which you can 
>> modify if you like. Again, the fastest way to make a new message is cmd-n, 
>> or just interact with the table and choose the thread with the person or 
>> people you want to keep talking to. Let us know if you have more questions.
>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks, Alex.  this time when I opened messages it went straight to the To 
>>> field, and when I typed her name, it autofilled her phone number, which was 
>>> what I wanted.  thanks for the help, not sure why it went awry before.
>>> Cheers,
>>> Donna
>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Just hit cmd-n and start typing the name. If the person is in your 
>>>> contacts, they will be auto-filled, just like typing an email recipient. 
>>>> If not, type the Apple Id or phone number of the person instead. Move to 
>>>> the next text field, type your message, and press enter. I'm not sure what 
>>>> you mean by selecting how a message is sent; can you explain that more? 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 8:51 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm running Mavericks, haven't installed the latest update.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm trying to send a message using iMessage.  I don't seem to be able 
>>>>> either to select a contact, or to indicate how I want the message sent, 
>>>>> e.g. email, text, etc.  Is anyone able to use iMessage running Mavericks? 
>>>>>  If so, how are you selecting the message recipient?
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Donna
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