Hi Mary; While the process to rearrange columns is somewhat annoying in my opinion, :) it is really a set it and forget it type of thing, so once you do it you really need not do it again. I.E. these settings will persist over newer versions of Mail as well as entire OS updates or restorations from backups.
Here's an excerpt (below) from a post from Josh De Lioncourt on this, which is how I learned it. :) Thanks Josh! -Just a note of my own though, I'm actually able to avoid many of these steps now and simply do this free-hand with the trackpad as I have VO set to speak what's under the mouse with no delay. So I go to the top of the table as Josh says and route my mouse cursor to VO. then, I do everything else just by using the trackpad. VO allows me to locate the button I'd like, and I then hold down the trackpad button and move left or right, depending on where I'd like to move the column. There is guess work here with this approach though, as VO doesn't seem to want to read while I'm dragging, so I first note where the columns are currently, and then move appropriately. So Josh's solution may offer more feedback when you get to this point. Best of luck and enjoy! Smiles, Cara :) ---Josh's post follows--- If you're comfortable using the mouse or trackpad, you can actually do this on your own. I just figured out how. Here's the steps. Move to the top of the messages table and, while interacting with it, navigate to the status column, which is one of those that says "blank". Then do this: 1. Move the mouse to VO cursor with VO-Command-F5 2. Lock the VO keys with VO-Semicolon 3. Move the mouse/trackpad slowly upward while repeatedly pressing F5 to hear what's under the mouse. Eventually, you will hear "Status sort button". I don't know of anyway to get to these directly with VO, but VO does recognize them. These are the column headers and you will notice that they exist for all the columns. 4. Physically hold down the mouse button and slowly drag to the right. You will pass over the other sort buttons. If you move off course above or below, you can adjust and find the sort buttons again. Once you've passed all the columns, let go of the mouse button. You will know it is safe to do this because VO will report the "Status Sort button" is under your mouse instead of the others. It's not an elegant, or even great, solution, but it works if you're comfortable with the mouse. I drag-and-drop like this all the time when the VO D&D doesn't get the job done. I just did this in mail and now have the Status column to the far right and out of the way. Josh de Lioncourt Mac-cessibility: http://www.Lioncourt.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/Lioncourt "The rich declare themselves poor, "And most of us are not sure, "If we have too much, "But we'll take our chances, "'cause God stopped keeping score." Praying for Time--George Michael --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Jun 17, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Mary Otten wrote: Hi Cara, In a recent message you noted that it is possible to reorder the columns in the messages table. I see in the view menu where you can eliminate some although message status isn't one of them, sadly. But I don't see where you can reorder them, e.g. I want subject first, furtherst to the left in the row, such that it will be the first thing read when moving through the table as you described to Dave. Tab to the preview pane, read the message, delete it and you're moved back to the messages table. then you have to listen to the message status and the sender's info before you hear the next subject. I'd like to not hear message status and would like subject prior to sender. Not a big deal unless you've got hundreds of emails backed up, I suppose. but it would be nice. Mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
