Here is a question for you, I turned off my preview pane in Mail, I now want it back!!! help???? lol On 29 Jul 2010, at 22:37, Esther wrote:
> Hi Scott, > > I'm late to this thread, but I'll add a couple of other suggestions. In > addition to using the sort command (VO-Shift-Backslash for English input > keyboards; VO-H twice to get the VoiceOver Commands menu and select "Sort > Column" for non-English keyboards that don't have a "Backslash" key), to > reorder any of the columns in Mail's "Message Viewer" table (such as "Date > Received"), you can move to the top or bottom of the table by holding down > Option+Up Arrow or Option+Down Arrow keys and waiting just a short bit. > (Donna Goodin got this tip from the Accessibility team). > > Also, even if you don't use threaded mode to view your mail, you can move to > the next or previous post in a thread by holding down the Option key and > tapping either the down arrow or up arrow key (results of whether you get the > "previous" or "next" post with up or down arrow depend on how you've sorted > your mail display). > > Finally, this goes beyond your question of VoiceOver specific operations with > Mail, but a very good guide to the way that the Mail Application works is > "Take Control of Apple Mail in Snow Leopard". The Take Control guides and > their discounted bundles are on sale for 50% off through August 3rd. These > guides are all available at modest prices (typically $10 - $15 list price) in > DRM-free, downloadable PDF format. And now they're available in ePub format > as well, if you want to read your purchase in iBooks on your iPhone, iPad, or > iPod Touch, as well as in Preview. You get access to all minor version > updates for free. Some of their guides have information I've never seen > covered at the same level in any other resource -- for example, "Take Control > of Your 802.11n AirPort Network" for setting up wireless networks, or "Take > Control of Mac OS X Backups", or "Take Control of MobileMe". Esoteric > questions about File Sharing methods (e.g. with Windows devices) are also > handled in these books. The web site typically offers free samples of the > books, as well as extensive descriptions, so you can decide whether a > particular book is likely to be useful to you. > > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Jul 29, 2010, Scott E. Ford wrote: > >> Thanks again linda, >> I had to have my Daughter do it and she could not make it happen until >> she shut down voice over, however she was able to get it. Thanks again. >> Sincerely, >> Scott >> >> On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:36 PM, Linda Adams wrote: >> >>> Scott, >>> >>> I haven't done this myself, but here are some instructions for removing the >>> preview pane from Anne Robertson, a frequent and helpful contributor to >>> this list. >>> >>> Navigate to the horizontal splitter above the message body >>> Bring the mouse to the VO cursor (VO command F5) >>> Double click with the physical mouse. >>> >>> I haven't gotten a handle on clicking the mouse so if you need directions >>> on this, let the list know and I'm certain someone else will step up to the >>> plate. >>> >>> Linda >>> >>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Scott E. Ford wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you so much Linda, >>>> Man that makes such a differntce. As I was making the changes I >>>> discovered the message area. When I last used mail I was able to get rid >>>> of that area, would you happen to know how to colaps or get rid of the >>>> pain? Thank you. >>>> Sincerely, >>>> Scott >>>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 2:43 PM, Linda Adams wrote: >>>> >>>>> Scott, >>>>> >>>>> To reverse your messages so the newest will be at the top, arrow over to >>>>> the date column and press VO shift backslash. >>>>> >>>>> To get to the top of your message list, press shift-function-VO and the >>>>> left arrow. To get to the bottom use shift-function-VO and the right >>>>> arrow. >>>>> >>>>> I wish that deleting the messages from Mail would delete them off the >>>>> Gmail web site, but it doesn't. >>>>> >>>>> HTH, >>>>> Linda >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 29, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Scott E. Ford wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>> Sincerely, >>>>>> Scott I really enjoy the mail application on the Mac. I have a bit >>>>>> of trouble navigating the mail message table with my Macbook pro though. >>>>>> I would like to reverse the way the messages are sorted, so that the >>>>>> newest messages are on top, rather than on the bottom. I also cannot >>>>>> seem to figure out how to get to the bottom of the table, holding the fn >>>>>> key and arrow keys does not seem to work for going to the end and page >>>>>> down. I am using Gmail and I cannot seem to get a grasp on how to >>>>>> delete messages. I love the fact that I can just hit the backspace key >>>>>> and it goes away, however this does not seem to truly delete the >>>>>> message, even if I purge the messages. Would someone have an >>>>>> explination? Finally I cannot efficiently use the spell checker. Could >>>>>> someone help me with these questions, or direct me to a tutorial that >>>>>> may explane how to work through my questions? >>>>>> > > -- > 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.
