Thanks Mark, I did all the suggested steps but nothing worked until I entered full screen. Don't know if this was the trigger of tins clarifying but it certainly appears so.
Great tips though! Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Mar 28, 2012, at 8:46 PM, M. Taylor wrote: > Hello Ioana, > > I suggest the following settings for the current version of Mail: > > 1. > From the View Menu, select Organize by Conversation. > > 2. > From the View Menu, select Collapse All Conversations. > > Now you will be able to quickly read messages in a threaded view. > > 3. > In the Mail Preferences Dialog box, on the Viewing Tab, in addition to > unchecking Use Classic Layout, set both List Preview and Show Message Header > Detail to "None". > > 4. > Now, to jump from the Message List (center column) to the Message Content > Table, (right column) use either Control+Tab (left hand only) or > Tab+Command+Option (Command and Option should be on the right hand in most > cases) to make this work. > > 5. > Once you're in the Message Contents Table, you may use VO+Left and VO+Right > arrow keys to quickly jump from one message in the thread to another. Note > that with this configuration, VoiceOver will begin reading each message > automatically. > > Please also note that with this configuration it is not necessary to actually > open a message or even a message thread. > > In episode 98 of the Candle Shore Podcast, I demonstrate the basic > functionality of Mail using the configuration described above. Since then, > the commands have been changed as reflected above but the 9 minute episode is > still valid in terms of overall navigation concept. > > Click Here to go to the post containing the link to the episode. > > Good Luck, > > Mark > > > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ioana Gandrabur > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 1:37 PM > To: MacVisionaries > Subject: baffled in lion 3 column mail layout help please! > > Hi all, > > Until recently I have used classic layout to avoid downloading messages in > the pre-view pain because I was on a limited data plan. I have now officially > joined the ranks of advanced people and thought I would try out the 3 column > layout. > > I have preview list set to 1 line and classic layout unchecked. > I vo around to reach a message and press vo j but it lands me in the > mailboxes list. I end up opening the messages with command o. is the > procedure outlined in the getting started guide working? > > Thanks for your help! > > Ioana > > Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online > stores. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
