I would love steps. I'm not sure what happened to the other email that
had them, but I can't find it. Thanks.

On 8/13/12, Ioana Gandrabur <igandra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Just a quick note to say that you can hide the preview pane also by using
> keyboard shortcuts. There have been posts to that effect on the list also.
> If anybody wants me to write steps just let me know.
>
> Take care,
>
> Ioana
>
> Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online
> stores.
>
> On Aug 1, 2012, at 9:59 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Harry,
>>
>> I'll paste in here my instructions I posted in a different thread with the
>> steps you can use to get rid of the Preview Pane in Mountain Lion Mail.
>>
>> 1.  Removing the Preview Pane in Classic layout:
>>
>> • Navigate to the Horizontal Splitter that is to the right of the Messages
>> table.
>> • Press VO-cmd-f5 (add FN if needed).  This will bring the mouse to the VO
>> cursor and announce where the mouse is and it should read "Horizontal
>> Splitter".
>> • Double-click on your Trackpad or alternatively, you can press near the
>> top of the Trackpad and drag to the bottom.  Make sure in this case that
>> you actually make the Trackpad button depress so that the drag action will
>> work.
>>
>> 2.  Removing the Preview Pane for non-Classic layout:
>>
>> • Navigate to the Vertical Splitter just to the right of the Messages
>> Column Group.
>> • Press VO-cmd-f5 (add FN if necessary) to bring the mouse to the VO
>> cursor.  It will announce Vertical Splitter if it did what it was supposed
>> to do.
>> • Double-click on the Trackpad or alternatively, put your finger near the
>> left hand side of the Trackpad, then drag to the far right and release.
>> As in the first case, make sure that you depress the Trackpad button so
>> that the dragging process will occur.
>>
>> Note that in the Classic layout, you are dealing with a Horizontal
>> Splitter and in the non-Classic layout, you are dealing with a Vertical
>> Splitter.  Each case requires a different dragging direction if you choose
>> that option.
>>
>> There are a couple of ways of determining if it worked.  Firstly, you can
>> navigate around the Mail screen and if you don't hear anything about
>> "Message Content Area", life is good.
>>
>> The second method is a little more complicated but tells you for sure.  In
>> Classic layout, navigate to the Horizontal Splitter to the right of the
>> "New Mailbox Action" menu.  You'll notice two Horizontal splitters, one
>> after the Messages Table and this one that I'm talking about.  Once you've
>> located this Horizontal Splitter, Interact with it and press VO-down.  Vo
>> will announce "Collapsed" which is what you want to hear.  In non-Classic
>> layout, navigate to the Vertical Splitter just to the right of the
>> Messages Column Group and Interact with it.  Press VO-right and VO will
>> announce "Collapsed" if the Preview pane is gone.
>>
>> HTH.
>>
>> Later...
>>
>>
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>
>> On 2012-08-01, at 1:23 AM, Harry Hogue <harryhog...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Anne,
>>>
>>> Wow -- I just now switched to classic view to see the differences, and it
>>> is unnerving.  I think I will keep standard view for now but will try and
>>> move the preview panel.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>> On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:11 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Harry,
>>>>
>>>> You need to get rid of the preview panel. That will stop Mail from
>>>> opening every message you land on. I'm unable to help you with how to do
>>>> this for two reasons: I haven't yet upgraded to Mountain Lion and I use
>>>> Classic View in Mail.
>>>>
>>>> However, if you can find the horizontal splitter between the headers and
>>>> the body of the message, bring the mouse and double click using the
>>>> trackpad and it might just work.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Anne
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1 Aug 2012, at 05:58, Harry Hogue wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, guys,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've never changed my Mail preferences at all from when Mail came with
>>>>> my computer on Snow Leopard, and I haven't changed it for Mountain
>>>>> Lion, either.  When I move to a message or a message thread, the
>>>>> message I am focused on becomes read, so that VoiceOver will read
>>>>> something like, "Two message conversation collapsed Triangle, John
>>>>> Smith, The subject here, two conversation message collapsed disclosure
>>>>> triangle, Jane Doe, subject here."  I hope this isn't too confusing.
>>>>> it's kind of hard to explain.  Basically it marks the current message
>>>>> as read and repeats all of the thread information a second time,
>>>>> replacing the information with the next name in the thread.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this make sense?  I think this topic has been covered before, but
>>>>> I don't remember under what thread or what to search for.  Help is
>>>>> appreciated.  If someone has a link to the thread I can read it on
>>>>> there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Harry
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