Hi Esther, How can I make sure my preview pain is hidden in mail? I'm running SL. Thanks, Stacey Robinson
On Jul 27, 2013, at 9:12 PM, wayne coles wrote: > Hello esther thanks for that i will give that a try so again thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Esther > Sent: 27 July 2013 18:39 > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Opening links in mail messages [Re: vo to caps lock] > > Hello Wayne, > Did you try interacting with the message before navigating to the link, as I > suggested? I'm guessing that you usually press enter to read mail messages > with your preview pane hidden. In that case your focus may not be exactly on > the link when you try your VO+Shift+M. Some people move off and on the link > again, then retry. However, if you want to reliably land on the link in a > message that contains links, interact first. Then VO+Space will open the > link, or you can also use VO+Shift+M if you want other options. You'll also > be able to use web rotor shortcuts like VO+Command+l to move to the next > hyperlink or Quck Nav single letter combinations. And you don't need to > interact if you only want to read messages, but it ensures that you will > land with your focus on the link you want. Interact, VO+Down arrow to link > and VO+Space to open the link in mail should work reliably on all systems, > even older versions of Mac OS X with limited memory, which was why I gave > those instructions in my earlier post, > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Saturday, July 27, 2013 6:52:19 AM UTC-10, Wayne Coles wrote: >> hello that is what i thought but when i opened the menu there was no menu > to open link >> >> >> On 26 Jul 2013, at 23:39, Esther wrote: >> Hello Wayne, >> >> >> To access links in a mail message you can use the contextual menu > (VO+Shift+M), which gives you several options, including "open link". > However, I generally interact with the mail messages area and use VO+Space > to open a link when my VoiceOver cursor is focused on it. For example, > interact, then VO+Down arrow or Down Arrow with Quick Nav to the link, and > VO+Space to open it. You can also use Quick Nav and web rotor shortcuts to > move to the next or previous hyperlink. I'm guessing that you just press > "Enter" to read your message. Interacting when you want to open a link will > ensure your focus is on the link. >> >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> >> Esther >> >> On Friday, July 26, 2013 2:41:36 PM UTC-10, Wayne Coles wrote: >> hello thank you for the links but how do i click on the links in the > message thanks in advance >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionarie...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To post to this group, send email to macvisi...@googlegroups.com. >> >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
