Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-15 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, this problem was fixed in SL as well. It was there at one point and fixed somewhere along the way but I'm not sure whether it was an SL fix or a Mail fix at this point. Later... On 2012-01-15, at 1:49 PM, Jürgen Fleger wrote: > Hi Anne and Shai, > > oh yes, you are right. I've forgotten

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-15 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hi Anne and Shai, oh yes, you are right. I've forgotten that possibility. Thanks for reminding me. But the disadvantedge of eliminating the preview window was - at least in Snow Leopard - that VO didn't start to read the message automatically by using this methode. Using CTRL + Option + j inste

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-15 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Shai and Jürgen, You certainly can check the status of a message in Mail using classic view. First, You have to move the horizontal splitter that divides the message headers from the body to the bottom of the window. You do this by moving the VO cursor to it, bringing the mouse and then d

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Jürgen Fleger
Hello Shai, to see wether a message is read or unread in the classic layout is not possible. That's because in the moment you set your keyboard focus to the new message it is already read. To see wether an e-mail has attachements activate the attachement column in the view menue. There you can

Re: Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, I'm not sure about the classic layout since I don't use it but, Mail announces if a message is unread on my machine in the standard layout as well as if there is an attachment. Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Jan 14, 2012, at 9:3

Question about setting status in mail and accessible word processing programs for the Mac

2012-01-14 Thread Shai
Hi list, My name is Shai and I am a new user to the Mac running Lion. In Mail, I am using the classic layout and was wondering whether there is a way to have messages have their status announced by Voiceover as being unread or having an attachment. Also, I have heard of two word processing progra