Okay. Thanks for your answer. Best regards Søren. > Hi Søren, > > You asked about the VO-J command used in mail to jump between > selections in the message table to read message content and then jump > back to the message table. > >> SJ: I haven't seen this command efore. Or have I? When I open up the >> VO command list by pressing vo h twice, VO j is known as: "Link >> item." I thought this was used to explain a link item or something >> like that. Does this command also work in other applications than >> Mail? > > Esther: VO-J can be used in a similar manner in iChat, to jump between > the table of incoming messages and the text field in which you type > your message. It also works in iTunes to jump between items in the > sources table and their corresponding songs table listings -- for > example, when you insert a CD, and want to view its contents. This > method of reading mail with the VO-J command is described in the > VoiceOver Getting Started Guide for Leopard in the section on "Using > Mac OS X Mail". The list of commands in the Appendix of the VoiceOver > Getting Started Guide describes VO-J as Jump to a linked item (for > example, from a Mail message in the Inbox to its message text). > > Just after Leopard was released, there was an extensive discussion on > list about getting this navigation method working. One of the posters > reminded everyone that their success in using VO-J hinged on whether > they had hidden the message area, and the summary usage instructions > for mail (excerpted again below) and my response to the question about > how to get this working again is based on that discussion. This was > also how I learned about VO-J for mail, since it was quite a while > before I moved up to Leopard from Tiger. > >>> Now you should be able to navigate as before: >>> 1. interact with message table >>> 2. use VO and the right or left arrows to find a message field. >>> I.E. author or subject >>> 3. use the standard up or down arrows to locate a message >>> 4. press VO J to read a message >>> 5. press VO J again after you hear the message being read to you >>> You should now be back in the message table >>> 6. press delete if you want to to delete the message you just read... > > > Cheers, > > Esther >
Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: [email protected] Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/
