Sorry to charm in about this. All you need to do is to open that 2 window. The folder of that window which contain all the eml of all your backup export and the other is the OE or messenger window in tile mode. This step will be tricky but it can be done without any sighted clicking with their mouse. Bring the focus to the notification window or systray depends which windows you are using. Find the last left icon and root mouse pointer to it Then ctrl - shift - numpad 4 to move a few pixel left and do a right click and you should be able to find tile horizontally or veridically.
That will determine visually where both window will be. Just either alt - tab to window of that folder of eml. Then select all or whatever you want to import, insert numpad (del) Then to the email client window, find the email headings and move a bit down with the ctrl - shift - numpad 2. Do a insert - numpad (del) You should be able to simulate the sighted version of drag and drop. This is just one method I will tell blind folks to do. -------------------- regards Thomas N. Chan -----Original Message----- From: Robert [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 8 June 2011 8:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: drag and drop The reason I needed drag and drop was because there was no other way to accomplish the task, at least none that worked for me. I was using it to back up from the message list view of windows mail for eventual porting into outlook express when I downgraded from windows 7 back to xp.. I got a nice long list of of EML files, which, while not as efficient as a message export, did accomplish the task. And this couldn't be done with the window eyes drag and drop feature; I had to have a sighty vnc in to my box and do it. Like somebody else said, this is the only time I've needed to do this, and I probly won't ever need to do it again. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 1:27 PM Subject: Re: drag and drop > Hi Robert, just a couple more things to add. > > 1. As someone else said, both from and to areas where you are dragging > from and where you are dragging to need to be visible on the screen. This > is true even if you are a "sighty". > > 2. Steve's other method of using the keyboard is more efficient. There are > some programs sure, which don't allow for a keyboard way of dragging and > dropping, and you can certainly use Window-Eyes for that, but if there is > a keyboard way, it seems a shame to not use the keyboard when it's faster. > > Many thanks. > > On 6/7/2011 2:11 PM, Robert wrote: >> I got a sighty to do it. Seems a shame that such a basic windows >> function only partially works with screen readers. Anyway all my mail is >> stored away now. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Clower" <[email protected]> >> To: "Robert" <[email protected]> >> Cc: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 8:39 AM >> Subject: Re: drag and drop >> >> >>> Robert, >>> >>> This doesn't work because you cannot copy email messages into Windows >>> Explorer by drag-and-drop. If you want to back up your mail, >>> investigate the export and/or archive capabilities of your email client. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>> On 6/7/2011 12:37 AM, Robert wrote: >>>> I went to drag and drop messages from a mail folder to an empty >>>> explorer >>>> folder and nothing happened. Here's the steps. >>>> Open windows mail, hit select all on the messages list view, routed >>>> mouse to list, hit ins num delete. Wineyes said mark. >>>> Alt tab to empty folder in explorer, routed mouse to that list view and >>>> hit ins num delete again, selected drop. Nothing happened. Am I doing >>>> something wrong? >>> >>> -- >>> Stephen Clower >>> Product support specialist >>> GW Micro, Inc. * 725 Airport North Office Park, Fort Wayne, IN 46825 >>> 260-489-3671 * gwmicro.com >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >> only. 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