Hi Randy
Eudora - Helpful Hints
Optimizing Eudora
To optimize Eudora's performance with JAWS, we recommend the following:
Maximize All Windows
Make sure that the main parent window and all child windows are maximized.
Even after doing so, Eudora will sometimes return child windows to a
restored state, affecting how well JAWS reads them. If you experience this,
open the Adjust JAWS Options dialog, INSERT+V, move to Mailboxes Should Be,
and press SPACEBAR to set it to Maximized for Best Speaking.
Microsoft Viewer
Turn on the Microsoft Viewer. Many email messages are richly formatted as if
they were internet web pages and contain information which is only fully
reported if the Microsoft Viewer is turned on. This allows email messages to
be read in Eudora much like they are read in Internet Explorer. Email
messages are read with the virtual cursor, and all web page types of
formatting are reported. To turn on the Microsoft Viewer, open the tools
menu (ALT+T), press O for Options, arrow to the Viewing Mail category, and
TAB to the Use Microsoft's Viewer checkbox. Press SPACEBAR to check this
item if it is not already checked. Close Eudora and restart it to make sure
this change takes effect.
Move Directly from Message to Message
Configure Eudora so you can move from message body to message body with
ALT+LEFT or RIGHT ARROW - without returning to the message list. To do this,
open the Tools menu with ALT+T, press O for Options, arrow to the
Miscellaneous category, and TAB to the checkbox labeled Alt+Arrow Keys. Make
sure this is checked. Make sure that the first checkbox in this category,
Unmodified Arrow Keys, is not checked. If this option is checked, then you
will not be able to use the arrow keys to navigate the text within a
message. Instead, the arrow keys will move focus from message to message.
Hear Download Information
Choose whether you wish to hear detailed information about the number of
messages being downloaded while checking mail. If you wish to hear this
information at any time, open the Tools menu with ALT+T, press O for
Options, and arrow to the Background Tasks category. Then TAB to the
checkbox called Bring Task Status Window to Front and make sure it is
checked. This is the window which displays the download information during
mail checks. If this option is enabled, you can turn the automatic speaking
of that information on/off by pressing the command CTRL+SHIFT+D. You can
also change the default status for this option by using the new option in
the Adjust JAWS Options dialog to enable or disable the speaking of download
information. This new default is used every time Eudora is started.
Whichever default setting is chosen, you can always toggle the speaking of
download information on/off for the current session of Eudora by pressing
CTRL+SHIFT+D. Also, you can elect to bring the Task Status window to the
front at any time by opening it with CTRL+4, even if the Bring Task Status
Window to Front checkbox has not been checked in Eudora options.
F6 in Various Windows
F6 performs a particular function in certain Eudora windows such as the
Address Book and Filters windows. In the Address Book, for example, F6 is
used to switch views from the list of nicknames where one is normally placed
upon opening this window to the detailed information for each nickname. If a
particular nickname is highlighted, pressing F6 switches focus to a pane
where the full name, email address, and other information for that nickname
are displayed. Similarly, in the Filters window, pressing F6 switches the
view from the list of filters to the detailed information for that filter.
To modify a filter, highlight it in the list and press F6. Also, after a new
filter is first created by pressing the New button or ALT+N, pressing F6
will switch focus to the new filter's information pane where you can type in
the desired settings. In both the Address Book and Filters windows, pressing
F6 a second time switches focus back to the nickname or filters lists.
Preview Pane
Eudora can be set up to display a Preview Pane below the mailbox list. This
Preview Pane displays part of the message currently highlighted in the list.
To enable or disable the Preview Pane, open the Tools menu (ALT+T), press O
for Options, arrow to Viewing Mail, and TAB to the Show Message Preview Pane
checkbox. Press SPACEBAR to check or clear this item. The JAWS command
ALT+CTRL+INSERT+DOWN ARROW is used to read this pane without opening the
message. If the message is short, its entire contents can be read in this
way. This can greatly speed up the reading of messages since it saves the
time needed to open each message.
Two Find Dialogs
Eudora has two types of Find dialogs. The first is the conventional type
which is used to find text within a message. It is accessed with
CTRL+SHIFT+F. This dialog does not work if the Microsoft Viewer is being
used, and attempting to activate it brings up the JAWS Find dialog instead.
The second, more advanced Find dialog is called Find Messages. This is
accessed with CTRL+F, and is used to find messages containing specified text
residing in any of Eudora's mailboxes. Advanced search parameters can be
specified, and any or all of Eudora's mailboxes can be selected for the
search. For information on new JAWS features supporting the Find Messages
dialog, refer to Eudora What's New.
Verbosity Settings
There are several items in the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box, INSERT+V.
These items allow you to set default options for how JAWS behaves in certain
situations. All of these settings are saved to a special file when the
Adjust JAWS Options dialog box is closed, and the choices are used in all
future sessions of Eudora. The options are as follows.
Default Speaking of Download Information
Eudora can announce the status of message downloading while checking and/or
sending mail. The first item in the Adjust JAWS Options dialog allows you to
turn this option on and off by default. For this option to work properly,
you must open the Options dialog from the Tools menu, select the Background
Tasks option, and tab to and check the Bring Task Status Window to Front
checkbox. As in the past, you can still elect to turn the speaking of
download information on or off just for the current session of Eudora by
pressing CTRL+SHIFT+D, but that setting is not saved for future sessions of
Eudora. Changing the default behavior in the Adjust JAWS Options dialog also
updates the session setting to keep the two synchronized and prevent
confusion.
Speak Shortcut Keys As
Set JAWS to announce Descriptive Names or Command Combinations for Eudora
and JAWS shortcut keys. This allows you to hear the command spoken either as
what it does or as the key combination pressed. For example, when checking
mail, you can hear either "Check Mail" or "CTRL+M," depending on how this
preference is set.
Windows Should Be
Set this option to Maximized for Best Speaking or Changed as Directed by
Eudora. Eudora tends to restore mailboxes and windows that have been
maximized. This results in JAWS occasionally reading information
incorrectly. If you set this option to Maximized for Best Speaking, JAWS
checks to make sure Eudora windows are maximized whenever focus changes
between mailboxes, and will maximize any windows Eudora has restored.
Say Message Data
Set this option to Always or If Open From Another Message. When this option
is set to Always, you always hear the message data such as sender, subject,
date, etc., when opening the message. If set to If Open From Another
Message, the message data is only heard if you move from message body to
message body using ALT+LEFT ARROW and ALT+RIGHT ARROW. The message data is
not heard if the message is open from a mailbox. If you are opening a
message from a mailbox, the message data is already right there and you may
not wish to have the information repeated.
When Opening Message
Set this option to Speak Link Count or Do Not Speak Link Count. When set to
the first option, JAWS announces how many links the message contains. When
set to the second option, this message is not heard.
Opened Messages
Set this option to Will Read automatically or Will Not Read automatically.
If the first is chosen, newly opened messages begin reading by themselves.
If the second is chosen, you must start reading the message manually.
When Replying
Set this option to Insert Blank Lines at Top or Don't Insert Blank Lines at
Top. This determines whether or not JAWS inserts two blank lines at the top
of the message composition window after you press CTRL+R or CTRL+SHIFT+R to
reply to a message. The default option is Don't Insert Blank Lines at Top.
Note: This option only works when you reply to messages using the shortcut
keys CTRL+R and CTRL+SHIFT+R. If you reply using options from the Messages
menu, the blank lines are not inserted.
In the Find Messages Dialog
Eudora's Find Messages dialog, opens using CTRL+F. In addition to pressing
F6 to move to the list of search results, you can now press SHIFT+F6 to move
to the Mailboxes treeview to select which mailboxes are included in your
search. Move through the listed mailboxes with UP or DOWN ARROW, and press
SPACEBAR to check or clear selection of a mailbox.
Press ALT+F6 to hear how many mailboxes are selected or how many search
matches were found.
Reading of Attachments List
> From the body of a message, you can now press CTRL+SHIFT+H to
read and edit
the attachments list.
Skipping Past Headers
Press ALT+CTRL+INSERT+DOWN ARROW to skip past the headers in a message and
start reading the message. This is useful if you have moved to the top of
the message window.
CTRL+DELETE
JAWS now reads the word the cursor lands on after CTRL+DELETE is used to
delete the current word in an edit field inside the message body.
CTRL+DELETE now deletes everything to the right of the cursor if the cursor
is in the To, Subject, Cc, or Bcc fields. In this case JAWS now says "Delete
Right" and speaks everything remaining to the left of the cursor.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Randy Tijerina
Sent: Saturday, 12 December 2009 5:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [JAWS-Users] what is the most accessible version of eudora?
Friends, subject says it all.
I'd like to try out the most accessible version of eudora. Will I have
to call my internet provider and set things all up again?
I'd also like a little list of helpful hents and or shortcuts to for
example reply to a message save attachments, etc.
I'd very much appreciate it. Randy.
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