Hi Anne - Thank you. I was doing command w to close the message window, and going back to the message table to read the rest of the thread, your suggestion helps lots. Haven't quite got fn VO right arrow to show me the message number in the thread, when looking under headers. Willl play some more with that -
Andy On 3 Aug 2013, at 15:41, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Andy, > > Try this. > > Open the message by pressing Return. If you want to read the other messages > in the conversation, > stop interacting and do VO-Right arrow. The next message should be read, and > VO-right arrow should read the one after that. > > If you want to know what number message it is in the thread, interact with > Header then interact again and do VO-End (VO-FN-Right arrow on a laptop) and > you should hear the message number. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > On 3 Aug 2013, at 12:09, Andy Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all - >> >> The quickest way I find to look at mail is mostly by the subject header. To >> do this, I interact with the content table, and then use the arrow keys with >> VO to move across past sender to subject, where I can hit enter if I want to >> read the message. Thing is, if it is a topic I am interested in, I then want >> to be able to expand it, and read the rest of the emails for that subject. I >> hoped I could just use VO back slash that I thought I understood to be a >> toddle on/off that expand/close the triangle. Perhaps I've misunderstood, as >> it doesn't work that way for me, and I have to go back to the messages >> table, and use right arrow to expand the triangle in order to see the rest >> of the mail for that subject. This slows down the reading experience. So, >> how do I[ if it can be done] just when on a subject I want to read all >> messages for, expand it from where I am, rather than going back to the table >> and expanding from there. The rather niggely thing when in the table, is >> that once I e > xp >> and the triangle, it says something like: 4 rows added, but it doesn't then >> show who each message is from, so I'd really like to be able to access this >> from the subject headers - >> >> Andy >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security >> strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something >> unpredictable happen. >> >> Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by >> visiting the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
