Use the physical mouse to double-click on the splitter in order to toggle preview pane on and off.
Teresa On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:36 AM, GEOFF WAALER wrote: > Greetings, > > Different strokes for different folks I suppose; I couldn't live without the > preview pane. For grins I tried to figure out how to disable it. There does > not appear to be an applicable option in the view pull down menu, preferences > or clicking on the splitter. I looked in this list's archives but didn't > find an answer there either. I didn't look very hard though because I > personally like the preview pane and this thread has not yet convinced me to > abandon it. > > First of all, I went into VoiceOver utility and under "navigation" disabled > "automatically interact when using tab key" box. Thanks to Cara Q for that > suggestion. Now VO will read the entire line like when I traverse mail in > Outlook Express using JFW. Admittedly JFW does do this more reliably -- > often VO just says blank and I may need to use the arrow keys or interact, > but usually it will read the line without need for interaction. > > To read the highlighted message in the preview pane I touch the trackpad > while pressing control. I can then read with the trackpad either with the > two finger flick down, or skim read by moving my finger down quickly. Double > tappi ng opens links (no need to press VO-shift-m and select open url from > the context menu). > > If you wish to have messages read automatically, go into preferences -> > viewing tab and change "show header detail" to "none". With this setting, > messages will be read when you press enter and you would press command-w to > close the window, but I strongly prefer using the preview pane and trackpad > as described above. > > HTH. > Geoff > > On Oct 5, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > >> Hello Linda, >> >> I've never been a Windows user but I might be able to help with some answers. >> On 5 Oct 2010, at 00:25, Linda Adams wrote: >>> >>> On a more specific note, is there anything that I can set in System >>> Preferences or VoiceOver Utility to get rid of the table view in Mail and >>> switch it >>> to a list view so that there aren't as many navigation steps to go through >>> to read messages? >> There are basically two ways of reading mail, either with the preview pane >> (the default setting), or without it. I prefer the second where the >> righthand part of the screen contains a list of messages and the lefthand >> part, a list of mailboxes. The messages on the right are in the mailbox >> selected on the left. >> >> You can arrow down the messages and either press Return to read one, or >> press Delete to get rid of one. You can also press Command-a to select all >> and delete the whole lot at once if you like. >> >>> Are there settings that I can do to allow me to read a website line by line >>> from the top of the page to the bottom in Safari? I like to go to catalog >>> websites >>> such as LL Bean or The Vermont Country Store where there are plain text >>> descriptions of every product below that product link. I want to see the >>> web pages >>> as they really are rather than just being shown links, headers, or other >>> such element groups. >> It sounds as though you would prefer to navigate websites in Groups mode. >> >>> My hands are quite small. Is it possible to change settings so that not as >>> many keys need to be pressed at a time to perform functions? I know about >>> Quick Nav and locking the VoiceOver keys, but the VoiceOver keys often need >>> to be unlocked to perform other commands. >>> >> You could always configure Keyboard Commander to take care of those commands >> that require too many key presses. Also, the Trackpad Commander allows you >> to do most things one-handed. Also, if you have an extended keyboard or a >> USB or BlueTooth number pad, you could use the Numpad Commander. >> >> VoiceOver is highly configurable to suit your needs. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anne >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
