Carolyn, It is a beautiful thing and while I feel like an idiot that I can't seem to get this to work despite all these great instructions, I'm still hanging in there, LOL!
Marlaina On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: Marlaina: Don't get into the self flogging too badly here. It's a different system to learn. I've benat it almost a year, and still fly by the seat of my pants. Eventually you'll find there are at least two ways to accomplish most everything on the Mac. And, you'll find what works for you. Take your time, and enjoy the journey. It's a beautiful thing and a system that's still becoming. Take care. Carolyn When you encounter a fork in the road, it's time to eat! On Nov 7, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Hi Carolyn. > > Thanks so much. I'm just not sure why some of this stuff isn't working, but > I am sure it's me not my Air, smile! > > Marlaina > On Nov 7, 2010, at 8:04 PM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > > Hi Marlaina: > It would probably make the most sense to try to reply to these as they are. > So, if you scroll down, I'll do my best to address what I can. > On Nov 7, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> Hi folks. >> >> Ok, I'll stop loving my Air and start learning again from so many of you who >> are so kind to give your time and knowledge. I have a few situations using >> apple mail I'd love to fix. Here goes. >> >> 1. When I open mail, it tells me 1 row added or 5 rows added over and over >> until all my mail is downloaded. Please tell me I can turn that off! >> > I've never found a way to turn off the "6 rows added," etc. Perhaps someone > else has done so.:) > >> 2. Is there a key sequence I can use to add let's say one address from an >> email to my addressbook? For example, if I want to add macvisionaries, but >> not the sender from whom the message appears, how do I do that? My husband >> took the mouse and put it on the to field, which was >> macvisionar...@gmail.com and then he clicked the triangle to the right which >> brought up a menu o choices which included copy address and add to >> addressbook. How do I do that using vo? > Apple mail has something called "data detector," which gives you the option > to interact with such info. If you arrow over to the address you want tot > add, then press vo-shift-m, you should bring up a contextual menu to do that. > Also you can try cmd-shift-y. >> >> 3. I'm reading a message and decide to keep it, but I don't want to move it; >> I want to leave it in my inbox for now. How do I close it and be returned >> to my inbox list of messages? Right now I do cmd-w then cmd-1 to reopen the >> inbox; I have to believe there is a better way! > If you are using enter to gt into the message, and press cmd shift w, you > should automatically be winding up in the Inbox on your closed message, > unless you're hiding your preview pane. I always use cmd w and don't have to > do anything else. >> >> 4. I've read the message and from within it, I press backspace to delete >> it. This takes me back to my list of messages in the inbox, but I hear all >> this verbiage about inbox table one row selected before I hear from whom the >> next message was sent or its subject. Can I make that stop? > I can't give you the specifics for this. But check in VO utilities under > verbosity. >> >> 5. I am desperate for help in fining attachments; vo tells me there is one, >> but I can't seem to find it. I've done all sorts of itterations of turning >> long headers on, interacting with toolbar, interacting with message text, >> and the list goes on! It just escapes me! > The attachment appears as "slide show." If you click or do vo-space on that, > you can find your attachments. > >> >> 6. I know what the attachment is and decide to save it. I go to file and >> save attachment and when the filename dialogue box comes up, it doesn't read >> the name of the file. Is there a way to hear that? >> > I'll leave someone else to do a better job than I could on this. > Hope I've been a little help, phough. > Take care. > > >> Ok, those are my questions and I know they are many and basic. However, I >> would be so grateful for any insight people can give me. >> >> Marlaina >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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