Hey ester, Have a question. I do not have any kind of mouse connected to my machine at the moment. Is it still possible to togle the preview pain? Thanks.
Matthew On Jan 15, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Marlaina, > > Like Zack, I thought that the default mail setup had the Preview pane > displayed, and would automatically jump you to the text of the message when > you used VO-J from your selection in the table of messages in Mail's Message > Viewer window. However, if VO-J isn't working by default, you'll need to set > the Preview pane to be displayed. This is not a mail preferences setting: > instead, you need to navigate to the "horizontal splitter" at the bottom of > the messages table, route your mouse cursor there, and double click with a > physical mouse or trackpad. So if you're starting from a selected message in > the table list for your Inbox, take the following steps: > > 1. Stop interacting with messages in the Messages Table (VO-Shift-Up arrow). > (If you weren't interacting with the table, just take the next step and > VO-Down arrow past the Messages Table to the Horizontal Splitter.) > 2. VO-Down arrow (VoiceOver should say "Horizontal Splitter") > 3. Route your Mouse cursor to your VoiceOver cursor (VO-Command-F5) to > position your cursor on the splitter. > 4. Double click with your trackpad or mouse on the horizontal splitter. (In > Snow Leopard you must do this by clicking your trackpad or mouse keys -- in > Leopard you could do the double click with VO-Shift-Space by holding down the > Control, Option, and Shift keys and tapping the space bar twice.) > > Now, if you VO-Up arrow and hear "Messages Table", your subsequent VO-Down > arrow will announce "Horizontal Splitter" and then "Message Content". This > last area is where the text of your selected message appears -- i.e. the > "Preview Pane" -- and wasn't present before you double clicked on the > horizontal splitter. VO-J should now work to jump between the selected > message in the messages table and the text of the message. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Jan 15, 2011, at 12:21, Carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi Marlaina and scott: >> Check in mail preferences. I believe it is there. However, if it isn't, >> don't shoot the lousy messenter.:) >> >> Carolyn H >> On Jan 15, 2011, at 3:15 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >> >>> Yup, it does that on my machine but not on Scott's. Seems to me there is a >>> need to turn preview pane on but I can't find it in apple mail. >>> >>> >>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 2:04 PM, Colin M wrote: >>> >>> Hi there Marlaina! >>> Don't you just interact with the message table from there vo+j should take >>> you in and out of the message! >>> Colin >>> I'm far too bad for Heaven! >>> The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! >>> >>> On 15 Jan 2011, at 21:38, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys. >>>> >>>> I am helping a good friend, who has just joined this list, to set up his >>>> Mac. Yes, believe it or not, I am trying to help, :) >>>> >>>> Can somebody please remind me how I set up mail so that vo j jumped me >>>> from the text of a message to the inbox list and vice versa? I think this >>>> is easier and nicer for him than pressing enter and hearing all that goofy >>>> stuff, but I have forgotten what I did to accomplish this. >>>> >>>> Thanks so much and oh BTW, my book port is fine, :) >>>> >>>> Marlaina >>>> > > -- > 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.
