Hi Linda, If you have 2 mailboxes and you want to easily switch between them, here's how to do it. If you need more help, let me know.
First, you will want to have both mailboxes in your favorites bar. You can do this using the new drag and drop procedure in voice over. First, look where the favorites bar is. Interact with it, and find your way around, so that you later know where to paste your second mailbox. If you see checkboxes in the favorites bar, don't worry about them. For this task, they are not important. If your first mailbox is already in the favorites bar, but your second mailbox isn't yet, then you will have to drag the second mailbox from the mailboxes table, over to the favorites bar. The reason you will want both mailboxes to be in the favorites bar is, that you will later be able to use command plus the number 1 to get into the first mailbox, and command plus 2 to get into your second mailbox, as displayed in the favorites bar. Which mailbox will open if you press command 1 or command 2, depends on the order in which the mailboxes appear on the favorites bar. So if, for example, your private email account is first on the favorites bar, and your, say, gmail account is second, then command 1 wil open your private inbox and command 2 your gmail. Opening a new mail window etc, like you described, is then no longer necessary. To drag the second mailbox over to the favorites bar, go to the mailboxes table, put the voiceover cursor on the mailbox you want to drag, then press v o comma there. This will tell voice over that this is the item you want to drag elsewhere. Now, move over to the favorites bar, put the v o cursor on the spot just to the right of your first mailbox that was already there, and then drop the second mailbox using v o plus period. This will start the drag operation. You will here a mouse down sound, then some soft whooshes while it's dragging, then a mouse up click, and the second mailbox is in the favorites bar. Now, the work should be done, if I'm not forgetting something. It is somewhat more work to get rid of a certain mailbox in the favorites bar, once you accidentally dragged the wrong one over, so be careful that you pick the correct mailbox, that you called, your second mailbox. >From now on, if you press command plus 1, your private email should be >displayed. Command 2 gives you your other account. You will have to interact >again after switching mailboxes this way, but it is fast and convenient to do >it like this. Hth. Paul. On Aug 23, 2011, at 1:02 AM, Linda Adams wrote: > Hello again, > > Well, I kept researching and found another solution to my question. I just > found that command option N will open a new mail window in which I can then > open another mailbox. Then I can easily switch between the windows to check > my inbox and my other mailbox. > > This works, but if anyone knows how I can change command 2 to do the trick, > I'm still interested. > > Linda > > -- > 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.
