Hi Eric, Thanks very much for the explanation and clarification. I know with a little help from my Mac friends I'll get it!
Thanks again, johnny On Aug 27, 2011, at 9:26 AM, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Johnny, > > On Aug 26, 2011, at 8:55 PM, Johnny Angel! wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced some quirkiness in mail lately. >> Last night, control option shift m did not work at all for me to bring up >> my various mailboxes to store mail into. I tried quitting mail and >> re-invoking it, and then completely shutting down and restarting Lion, but >> it still did not work. Tonight, this hotkey command brings a different, >> short menu up that has nothing to do with mailboxes at all. Any ideas? i >> could really use your help on this one as I am still in baby steps learning >> mode. Smile. >> > the key stroke Control, Option, Shift M , brings up a context menu. this > menu will be different depending on where your focus is when you press the > keys. For example if I want to move a message to a particular mail box I > would first place my focus on the message in the message list table then > press VO Shift M. If my focus is instead on the email text in the message a > different list of options will come up. YOu can use this key combination all > over the Mac to do different things. Another example might be going to the > doc you can press keys and a context menu will come up with choices of > actions for that doc item. > > It sounded like you thought this was a short cut key for one purpose in > mail. It is actually the way to bring up this context menu in many > situations. > > Hope this is helpful. > > eric Caron these > > -- > 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. > Johnny Angel! [email protected] -- 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.
