Hi, Iona and Teresa, Apart from searching for messages containing my search term anywhere, I haven't gotten any further either. Some people say that a menu appears below the toolbar where your search term is. This is true on my machine sometimes, but it is not as easy as that, to search for information in a specific field, such as from, to, subject, body, bcc, reply-to, a date range, or whatever. I can't imagine that you can't do that on a mac inside mail, but despite all instructions on this list, I'm still having the same issue. After typing the search term, the menu just doesn't always appear, and if it does, it only has 1 or 2 items.
1. Do I need to press enter or not, after typing the search term in the mail toolbar? What if I do, what if I don't? 2. How can I get to the menu with search options, that some of you are mentioning, like searching only in the from, field, only in the message body etc? Does quicknav need to be on or off in this particular case? I got the advice to hit down arrow after typing my search term, and sometimes it brings up a menu, but you can never tell before hand, what this menu is going to contain. In my case, sometimes only a people, menu entry, and I suppose that lets you look for message from someone specific. But I then see no other options. I once got the menu to show a subjects item. But the entire exact search thing is still unclear to me. I'd love to get it working though. 3. Does the options menu while searching, appear before or after hitting enter on the search term in the toolbar? Paul. On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:31 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > I usually just use the term in the search field I am looking for, whether > it's subject, sender, etc. I type that in the search box and hit return. The > search results appear in the message table. I honestly haven't tried > searching more specifically, so someone else can clarify that aspect. > > HTH, > Teresa > On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:17 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: > >> Hi again, >> >> I indicated wrong shortcut. I meant to say command option f. Still don't >> know how it works though. >> >> Best, >> >> Ioana >> >> -- >> 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.
