lol, Its not that bad. There is a vertical splitter that separates the messages column group which contains the messages table and the message content area which is the preview pane. Just make sure your mouse cursor is focused on this vertical splitter and double click with your trackpad or mouse. If using a trackpad, make sure VO's trackpad commander is off.
Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:25 AM, "Goodin, Donna" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ricardo, > > Do you remember how to do this? I remember doing it when I first got my Mac, > and it seemed to involve magical incantations, dancing in a circle around a > bonfire under the full moon, etc. lol It took me forever to actually do it. > Cheers, > Donna > > On Feb 28, 2012, at 8:23 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> you can just close the preview pain so you need to press enter on the >> message to view it in a different window. This will then mark the message >> as read. Are more accurately, unmark the message as unread. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Feb 28, 2012, at 2:20 AM, Steve Holmes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I still find for the fastest and most efficient way to read my e-mail >>> is to use mutt on my Linux box. That's hardly the right answer for a >>> Mac users list though. When I am in Apple's Mail, the only complaint >>> I have right now other than general GUI clunkiness, is the problem >>> with VO not reading the read/unread status. >>> >>> I'm quite sure I know why these statuses aren't being read by VO >>> however. Every time you cursor down the list of messages, The >>> adjacent window containing the selected message is opened, thus the >>> status changes to 'read' and AFAIK, there is no symbol present for VO >>> to speak once it is read. I forgot how to keep the message from being >>> opened even in classic view so I went back to the newer presentation >>> and if I really want to see the statuses, I just turn VO tracking off >>> and then look down the list of messages with VO-arrow keys and this >>> way, the messages don't get selected nor opened. All I need now would >>> be a single hot key to bring the application cursor down to where the >>> VO cursor is. We have a command to go the other way but not this way. >>> >>> I could be mistaken with some of these observations because I'm stil >>> one of those "new guys." >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 07:39:07PM -0500, Goodin, Donna wrote: >>>> It seems like the Mail bugs are a little inconsistent. I don't have the >>>> issue Kawal mentions. And, I didn't have the problem with VO not reading >>>> the read status, till Saturday, and I have no idea 1, why I didn't have it >>>> before, and 2, why it started on Saturday. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 7:08 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>>> >>>>> Funny, I have not noticed this myself. >>>>> >>>>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello All. >>>>>> >>>>>> Don't know if any one has noticed since the update of Lion, when ever >>>>>> you open a mail, Voice Over is always reading the person's e-mail >>>>>> address before the message. 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