Hi Denise It sounds like you need to first need to go to your gmail account in the setting app and disable email archiving. The archive button will turn to a delete button.
Garth On 24/03/2012, at 7:06 AM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Denise, > > The delete button for individual messages is located in a different place on > the iPad from where you're used to finding it on the iPhone. If you can find > the "move" button, you can just flick right from it to reach the "delete" > button on the iPad. Alternatively, if you can find the "compose" button at > the top right corner of your screen, you can flick left twice to reach the > "delete" button. The four buttons for "move", "delete", "reply", and > "compose" pertaining to individual mail messages, that you would find along > the bottom of your iPhone screen, are located at the top right of your iPad > screen, at the same vertical position as the "Inbox" and "Mailboxes" > headings. You'll find the "compose" button if you touch the battery status > icon at the top right corner of the active iPad region, and move your finger > down slightly. > > One way to reach the "delete" button on the iPad, regardless of whether you > are using landscape or portrait mode, is to use the new "item chooser" > gesture introduced under iOS 5. Do a three finger double tap to bring up item > chooser menu. Although item chooser is designed to let you enter search > strings by typing into a text field, you don't need to type anything. > Instead, just flick right until you reach "Delete" and double tap. That will > move your focus to "Delete" button for your currently viewed message. Since > item chooser lists items in alphabetical order, you may have to flick right 5 > or more times to get to the entry for "Delete" and double tap. And remember, > using item chooser this way only moves your focus to the item you've > selected; you still need to execute another double tap to activate the > "Delete" button. > > The way I'm used to deleting individual messages on the iPad is by touching > the "Compose" button in the top right corner (in either landscape or portrait > orientation), and flicking left twice to the "Delete" button, then double > tapping. You do need to learn the boundaries of the active iPad screen > region, just as with the iPhone, and a case can help you learn these. If > you're using the new smart covers, and your iPad is held in landscape mode, > with the home button to the left, you can touch the left or right hinges of > the cover at the top of your screen, and feel for the raised bar in the > center of the metal hinge. If I move my finger vertically down from the left > hinge, with an iPad in landscape mode, I'll first hear "AT&T network, status > bar item, double tap to scroll to top", and then "Inbox <number of messages>, > back button" in mail. Moving down vertically from the right hinge in > landscape mode for mail, I'll first hear "80 per cent battery power, status > bar item, double tap to scroll to top". Moving further down, I'll hear > "Compose button". If you don't use a case or smart cover, you can mark the > boundaries of the active screen region by using elastic bands around your > iPad to mark the active boundaries at the top, bottom, and sides, while you > learn their positions. If that's too awkward or sounds too dorky, you can > use some of those not-too-sticky Post-It page markers, or low-stick brands of > tape that are used to temporarily position items, and use them to mark off > the corners of the active region. These won't damage the surface of the > iPad, but will provide temporary tactile indicators of the edge of the active > region. > > To delete multiple messages from a mailbox, start at the button in the top > left corner of the screen. This is also the first element, so you can use a > four finger tap in the top half of the screen to navigate there. In landscape > mode, this will probably be read as "Inbox <number of messages>, back button" > or "Mailboxes, back button". Flick right twice, to the heading and then to > the "Edit" button and double tap. The "Edit" button will turn into a > "Cancel" button. Now flick right to the individual messages and double tap > to mark or unmark your selections. The "Delete" button for your selected > messages is in the bottom left corner of the iPad. Here are two ways you can > find it, if you're not used to the iPad active screen boundaries: 1) Do a > four-finger tap on the bottom half of the screen to move to the last element, > which will be the "Mark" button. Then flick left past the "Move" button to > the "Delete" button; 2) If you're using a smart cover, touch the left metal > hinge at the top, then move your finger vertically down the screen, through > the list of messages, until you hear the "Delete" button. > > In landscape mode, about the left third of your screen will be a "container" > that holds the mailbox and inbox selection information. The right two thirds > of the screen holds the individual message. You can set the rotor to > navigate by "Containers" to navigate through these elements. If I'm reading > a thread, and start from the "Inbox <number of messages>, back button" in the > top left corner, then setting the rotor to "Containers" and flicking down > moves me to the first message in that thread that is currently loaded onto my > device. A second flick down takes me to the "refresh" button at the bottom > left corner of the screen. A third flick down takes me to the "move button" > that is the first of the button controls for an individual message in the > right two-thirds of the screen. A fourth flick down takes me to the "From:" > that is the start of the message heading. A fifth flick down takes me to the > beginning of the message body. At any point, you can flick right to reach the > other buttons for the message or mailbox, or reach the other mail heading > information, etc. > > Using the rotor to navigate is useful for the more complex organization > supported by the iPad, but the easiest place to set the rotor to "containers" > is when you're somewhere in the heading at the top of the screen or focused > on one of the button controls there -- on the "Inbox" button at the top > right, for example. Then there are only a few option to select. > > Deleting multiple messages in portrait mode works a little differently, since > by default the entire message fills the screen, just as on the iPhone. You > again need to first navigate to the > first element in the screen (e.g., with a four-finger tap in the top half of > the screen, or by touching the control in the top left corner), then double > tap this mailbox or Inbox button. This action brings up a sidebar with the > mailbox and message information that covers about the left forty per cent of > the screen. You can explore the boundary by touch. If you run your finger > vertically up or down the left side of the screen, about midway between the > position of the home button in the center and the left edge of the iPad, > you'll hear all the individual messages announced. But it you stop at a > particular message, and start moving your finger horizontally to the right, a > little before you reach the middle of the screen, you'll start to hear the > message "Double tap to dismiss sidebar". Double tapping anywhere along the > right side of the screen where you hear that message when you touch the > screen will make the sidebar with the list of messages disappear, and give > you access to the individual message. > > However, once the sidebar is displayed, you can navigate to select messages, > and also move to the button controls to mark all messages (if you're viewing > in a thread), or delete or move messages that you've selected. > > I'm not sure how to answer your question about leaving messages on the > server. That happens for me by default when I selected my mail service and > default account. I think that when you add a mail account, you can also > specify whether this is set up as IMAP or POP. If you're using gmail, there > may be some specific settings that someone else can help you with. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 4:16 PM, denise avant wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I have a few questions about the ipad that I hope can be answered. >> 1. In mail, where can I find the delete button to delete a single message or >> several selected messages. i have had some difficulty with this button. I am >> able to find archive, move compose etc, but delete seems to be a problem. >> 2. I want to have my messages left on the server so that if I want them to >> be downloaded to my mac, they will when i check mail on that computer. I >> have been trying to locate the feature to leave mail on server under >> settings, but all i have found is the one under advanced for deleted >> messages. >> >> I do not have any issue with these features on my iphone, and so maybe i am >> just having a little trouble with the ipad layout. thanks. >> > > -- > 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.
