In Mail search, the results come up in a message table similar to the ones you find in folders. The thing that's different is that you have to stop interacting with the search input area first, which is part of the toolbar.
HtH, teresa "The golden age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete graham On Mar 25, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote: > I use Spotlight, even to find an email. It works fine for me, even when I > can't remember what I did with the thing. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Mar 25, 2014, at 12:18 PM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Searching in mail isn't my favorite thing either. >> >> Turn quick-Nav off. Hit command-option-f to get to the search field. Once >> you enter your keyword, arrow down, this is where you can narrow down your >> selections such as sender, subject, etc. I think once you come across the >> one you want, you enter on it. >> >> Good luck, >> Traci >> >> On Mar 25, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have never been a big fan of the Mac mail search, and I don't use it that >>> often. Having just recently upgraded to Mavericks, I kept my classic mail >>> view, and today was the first time I tried to do a search in mail. In the >>> tool bar, I found the search box and typed in my term. It seems that the >>> default is to search the entire message, not just the subject or from or >>> whatever else. There is a menu button that says the search text followed by >>> the words entire message or something like that. I tried to activate that >>> button, assuming that I would get to change to just subject, but nothing >>> happened when I did that. Can somebody please explain how to limit a search >>> to just a given field? >>> >>> Mary >>> >>> Mary Otten >>> motte...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.