You'll want to use cmd-option-f, not cmd-f. If you do, as you type, you'll get a list of possibilities. For instance, if you type "test", a menu appears with options for mail whose subjects contain "test", or whose bodies contain the word. If you type a name, you'll get contact matches instead; left arrow to the start of the embedded text once you choose one, then vo-space, and you can pick "from" or "to". Once you play with the search field for a bit it makes sense, but it's unlike anything else on the Mac I've ever run into, so it takes getting used to.
In OS X 10.11, Apple promises you'll be able to search Spotlight for things like "mail sent to [some name] last Friday", so searches will get far easier. Hopefully that feature works as advertised, because even on a good day, Mail's search field can sometimes be noting but frustrating. > On Aug 25, 2015, at 5:05 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I have never really found the need for it therefore have never used the find > command in mail. I was attempting to show someone how to do this today, and > was surprised that it did not work very well, at least not the way I use Find > in my contacts. Does anyone use find a lot and if so what commands do use in > mail and pages for it. In contacts i do a Command F type the persons name > then hit tab to get to the name then use VO J to jump to that person’s > contact card. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, > > -- > 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. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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.
