Ok got that as it looks like Command Option F is a quicker way to launch the search feature from the toolbar. Now what about conducting a find for a certain word in an email you recived? I tried doing both Command F and Command Option F and neither seems to work. Thanks, > On Aug 25, 2015, at 6:18 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > 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.
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