For that, I'd just open the email like normal, and use vo-f to search. I find that to be the most reliable text search in any app, from Text Edit to Mail to Safari. > On Aug 25, 2015, at 7:15 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: > > 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. > > -- > 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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