John, Thanks so much. It gets a little confusing with the different tool bars and menus and your explanation helped a lot. Linda -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John André Netland Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:04 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: New Group member
Hi Linda, and welcome to the list! I think you are looking for two different settings here. The setting you refer to, is to select what folder is automatically opened when you opens a new Finder window with command-N. You can for example choose to have the Documents window opened when you enter command-N - or any other folder you choose. To do this, press command-; to enter the Finder preferences, find the Toolbar at the top of the window, interact with it (control-option-down arrow) and Click on the General button. Stop interaction (control-option-up arrow) and find the pop-up menu somewhere far down in the window. When finished, just close the window. On the other hand, if what you would like to do is choosing how all windows are opened - that is what kind of view you would like it to show by default, you might set it to column. Instead of opening the Finder preferences with command-; try opening the View options for Finder with command-J. the first checkbox will give you the option to have windows always open in column view. Column view is what I prefer, but try all options and see what you like best. Hope this helps, John André On 2. feb. 2010, at 03.10, Linda Adams wrote: Hello everyone, I have just joined your group and am very much encouraged by the conversations I've already seen on the list. I live in the Atlanta area, am a total and have been using PC's with JAWS for many years. This is a real challenge for me but I want it to work. So, here is my question (probably one of many). In Chapter 3 of the Getting Started Guide it says the following: "To set a default view for new Finder windows, choose Finder > Preferences, click General, and then select a view from the pop-up menu." On the Finder Tool Bar, I had already changed the View to "list" for the Finder window that opened up. Would this set the "default" it is talking about? If it doesn't, under Finder Preferences, I didn't see a sub menu titled General. Maybe I'm in the wrong place? BTW, is list the best View method? Thanks to all, Linda -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.435 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2663 - Release Date: 02/02/10 07:35:00 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
