Data detechors in mail indicate a field with some additional functionality. It might just be a link, or an address or a date.
If you click or contextually click on the item you might find choices like: Open link behind mail. Create address book entry Create a ical event. Best wishes, Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:41 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: > Hi, > > Since the subject came up. What is data detector and what is its purpose? > What can you do with it and what makes it so great? > > Jenny > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.