Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Caitlyn, VO-j does not open the message. The message is already open as soon as you navigate to it using VO. You cannot pass over a message without it being marked as read as long as the preview pane is active. I don’t know whether getting rid of the preview pane makes it easier to read

Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-07 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
So vo j automatically opens it, then? I never knew that! would disableing the preview pane be easier for use with braille, do you know? thanks so much! Cait On Feb 7, 2014, at 8:58 AM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Caitlyn, > > When the preview pane is there, VO users can’t leave any messages u

Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-07 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Caitlyn, When the preview pane is there, VO users can’t leave any messages unopened as just the fact of landing on a message, opens it. Without the preview pane, we can choose whether or not to open a message. Cheers, Anne On 5 Feb 2014, at 23:20, Caitlyn and Maggie wrote: > Ok, why

Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-07 Thread Caitlyn and Maggie
Ok, why is having the preview pane gone so important? I realize it’s probably somewhat personal preference.. but why do some prefer it? thanks, Caitlyn On Feb 5, 2014, at 4:11 PM, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Cool cool. it worked. thanks much. I'll keep this info on my mental desk top. > > Tc an

Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-05 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Cool cool. it worked. thanks much. I'll keep this info on my mental desk top. Tc and be blessed. On Feb 5, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Sarah, > > I did this yesterday with a student. > > Navigate to the horizontal splitter and bring the mouse. Make sure that track > pad

Re: drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-05 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Sarah, I did this yesterday with a student. Navigate to the horizontal splitter and bring the mouse. Make sure that track pad commander is off. Press down on the track pad with one finger and stroke down the track pad with another finger. This should drag the horizontal splitter to the b

drawing a blank on how to rid myself of the preview pain

2014-02-05 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Ok. I brought my preview pain back just to see if I'd like it, but now that I really know I don't like it, how do I make it go away? I tried double clicking the horizontal splitter with no joy. I brought the splitter down to 0 percent with no joy, even double clicking the splitter at 0 percent h