Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-20 Thread Teresa Cochran
Yes, I’ve tested interacting with the text in the pane and editing it that way, and it works just fine, You just have to be sure you’ve done that, so you don’t select other messages and possibly delete them. HtH, Teresa Slow down; you'll get there faster. On Nov 20, 2013, at 5:20 AM, Maria and

Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-20 Thread Maria and Joe Chapman
Hi. I’ve found if you press enter on a message it let’s you copy the text. press command w to close. another way I have done it is to •make sure quick nav is on •jump to the text as usual with vo j, •you should be able to navigate the text with your left and right arrow keys, if not interac

Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
If you interact with the text in the preview and then copy, this should work fine. Getting rid of the preview pane in Mail is very tricky. you first have to switch to classic view in Mail Preferences. You’ll be able to find a horizontal splitter between the message list and the pane. For the ne

Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-19 Thread Caitlyn furness
thanks, I didn’t think of that! How do you turn the preview pane off in Mavericks? I had a look at the table, etc, but can’t see any splitters except one vertical one on the far left, between mailboxes and the messages column.. thanks again, Cait On Nov 19, 2013, at 3:31 PM, richie Gardenhire w

Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
In a mail message that has been sent to you, you’d have to copy and paste the text of that email into a new one and edit it that way. HtH, Teresa "We're made of star stuff."--Carl Sagan On Nov 19, 2013, at 12:05 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: > You can try pressing enter on a message and then edit

Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-19 Thread richie Gardenhire
Hi Teresa, Can I use that same technique, when I need to insert a character, or word, in text, when editing? Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On Nov 19, 2013, at 11:05 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: You can try pressing enter on a message and then editing the text in it. If you use the pre

Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-19 Thread Teresa Cochran
You can try pressing enter on a message and then editing the text in it. If you use the preview pane, things can be tricky. If you try the preview pane, make sure you interact with the text first. HtH, Teresa "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham On Nov 19, 2013, at 11:25

Re: copying text in mail

2013-11-19 Thread richie Gardenhire
Hi Caitlyn, Did you try going to the body of an individual message, typing Command+A, the Command+C, then Command+V to paste? There are probably better ways to do the same thing, but haven't found them yet. HTH. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On Nov 19, 2013, at 9:50 AM, Caitlyn

copying text in mail

2013-11-19 Thread Caitlyn furness
Hi, today I was attempting to copy part of a mail message to send to someone. when I did command a, mail went funny and started copying my whole list of mail messages instead of just what was in the original message I *wanted* to copy. I am using vo j to read my mail.. any help to fix this? I