Instead of swiping, change pages with three-finger swipes until you can actually double-tap the attachment button. There is a widespread bug with Voiceover not updating the visual screen, so it's best to try changing pages when swiping doesn't work in an app.
HtH, Teresa "We can see with the eyes, but we see with the brain as well, and seeing with the brain is often called imagination."--Oliver Sacks > On Oct 21, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Shai <shai...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello all, > When I open the mail app and open a message with a word attachment, I > notice that I am unable to open it by double tapping on the attachment > name. I also tried a double tap and hold hoping that it would open the > associated attachment or produce the open in menu; however, nothing > occured. Thinking that something occurred with the mail app, I also > tried backing out of the message and quitting the mail app in the > switcher but this did not solve the problem. > Are there any settings that I need to consider in this update for > allowing me to open an attachment or is this a bug? I recall that I > was able to do this in 8.0.2. > Thanks in advance for any responses > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.