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Computer Corner
Outlook Express Helpful Hints
Outlook Express Verbosity Options
Announce Header Fields with Message
Block Quote, Frame, Heading, List, and Table Announcement
Replying Directly to Senders on Mailing Lists
Special JAWS keystrokes allow you to easily read tables. For more information, see Using JAWS to Navigate Tables.
After installing Outlook Express, it is recommended that you specify your Inbox as the starting location of Outlook Express. To do this, open the Options dialog under the Tools menu. Move to the General page and check the box that reads, "When starting, go directly to my Inbox folder." For optimal functionality with JAWS, it will be necessary for the toolbar to be enabled. To do this, make sure that the Toolbar menu item is checked under the View menu. Text labels for the Toolbar also need to be turned on. Go to the Layout dialog under the View menu. Check the box that reads Show Text on toolbar buttons.
You can also disable the preview pane in this dialog if desired. The Preview pane is used to view messages automatically as you move up and down the message list. Uncheck Use preview pane to disable this feature. If you want to leave the preview pane enabled, but do not want messages to be marked as read automatically as they are updated in the preview pane, go to the Options dialog under the Tools menu. Press CTRL+TAB to the Read page and turn OFF the Message Is Read After Being Previewed check box.
The body of a message in Outlook Express is displayed just like a Web page. JAWS provides the same navigation and reading functionality in this window as it does in Internet Explorer. This includes the functionality of the Virtual Cursor. Please refer to the Internet Explorer help document for information about using the virtual cursor within html pages.
Note: In Outlook Express, editing and composing mail is done with the PC cursor and reading mail is done with the Virtual Cursor.
Outlook Express Verbosity Options
While working in Outlook, you can press INSERT+V to change your verbosity options. Select an option with the arrow keys and then press SPACEBAR or use the Execute button to cycle through the available settings. Press ENTER to accept your changes and close the dialog box.
For information on the standard JAWS verbosity options that are not described in this section, see Adjust JAWS Verbosity.
Announce Header Fields with Message
If this option is set to "Yes," then JAWS automatically reads the From and Subject fields when you open a message. If you change this option to "No," then JAWS does not automatically read this information.
If you want JAWS to automatically read the message body from beginning to end, change this option to "Yes." If you do not want JAWS to automatically read the message body after reading the message header, then leave this option set to "No."
Tip: When reading messages automatically, the cursor may move faster than JAWS speech. If you stop speech with CTRL, you should press CTRL+HOME to move to the beginning of the message before continuing to read.
Block Quote, Frame, Heading, List, and Table Announcement
You can turn off block quote, frame, heading, list, and table announcement when reading HTML formatted e-mail messages, just as you can when viewing Web pages. To change these options, press INSERT+V, select the option you want to enable or disable, and press the SPACEBAR. For more information about these options, see HTML Verbosity Options.
Replying Directly to Senders on Mailing Lists
Users that subscribe to mailing lists have the ability to reply directly to the message sender's address, rather than the mailing list address, by using the Reply Directly To Sender command. This command is not assigned to a keystroke by default. However, you can use Keyboard Manager to assign one.
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