accessible-iOS Re: 10 Mail Tips for iPhone & iPad to Help You Email Smarter
- From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 18:40:41 -0400
Hi,
I can honestly say, I’m fine with either way. I would just ask that if posting
the text from an article they put the link to the article in there as well.
Just for the sake of verification. But, I really think this should be the
prerogative of the poster.
Ricardo Walker
ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Aug 23, 2013, at 2:58 PM, Mauricio Molina <mauriciohmolina@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not to belabor the point, but my sentiments exactly. I believe this to be a
> good dialogue in that we can get an idea of what list members would prefer.
>
> Mauricio
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:accessible-ios-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jewel
> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 7:27 AM
> To: accessible-ios@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: accessible-iOS Re: 10 Mail Tips for iPhone & iPad to Help You Email
> Smarter
>
> I disagree. If it is in the message body of the email, people can just stop
> their screen meter reading it. Clicking the link can be annoying, so it's
> easier for articles in the message body. Just my opinion, Jewel
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Aug 23, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Josh Gregory <joshkart12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello there, very nice information… But you may want to include just a link
>> next time so that people can choose if they want to read it or not. Not
>> saying they can't do that here, but you kind of have to read it since it is
>> in the body of the message. If it is a link, people can just click the link
>> if they desire to read it.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:42 AM, "Delorris Jo" <dory2nemo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Feed: OS X Daily
>>> Author: Paul Horowitz
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We all need as much help as we can get with email, and that's why
>>> we're offering up a slew of tricks to help master the Mail app on
>>> your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. With ten tips ranging from having
>>> more emails be visible and stored on the device, to bulk management,
>>> to replying smarter, moving recipients around quickly, the quickest
>>> way to access drafts and add attachments to a message, and using Siri
>>> to compose complete emails, you're sure to become more efficient
>>> working with emails in the iOS Mail app while you're on the go.
>>>
>>> 1: Move Email Addresses to Different Recipient Fields (To, CC, BCC)
>>> Decide at the last minute you want to blind carbon copy someone
>>> instead? No biggie, just do this:
>>>
>>> Tap and hold on an email address or contact name, and then drag it
>>> between TO, CC, BCC
>>>
>>>
>>> Of course, you can move addresses to any of the fields, from BCC to
>>> CC, TO to CC, whatever. Beats typing out an address again, doesn't it?
>>>
>>> 2: Show More Emails in Inbox
>>> Want to have more emails be immediately visible in the inbox, without
>>> having to retrieve them from a remote mail server? This is the
>>> setting for you, it will keep more emails stored on the device,
>>> letting you see more directly on the iPhone, iPad, or iPod:
>>>
>>> Go to Settings then to "Mail, Calendar, Contacts"
>>> Tap "Show" and choose "100 Recent Messages" or higher
>>>
>>>
>>> The default setting is "50 Recent Messages", which means that 50 mail
>>> messages will be visible in the inbox by default, and scrolling
>>> beyond that must access the remote mail server to retrieve another
>>> 50. Changing this setting is very helpful if you wrangle a huge
>>> inbox, though the higher settings (500-1000 messages) can have some
>>> undesirable side effects of slowing down Mail app on older devices, and
>>> even increasing that "Other"
>>> space that shows up in iTunes.
>>>
>>> 3: See More Emails Per Mail Screen
>>> This setting displays more emails per screen in Mail app by adjusting
>>> the message body preview size. The default is set to 2 lines, but by
>>> moving it to 1 line or None, you can see many more emails instantly
>>> without having to scroll at all:
>>>
>>> In Settings, go to "Mail, Calendar, Contacts" and choose "Preview"
>>> Tap on "None" or "1 Line" to show more emails on each mail screen
>>>
>>>
>>> Notice how this differs from the previous tip, in that more emails
>>> are visible on each mail screen, but it has no impact on the total
>>> number of emails shown in an inbox without accessing the server again.
>>>
>>> 4: Quickly Access All Saved Drafts
>>> There is a super quick way to access saved email drafts in iOS:
>>>
>>> Tap and hold on the Compose icon to jump to the Drafts folder
>>>
>>>
>>> This accesses all drafts, whether they were created and saved on the
>>> iPhone or iPad, or on a remote server or webmail client like Gmail.
>>> This very handy feature was introduced a while ago and retains full
>>> functionality in Mail app for iOS 7. Use it, you'll appreciate it!
>>>
>>> 5: Bulk Manage Groups of Emails: Mark as Read, Unread, Delete
>>> Managing a group of multiple emails is easy in iOS Mail app, but it
>>> may not be immediately obvious to all users:
>>>
>>> From the mailbox you want to adjust, tap on "Edit" then tap each mail
>>> message you want to adjust so that it's highlighted with a checkmark
>>> Tap on "Move" to send the emails to the Trash for bulk deleting, or
>>> to another inbox Tap on "Mark" to flag the emails as spam, or mark as
>>> read or unread
>>>
>>>
>>> This is very helpful if you've gotten a barrage of messages that are
>>> either unimportant or just need to mark as read, or when you need to
>>> Trash a bunch of them that are clogging up your inbox.
>>>
>>> 6: Increase Font Size to Read Email Content Easier The text size of
>>> emails is pretty small by default, and even those of us with
>>> moderately decent eyesight can have a hard time reading through long
>>> messages at such a tiny font size. Fortunately, it's really easy to
>>> increase the size of the email text to something much more legible:
>>>
>>> Open Settings, then go to "General" and "Accessibility"
>>> Tap on "Large Text" (iOS 6) or "Larger Type" (iOS 7) and choose a
>>> size better for your needs
>>>
>>>
>>> Something to consider with this option is that it will also increase
>>> the font size shown in text messages and iMessages within Messages
>>> app, which is actually really nice and makes those messages much easier to
>>> read as well.
>>>
>>> 7: Reply to Portion of Email with Smart Quotes Smart Quotes are a
>>> little-used feature of iOS Mail app that let you reply to just a
>>> specific portion of an email, and they're very easy to use:
>>>
>>> Tap and select any portion of an email to include in the reply, then
>>> tap the "Reply" button as usual
>>>
>>> The new email message will now only contain the portion of the email
>>> you selected, rather than the entire thing.
>>>
>>> 8: Ditch or Modify the "Sent from my iPhone" Signature The default
>>> signature for emails sent from any iOS device identifies that device
>>> as "Sent from my iPhone" or "Sent from my iPad". If you want to
>>> change it or delete it, it's quite simple:
>>>
>>> Open Settings, then go to "Mail, Contacts, Calendars"
>>> Tap on "Signature" to modify or delete it
>>>
>>>
>>> We generally recommend keeping these signatures for a variety of
>>> reasons, including the brevity expectation, but if you want to delete
>>> it or modify it, it's easy enough to change back.
>>>
>>> 9: Insert Pictures Into Emails Faster with a Tap You can easily
>>> insert a picture or two into an email message just by doing the
>>> following:
>>>
>>> Tap and hold in the message body, and choose "Insert Photo or Video"
>>> to find the picture or movie to attach
>>>
>>>
>>> Images can be inserted anywhere into email messages this way, and
>>> it's much much easier than poking around in the Photos app to create
>>> a new email from there, or using the copy and paste method to place images
>>> into emails.
>>>
>>> 10: Compose & Send a Quick Email with Siri Don't want to type out an
>>> email message, or maybe you're hands are busy?
>>> Siri can write it for you using a simple mail composition command:
>>>
>>> Summon Siri and say "Write an email to [recipient name] about
>>> [subject] and say [message body]
>>>
>>>
>>> This is really helpful in situations where your hands need to be
>>> mostly free and you can't spend time looking at your iPhone or iPad
>>> screen, whether that's because you're just occupied doing something
>>> else, riding a bike, walking, or maybe you just hate typing on the touch
>>> screens.
>>>
>>>
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