Re: [Bulk] Re: easier navigation to folders in Outlook Express

  • From: "Farfar Carlson" <dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:54:40 -0700

Doug,

Again I didn't say that an underscore or hyphen would substitute for space when 
searching. I said that when you name your folders you can avoid your problems 
by using an underscore or hyphen instead of a space.

Enough, already. Not at all JAWS relevant.
Dave
Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording 
and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Douglas Richard Dexheimer 
  To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 08:53
  Subject: [Bulk] Re: easier navigation to folders in Outlook Express


  I tried the underscore, hyphen, and a few other characters, while in the 
"move-to-folder" procedure, but none of those characters worked.  The space is 
accepted when creating a new folder or renaming an old one, but not when moving 
a message to that existing folder or selecting it from the folders list.  I 
agree the messages already in a folder stay there after I rename the folder.  
My issue only concerns moving a new message from my Inbox to an existing 
appropriate folder, or find the desired folder in the list.
  My version of OE is:
  About Outlook Express
  6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
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  No products made with the Outlook Express Stationery which include any
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  inetcomm.dll 6.00.2900.5512 (xpsp.080413-2105)
  OK 
  Thanks again for your suggestions.

  Douglas Richard Dexheimer
  Chief of Braille Productions
  Born-Again Productions
  The Friedman Place, Apt.308
  5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
  Chicago, IL 60625
  773-409-6163
  drichardd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Adrian Spratt 
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:37 AM
    Subject: RE: easier navigation to folders in Outlook Express


    First, renaming a folder doesn't require transferring messages to it. The 
old folder name disappears, and the messages stay in place under the new folder 
name. 

    Second, although you and Dave Carlson have found that a space isn't 
accepted in a folder name, for me it is. I'm using Outlook 2003. But if your 
system won't accept spaces, Dave's underscore idea accomplishes much the same 
purpose. Personally, I'd use a character that doesn't require the shift key, 
such as a hyphen.



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    From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Douglas Richard Dexheimer
    Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 10:26 AM
    To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: Re: easier navigation to folders in Outlook Express


    The space is used for separating words in the folder title containing two 
or more words.  I use the same keystroke, shift+control+v when outside a 
message to move the highlighted message to a different folder.  Pressing 
spacebar in this action only causes a ding, and the display stays where it was 
after pressing the last character before the space.  The same thing happens 
when moving via the file menu from inside a message.  I guess renaming a 
folder, then moving messages to the renamed folder, would be the only time 
saver as opposed to pressing the first letter or down arrow key a random number 
of times to move the selected message to another appropriate folder.  Thanks 
for the tip.

    Douglas Richard Dexheimer
    Chief of Braille Productions
    Born-Again Productions
    The Friedman Place, Apt.308
    5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60625
    773-409-6163
    drichardd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Adrian Spratt 
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 7:58 AM
      Subject: RE: easier navigation to folders in Outlook Express


      Could you clarify why you refer to the spacebar? Which method do you use 
for moving messages from folder to folder? I use shift-control-v when outside 
the message and a file menu method when inside a message. In either case, a 
space wouldn't even come up as part of the operation.

      Meanwhile, have you considered renaming the folders? I believe placing F2 
at the folder name in the folders list would make this a simple task. When you 
press F2, an edit field appears. Type in the new name, press enter, and it 
should be done. To suggest an example, I have a folder I've named "JAWS 
Future." If I had as many JAWS folders as you, I'd probably switch the words to 
make it "Future JAWS." 



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      From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Douglas Richard Dexheimer
      Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:48 AM
      To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: easier navigation to folders in Outlook Express


      Good morning.  I've been using OE for a few years, and I was wondering if 
you could address an issue I have when I have a bunch of folders starting with 
the same word in their names--i.e., I have almost 20 folders beginning with the 
word Jaws.  When moving a message from my Inbox to a different folder, spacebar 
doesn't work; I can only use first letter or first word navigation.  My only 
luck is pressing the first letter or down arrow numerous times till I land on 
the folder I want.  Is there a quicker way to find the desired folder to 
transfer the message to, when spacebar is disabled and there's no character to 
substitute for space?  Is this a Jaws or OE issue?  Thanks for your suggestions.

      Douglas Richard Dexheimer
      Chief of Braille Productions
      Born-Again Productions
      The Friedman Place, Apt.308
      5527 N. Maplewood Ave.
      Chicago, IL 60625
      773-409-6163
      drichardd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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