[nhab-tech] For Those Interested in Thunderbird
- From: "Louis" <gosselin_louis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <nhab-tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2014 14:13:30 -0500
This morning there was considerable discussion about Windows Live Mail Vs.
Thunderbird. This is one of the more informative messages I've saved about
Thunderbird. If I find others, I'll forward them to this list. Naturally, you
might want to ifnore what applies only to Window-eyes, but even then, the
instructions are usually worth a try. Please, make sure you make only one
change at a time, so that if one change doesn't yield an improvement, you'll
still remember what you did, so you can undo it before trying something else.
Louis Gosselin
From: manny [mauiman01@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2012 12:33 PM
To: Alan Siman; gwmicro list
Subject: Re: TB app question
Hi,
I am using tb enhanced and all is working well.
here's a copy of the help text am for t b enhanced:
Enhancements include: automatic maximizing of Thunderbird windows, access to
mailbox column headers (Control-Alt-C by default), email auto-completion
support, and support for using the default tabbed message view.
This is the help text for using Thunderbird 3.1.X with the Window-Eyes TB-
Enhance app and Thunderbird sets. The sets are used in the main Thunderbird
window, the composition window, and in the spell-check dialog. Press Control-
Shift-Question_Mark in the spell-check dialog for additional help there.
Recommended Thunderbird Changes.
The following are recommended changes to make in Thunderbird to make it work
better with Window-Eyes. To open the Thunderbird options dialog, press Alt-T,
then O. If this is the first time you do this, you will start in the General
tab. It is important to note that when you make changes and close the options
dialog, it will remember where you left off and open in the same tab you were
when you closed it.
1. In the general tab, press Alt-W to uncheck show start page when launching
Thunderbird. If checked, the start page, similar to a Thunderbird web page
will show links to things like FAQs and other related information.
2. In the general tab, press Alt-S to uncheck show an alert when messages
arrive. If checked, it will interrupt things like read-to-end while you are in
another message.
3. In the Composition/General tab, press Alt-C to uncheck confirmation when
sending using keyboard shortcut. If checked, Thunderbird will ask for a
confirmation each time you send messages using Control-Enter.
4. In the Composition/General tab, press Alt-M to uncheck check for missing
attachments. If checked, Thunderbird will prompt you for an attachment when
you send the message if the message contains certain keywords even if you
don't want to send an attachment.
5. In the Composition/Spelling tab, press Alt-E to uncheck spell check as you
type. If unchecked, there is no automatic spell checking while composing a
message. Instead you can spell check by pressing F7 at any time.
6. In the Advanced/Reading & Display tab, press Alt-N to open messages in a
new window. This makes it so that only 1 window is used to contain open
messages. This way you can close it with either Escape or Control-W.
Reading E-mail.
When you are in the message list, press the Up or Down arrows to move in the
list. Press Shift-Tab to move to the folder list and then the arrows to choose
a new folder. Please note that first letter navigation is not available in
Thunderbird. After choosing a new folder, press Tab to move to the message
list of that folder. Press Enter to open a message. The following are some
useful hot keys while reading mail.
Control-N - Start a new message.
Control-R - Reply to an existing message.
Control-L - Forward the existing message.
Control-E - Edit an existing message as new.
Control-S - Save the current message to a file.
Customizing Thunderbird for reading mail.
1. Choosing message headers to display. By default Thunderbird displays the
subject, from, and date of the message. It can also display other message
headers such as the message status, number of messages in a thread, and
message tags. To choose which message headers are displayed, press Control-
Alt-C from the main Thunderbird window. A menu will open, showing the list of
headers you can toggle on and off. Up or Down to the one you want and press
Enter to change it's status.
2. The preview pane. It is best to turn off the preview pane so that messages
don't load in a smaller window as you arrow in the message list. From the main
Thunderbird window, press Alt-V, L, M to toggle the preview pane from on to
off. Another way to do this is by pressing F8. Note that this is a toggle so
if the preview pane is on, it will turn it off.
3. Opening a message. To read a message, press enter on the message you want
to open. The message will open in a new window and Browse mode will be on. All
standard Browse mode keys apply here. When you are done reading the message,
you can press Escape or Control-W to return to the message list. If the
Reading & Display setting is set to the default of opening each message in a
new tab rather than in a new window, the Escape key will not work.
4. Message headers. To read the From, To, and Subject of the currently opened
message, press Alt-1, Alt-3, and Alt-6.
5. Moving from inside messages. While a message is open, you can move backward
or forward through the messages with the B and F keys. Since you are in Browse
mode when a message is open, you have to bypass these first with Insert-B. For
example, if you want to go to the next message, press Insert-B, F. If you want
to go to the previous message, press Insert-B, B. There are other quick keys
which you can use while viewing a message. All of them will need to be
preceded with Insert-B for Thunderbird to see them. If you are using the TB-
Enhance app, you can move forward and backward by pressing Alt-Left Arrow and
Alt-Right Arrow instead of B and F.
Writing E-mail.
When you press Control-N to start a new message or Control-R to reply to an
existing message, a composition window opens. If this is a new message, you
are placed in the To: edit box. If you are replying to an existing message,
you are placed in the body of the message. The reply settings determine
whether you are placed at the top or the bottom of the message. While you are
in the composition window, you can press Control-Tab to move forward from the
message body to the message headers. There are times when replying to a
message still leaves you in Browse mode. If this happens, press Control-Shift-
Tab then Control-Tab to fix this.
The following are some useful hot keys while composing mail.
Control-Enter - Send the message.
F7 - Spell check, press Control-Shift-Question_Mark from there for additional
help.
Alt-S - Move to the subject field.
Control-R - Rewrap the quoted text.
Control-Tab - Moves forward to the next field.
Control-Shift-Tab - Moves backward to the previous field.
On 5/25/2012 6:17 AM, Alan Siman wrote:
TB enhanced. The thunderbird app is 3 years old and the tb enhanced is
current and supported by gw micro.
On 5/25/2012 8:28 AM, Loy wrote:
There are two TB apps which is best,? It says you can't install
both.
they are TB enhanced and Thunderbird.
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