I thought I would post this to the list, as there may be other list members who may need the information, though they may not have thought to ask for it. I work with JAWS and Outlook 2002, but the general principles apply for Outlook Express as well. Many other programs use the same techniques. Most programs use the tab key to go from one field to another. The shift-tab will cycle through the fields in the opposite direction. So, as Don said, in Outlook using the shift-tab from the main editing window will bring you to the subject field. Other commonly used commands are control-r or alt-r for reply, control-s or alt-s for send, control-n for new message. If you use Jaws, you can press insert-f1 to get context sensitive help on the area of the program you are using. For example, if you are replying to a message and want to see what commands are available for that portion of the program, pressing insert-f1 will bring up a screen with information on how to edit or read the fields. So, you will learn that pressing alt-5 once gives you the current subject field contents; pressing alt-5 twice quickly will put you in that field. Now you can press shift-end to highlight that contents, and the delete key to erase that contents so you can type your own new subject line. Or you can edit that line using the left and right arrow keys to move by character, control-right arrow or control-left arrow to move by word. If you use the shift key in addition to these key combinations you will be highlighting the information; then you can copy, cut and paste the highlighted information as needed. Remember that these keys are pressed simultaneously not sequentially. Hope that helps, especially you JAWS users. David -----Original Message----- From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:05 AM To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Help needed with subject lines and email programs I've received a couple of posts asking about how to change subject lines in some of the more pupular email programs. I know how to do this in Pine which is what I use for email. I don't know how to do it in any of the other programs such as Outlook Express, Eudora, etc. If I can judge by a message which Maureen sent a couple of weeks ago to the Optacon list, some other users are not sure how to make the "reply to" addresses show, how to reply to a list versus privately to an individual, and how to choose whether or not to include the original message. In Pine it's easy to do these things because all the necessary questions are asked with each reply message. In other programs I guess, it depends on how the program is set. From the posts I've been receiving, some listers don't know that these options can be changed. Is anybody on the list conversant with any of the major email programs enough to help with this? If so, please write to me privately, so that I can contact the individuals who had problems with the necessary information. Thanks i;n acdvance for any help. Catherine ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- -Catherine Thomas braille@xxxxxxxxx / ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. __________ NOD32 1.1490 (20060415) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.