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diff --git a/help/C/mail-reading-keyboard-shortcuts.page b/help/C/mail-reading-keyboard-shortcuts.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a42710b90a --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/mail-reading-keyboard-shortcuts.page @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" + type="topic" id="mail-reading-keyboard-shortcuts"> + + <info> + <desc>Keyboard shortcuts that can save you some time when reading mail.</desc> + + <link type="guide" xref="index#mail-basic" /> +<!-- TODO:POST-3-2: maybe introduce keyboard shortcuts guide xref covering any shortcuts in all modules, covering http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/quickref-mail.html.en ? --> + + <revision pkgversion="3.1.5" version="0.2" date="2011-07-29" status="final"/> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Andre Klapper</name> + <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email> + </credit> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Novell, Inc</name> <!-- Content partially from http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/2.32/usage-mail-getnsend-read.html.en --> + </credit> + <license> + <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> + </license> + + </info> + +<title>Using shortcut keys to read mail</title> + +<section id="view-email"> +<title>Viewing an email</title> +<p>In the Mail window you read a message by selecting it in the message list. If you would like to see the message in its own window, either double-click it, press <key>Enter</key>, or press <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>O</key></keyseq>.</p> +</section> + +<section id="inside-message"> +<title>Navigating in a message</title> +<p>To read mail with the keyboard, you can click the <key>Spacebar</key> to page down and press <key>Backspace</key> to page up while reading an email. Ensure that you use the keys when the message list is focused.</p> +</section> + +<section id="inside-folder"> +<title>Navigating in a folder in the message list</title> +<p>Navigate in the message list by using the arrow keys on the keyboard.</p> +</section> + +<section id="inside-folder-unread"> +<title>Navigating in a folder's unread mail in the message list</title> +<p>To go to the next or previous unread messages, press the period (<key>.</key>) or comma (<key>,</key>) keys. On some keyboards, these keys are also marked with the <key>></key> and <key><</key> symbols, which is a convenient way to remember that they move you forward and backward in your message list. You can also use the right square bracket (<key>]</key>) for the next unread message, and the left square bracket (<key>[</key>) for the previous unread message.</p> +</section> + +<section id="unread-across-folders"> +<title>Navigating in unread mail across folders</title> + +<p>You can easily read the unread messages in all the mail folders by using the <key>Spacebar</key>.</p> + +<p>When you are in the Mail window, the Spacebar has the following behavior:</p> +<list> +<item><p>When you press the Spacebar for the first time, it takes you to the next unread message.</p></item> +<item><p>If the message is more than one screen long, the Spacebar works as <key>Page Down</key>.</p></item> +<item><p>If you press the Spacebar after you reach the bottom of the page, it takes you to the next unread message.</p></item> +<item><p>If there are no more unread messages in the mailbox, pressing the Spacebar takes you to the next unread message in the next folder.</p></item> +<item><p>If new messages arrive in a number of folders, the Spacebar toggles between those folders. This feature allows you to switch to the next unread message in a different folder without clicking the folder.</p></item> +</list> +</section> + +</page> + |