OE6 keyboard shortcut for "Show/Hide Preview Pane"?

"Nevans" wrote in :

Bruce Hagen wrote :

"Nevans" wrote ...

VanguardLH wrote :

"Nevans" wrote :

Bruce Hagen wrote:

"Nevans" wrote ...
Is there a keyboard shortcut in OE6 that will show/hide the
preview pane?

Alt + V + then L then P then Enter. Hardly a *shortcut* though.

Customizing the toolbar to add the Preview button would be a lot
easier.

I've had the Preview button on the toolbar for years. My mouse is
getting tired of being asked to click on that button so frequently
and has asked me to make my keyboard do some work for a change!

Of course you could leave the PP off and just double click on the
messages to view in their own window.

I thought about just pressing "Enter" to view the messages in their
own window. But this is Windows ME after all and you know what that
means.... system resources deplete over time... and I've found that
MS applications seem to be pretty bad about not freeing up resources.
I might just experiment to see what happens. Is there a keyboard
shortcut to close the message window?

The standard key combo of Alt+F4 closes the currently active window.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:08:28 -0500, VanguardLH wrote in
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"Nevans" wrote in :

VanguardLH wrote:

Customizing the toolbar to add the Preview button would be a lot easier.

I've had the Preview button on the toolbar for years. My mouse is
getting tired of being asked to click on that button so frequently and
has asked me to make my keyboard do some work for a change!

Why do you need to keep toggling the preview pane so much?

I'll have to think about that one and get back to you on that!

Seriously though, I get a lot of email from subscription lists and
prefer to receive the HTML version when one is available. Otherwise,
I'd probably turn the "read all messages in plain text" option on and
leave the preview pane open. But instead I'm trying to avoid the
possibility of accidentally giving a "bad" HTML email a chance to do its
dirty work.

You could define a keyboard shortcut to do the Alt+V, L, P, and Enter.
It is not a Windows native utility. AutoHotkey is a freebie utility
that will let you define one key combo to do all those other keystrokes.
As I recall, you could even make that key combo only active (i.e.,
execute) within a specific application, probably by having it check the
titlebar of the currently active window.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard about but never tried AutoHotkey.
Now may be the time to give it a whirl.

(Thanks for the Alt+F4 info.)

In that case, you could use the read in plain text, then when you get a
message that you want to read the HTML, use ALT+Shift+H. The current
message will display the HTML and when you move to the next message
you'll be back to plain text.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Nevans" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:08:28 -0500, VanguardLH wrote in
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"Nevans" wrote in
:

VanguardLH wrote:

Customizing the toolbar to add the Preview button would be a lot
easier.

I've had the Preview button on the toolbar for years. My mouse is
getting tired of being asked to click on that button so frequently
and
has asked me to make my keyboard do some work for a change!

Why do you need to keep toggling the preview pane so much?

I'll have to think about that one and get back to you on that!

Seriously though, I get a lot of email from subscription lists and
prefer to receive the HTML version when one is available. Otherwise,
I'd probably turn the "read all messages in plain text" option on and
leave the preview pane open. But instead I'm trying to avoid the
possibility of accidentally giving a "bad" HTML email a chance to do
its
dirty work.

You could define a keyboard shortcut to do the Alt+V, L, P, and
Enter.
It is not a Windows native utility. AutoHotkey is a freebie utility
that will let you define one key combo to do all those other
keystrokes.
As I recall, you could even make that key combo only active (i.e.,
execute) within a specific application, probably by having it check
the
titlebar of the currently active window.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard about but never tried
AutoHotkey.
Now may be the time to give it a whirl.

(Thanks for the Alt+F4 info.)

Thank you for the suggestion; I didn't realize there would be so many
different ways to look at this "problem" of mine. I've got some
experimenting to do now to see which way I'm going to go.

And I thought the answer to my original question was just going to be
"No"!

On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:36:10 -0700, Michael Santovec wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

In that case, you could use the read in plain text, then when you get a
message that you want to read the HTML, use ALT+Shift+H. The current
message will display the HTML and when you move to the next message
you'll be back to plain text.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"Nevans" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:08:28 -0500, VanguardLH wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
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"Nevans" wrote in
:

VanguardLH wrote:

Customizing the toolbar to add the Preview button would be a lot
easier.

I've had the Preview button on the toolbar for years. My mouse is
getting tired of being asked to click on that button so frequently
and
has asked me to make my keyboard do some work for a change!

Why do you need to keep toggling the preview pane so much?

I'll have to think about that one and get back to you on that!

Seriously though, I get a lot of email from subscription lists and
prefer to receive the HTML version when one is available. Otherwise,
I'd probably turn the "read all messages in plain text" option on and
leave the preview pane open. But instead I'm trying to avoid the
possibility of accidentally giving a "bad" HTML email a chance to do
its
dirty work.

You could define a keyboard shortcut to do the Alt+V, L, P, and
Enter.
It is not a Windows native utility. AutoHotkey is a freebie utility
that will let you define one key combo to do all those other
keystrokes.
As I recall, you could even make that key combo only active (i.e.,
execute) within a specific application, probably by having it check
the
titlebar of the currently active window.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard about but never tried
AutoHotkey.
Now may be the time to give it a whirl.

(Thanks for the Alt+F4 info.)

"Nevans" wrote in message
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in OE6 that will show/hide the preview pane?


That depends on whether your OS supports Mousekeys...

titleHow to Use the MouseKeys Feature in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me/title
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/139517

(Live Search for
mousekeys windows millennium site:microsoft.com
)


If you enable Mousekeys you could press Num 5 instead of clicking
after moving your mouse pointer.

Mousekeys is classed as an Accessibility feature but it has wider
usability than that IMO.

BTW the simplest way to close an OE window (other than the
main application window) is to press Esc. ; )


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
---


I'm pretty sure the answer is "No" since it's not mentioned in
OE6's help but I'd just like to confirm this 'cause I don't like keeping
the preview pane open and am wearing out my mouse clicking on the
Show/Hide Preview Pane button!

Windows ME
OE 6.00.2800.1123

Thank you,
Nevans

Unfortunately, I use Windows ME (mentioned in my orig. post but lost in
the shuffle). I tried to use Alt+Shift+H but it didn't work. I googled
and found that Alt+Shift+H apparently only became available under WinXP
SP2. Oh well.

On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:36:10 -0700, Michael Santovec wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

In that case, you could use the read in plain text, then when you get a
message that you want to read the HTML, use ALT+Shift+H. The current
message will display the HTML and when you move to the next message
you'll be back to plain text.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"Nevans" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:08:28 -0500, VanguardLH wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

"Nevans" wrote in
:

VanguardLH wrote:

Customizing the toolbar to add the Preview button would be a lot
easier.

I've had the Preview button on the toolbar for years. My mouse is
getting tired of being asked to click on that button so frequently
and
has asked me to make my keyboard do some work for a change!

Why do you need to keep toggling the preview pane so much?

I'll have to think about that one and get back to you on that!

Seriously though, I get a lot of email from subscription lists and
prefer to receive the HTML version when one is available. Otherwise,
I'd probably turn the "read all messages in plain text" option on and
leave the preview pane open. But instead I'm trying to avoid the
possibility of accidentally giving a "bad" HTML email a chance to do
its
dirty work.

You could define a keyboard shortcut to do the Alt+V, L, P, and
Enter.
It is not a Windows native utility. AutoHotkey is a freebie utility
that will let you define one key combo to do all those other
keystrokes.
As I recall, you could even make that key combo only active (i.e.,
execute) within a specific application, probably by having it check
the
titlebar of the currently active window.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard about but never tried
AutoHotkey.
Now may be the time to give it a whirl.

(Thanks for the Alt+F4 info.)

Thanks Robert. I got real encouraged (I use Win ME) and tried it. But
guess what.... I have my mouse set "left-handed". I'm right-handed but
find it easier to use the mouse with my left hand as a right-handed
writer. Mousekeys apparently assumes the mouse is set "right-handed"
because with my mouse set "left-handed", using Num 5 turns out to be the
equivalent of a "right-handed" right-click instead of a left-click.
(Wow! What a confusing explanation!)

I wonder if there's a registry hack that would change this behavior?
Any idea in what newgroup(s) I should ask about this?

Nevans

On Sat, 31 May 2008 17:43:00 -0400, Robert Aldwinckle wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
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"Nevans" wrote in message
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in OE6 that will show/hide the preview pane?

That depends on whether your OS supports Mousekeys...

titleHow to Use the MouseKeys Feature in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me/title
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/139517

(Live Search for
mousekeys windows millennium site:microsoft.com
)

If you enable Mousekeys you could press Num 5 instead of clicking
after moving your mouse pointer.

Mousekeys is classed as an Accessibility feature but it has wider
usability than that IMO.

BTW the simplest way to close an OE window (other than the
main application window) is to press Esc. ; )

FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
---

I'm pretty sure the answer is "No" since it's not mentioned in
OE6's help but I'd just like to confirm this 'cause I don't like keeping
the preview pane open and am wearing out my mouse clicking on the
Show/Hide Preview Pane button!

Windows ME
OE 6.00.2800.1123

Thank you,
Nevans

"Nevans" wrote in message
...
Thanks Robert. I got real encouraged (I use Win ME) and tried it. But
guess what.... I have my mouse set "left-handed". I'm right-handed but
find it easier to use the mouse with my left hand as a right-handed
writer.


Me too! Also easier to integrate conventional keyboard navigation
with pointer movements by the real mouse. ; )


Mousekeys apparently assumes the mouse is set "right-handed"
because with my mouse set "left-handed", using Num 5 turns out to be the
equivalent of a "right-handed" right-click instead of a left-click.
(Wow! What a confusing explanation!)

I wonder if there's a registry hack that would change this behavior?


I don't know. I just use the Num - to toggle it once a boot.
I agree it's slightly annoying finding Num 5 doing a Right-click
when I'm not thinking about it otherwise.


Any idea in what newgroup(s) I should ask about this?


Probably in an Accessibility newsgroup or in a Win ME NG.

I suppose we could also try using RegMon while doing the Num -
to see if anything could get set which would make that preference persist
or at least be set via regedit each time in Startup. So far I haven't bothered.

Part of my reason for not trying is that my "mouse" is actually a third-party
trackball (Kensington Expert Mouse) and it allows me to redefine its
buttons without having to think in terms right- or left- only. Otherwise,
I think that the standard Control Panel applet for Mouse would have
a checkbox which would do just that and probably Mousekeys would
look at that when it comes up too. Come to think of it now, that would
be another thing to try tracing with RegMon--just enabling Mousekeys.
E.g. there may be a registry value for Right- versus Left- for conventional
mouse driver use that Mousekeys checks each time it's turned on which
would preset what Num - would have to toggle from. So another thing
I could probably try, avoiding any RegMon tracing and analysis, would be
simply uninstalling my Kensington driver and seeing what the standard
Mouse Control Panel applet would provide in terms of Right- versus Left-,
set that the way I want and then reinstall my Kensington driver. That could
be useful because there are times I have to use the trackball before
its driver gets loaded and then I usually have to reorient myself
regarding right- and left- clicking even with it.


HTH

Robert
---



Nevans

On Sat, 31 May 2008 17:43:00 -0400, Robert Aldwinckle wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
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"Nevans" wrote in message
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in OE6 that will show/hide the preview pane?

That depends on whether your OS supports Mousekeys...

titleHow to Use the MouseKeys Feature in Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me/title
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/139517

(Live Search for
mousekeys windows millennium site:microsoft.com
)

If you enable Mousekeys you could press Num 5 instead of clicking
after moving your mouse pointer.

Mousekeys is classed as an Accessibility feature but it has wider
usability than that IMO.

BTW the simplest way to close an OE window (other than the
main application window) is to press Esc. ; )

FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
---

I'm pretty sure the answer is "No" since it's not mentioned in
OE6's help but I'd just like to confirm this 'cause I don't like keeping
the preview pane open and am wearing out my mouse clicking on the
Show/Hide Preview Pane button!

Windows ME
OE 6.00.2800.1123

Thank you,
Nevans

As I recall, the Read in Plain Text setting was added in OE6 SP1. If
you look at Help, About it should say 6.00.2800.xxxx. And that version
is available for Win98 through Windows server 2003.

My understanding is that the ALT+Shift+H was introduced at the same
time.

There were some further changes added in XP SP2 (OE version
6.00.2900.xxxx) regarding reading in plain text such as not displaying
attached images at the bottom of the message.

Did you try the Left Alt and Shift keys? Sometimes the Right keys work
a little different.

And just to make sure how you are doing it, hold down the ALT key.
While still holding down the ALT key press the Shift key. And wile
still holding down both those keys, press the H key.

If you are using sticky keys, that could affect things. As well as
using any special keyboard utilities.

Also, while having a message selected, look in the View menu. Does it
list "Message in HTML"?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm



"Nevans" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, I use Windows ME (mentioned in my orig. post but lost
in
the shuffle). I tried to use Alt+Shift+H but it didn't work. I
googled
and found that Alt+Shift+H apparently only became available under
WinXP
SP2. Oh well.

On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:36:10 -0700, Michael Santovec wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

In that case, you could use the read in plain text, then when you get
a
message that you want to read the HTML, use ALT+Shift+H. The current
message will display the HTML and when you move to the next message
you'll be back to plain text.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"Nevans" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:08:28 -0500, VanguardLH wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

"Nevans" wrote in
:

VanguardLH wrote:

Customizing the toolbar to add the Preview button would be a lot
easier.

I've had the Preview button on the toolbar for years. My mouse is
getting tired of being asked to click on that button so frequently
and
has asked me to make my keyboard do some work for a change!

Why do you need to keep toggling the preview pane so much?

I'll have to think about that one and get back to you on that!

Seriously though, I get a lot of email from subscription lists and
prefer to receive the HTML version when one is available.
Otherwise,
I'd probably turn the "read all messages in plain text" option on
and
leave the preview pane open. But instead I'm trying to avoid the
possibility of accidentally giving a "bad" HTML email a chance to do
its
dirty work.

You could define a keyboard shortcut to do the Alt+V, L, P, and
Enter.
It is not a Windows native utility. AutoHotkey is a freebie
utility
that will let you define one key combo to do all those other
keystrokes.
As I recall, you could even make that key combo only active (i.e.,
execute) within a specific application, probably by having it check
the
titlebar of the currently active window.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard about but never tried
AutoHotkey.
Now may be the time to give it a whirl.

(Thanks for the Alt+F4 info.)

Windows ME
OE6 SP1 6.00.2800.1123

I tried again using Left Alt+Shift+H as well as Right Alt+Shift+H. They
both bring up OE's Help menu as if I had clicked Help on the Toolbar.
I've tried this while viewing an HTML message as plain text in the
preview pane and also in its own window.

Nevans

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:02:06 -0700, Michael Santovec wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

As I recall, the Read in Plain Text setting was added in OE6 SP1. If
you look at Help, About it should say 6.00.2800.xxxx. And that version
is available for Win98 through Windows server 2003.

My understanding is that the ALT+Shift+H was introduced at the same
time.

There were some further changes added in XP SP2 (OE version
6.00.2900.xxxx) regarding reading in plain text such as not displaying
attached images at the bottom of the message.

Did you try the Left Alt and Shift keys? Sometimes the Right keys work
a little different.

And just to make sure how you are doing it, hold down the ALT key.
While still holding down the ALT key press the Shift key. And wile
still holding down both those keys, press the H key.

If you are using sticky keys, that could affect things. As well as
using any special keyboard utilities.

Also, while having a message selected, look in the View menu. Does it
list "Message in HTML"?

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"Nevans" wrote in message
...
Unfortunately, I use Windows ME (mentioned in my orig. post but lost
in
the shuffle). I tried to use Alt+Shift+H but it didn't work. I
googled
and found that Alt+Shift+H apparently only became available under
WinXP
SP2. Oh well.

On Fri, 30 May 2008 22:36:10 -0700, Michael Santovec wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

In that case, you could use the read in plain text, then when you get
a
message that you want to read the HTML, use ALT+Shift+H. The current
message will display the HTML and when you move to the next message
you'll be back to plain text.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm

"Nevans" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:08:28 -0500, VanguardLH wrote in
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6_outlooke xpress
:

"Nevans" wrote in
:

VanguardLH wrote:

Customizing the toolbar to add the Preview button would be a lot
easier.

I've had the Preview button on the toolbar for years. My mouse is
getting tired of being asked to click on that button so frequently
and
has asked me to make my keyboard do some work for a change!

Why do you need to keep toggling the preview pane so much?

I'll have to think about that one and get back to you on that!

Seriously though, I get a lot of email from subscription lists and
prefer to receive the HTML version when one is available.
Otherwise,
I'd probably turn the "read all messages in plain text" option on
and
leave the preview pane open. But instead I'm trying to avoid the
possibility of accidentally giving a "bad" HTML email a chance to do
its
dirty work.

You could define a keyboard shortcut to do the Alt+V, L, P, and
Enter.
It is not a Windows native utility. AutoHotkey is a freebie
utility
that will let you define one key combo to do all those other
keystrokes.
As I recall, you could even make that key combo only active (i.e.,
execute) within a specific application, probably by having it check
the
titlebar of the currently active window.

Thanks for the suggestion. I've heard about but never tried
AutoHotkey.
Now may be the time to give it a whirl.

(Thanks for the Alt+F4 info.)