There are a number of key equivalents in the application which were designed to ease repetitive tasks or provide additional functionality unobtrusively. The following is a partial attempt at documenting these. (Reminder: the "Command" key has the small clover and Apple icon on it; the Option key is also known as the Alt key):
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In this context... |
do this... |
in order to... |
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Message or address list |
shift-down arrow or shift-up arrow |
Extend a selection by one item |
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type any key (A-Z) |
Select an item whose name starts by... |
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Command-click |
Select discontiguous items |
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Shift-command-click (OS 9) |
Select a range of items |
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Command-option-click outside of a selected item |
Move around the lists in "hand" mode |
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Narrow the list header for dates |
Display dates in short format |
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Use up-down arrows when in mail body or msg list |
View previous/next message |
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Space bar |
Scroll down current message, then view next unread message |
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Shift-space bar |
Scroll up current message, then view previous unread message |
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Click on the "Eye" icon, near the horizontal scroll bar |
Show the "View only" toolbar (narrows down a list) |
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Option-click on a message |
See a message's full headers |
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Drag column headers |
Move column positions around |
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Option-drag column headers |
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Message window displaying a received message |
control <- or -> |
go to previous / next message |
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control shift <- or -> |
go to previous / next unread message |
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control option <- or -> |
delete current message and go to previous / next message |
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control shift option <- or -> |
delete current message and go to previous / next unread message |
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Note: You may use command [ or ] instead control <- or ->, but variants with shift and option keys might not work with non US keyboards |
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Recipient field of an outgoing message |
Command- up or down- arrow |
Toggle between To, CC and BCC |
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Text body |
Option-tab |
Move cursor out up to the subject field |
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Command up- or down- arrow |
Move cursor to top or bottom of text |
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Command left- or right- arrow |
Move cursor to left or right end of line |
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Option left- or right- arrow |
Move cursor to previous or next word |
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shift-arrow |
Extend the selection |
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Address book |
Enter |
Edit the selected recipients |
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Command-Enter |
add the selected items as "To:" recipients of the current message (or of a new message if none is open) |
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Other notes |
Command-S |
Saves the current message as draft; in Setup windows, saves the current settings |
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PowerMail startup |
Command-Option |
Open the PowerMail First Aid dialog |
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Shift-Command-Option |
Open PowerMail using another user environment, or to create a new user environment |