One thing that you're sure to notice about Notes 8 if you've used previous versions of Notes is that selecting messages in your Inbox is done differently. Notes 8 employs the familiar Microsoft Windows selection model where the the Shift and Ctrl keys are used. In addition to its familiarity for many users, this selection model can also make selecting large amounts of messages less time consuming.
Let's take a look at how it works. To select a number of contiguous messages simply choose the first message of the desired selection by clicking on it. Then, hold down the Shift key and click on the last message. All of the messages in between will be selected. You can start your selection at the bottom and proceed up, or at the top and proceed down.
To select noncontiguous messages, hold down the Ctrl key and select the messages by clicking your mouse.
You can use both of these keyboard controls when selecting a large number of messages. Use the Shift key to select a large number of messages, then use the Ctrl key to de-select the messages that you don't want as part of your selection.
Once you have your desired selection, you can can act on it. For example, you could drag and drop it into a folder, delete it, or forward the messages in an email.
Dwight Morse | 17 October 2007 10:57:27 PM ET | | (0)
