Hi everyone, I think that the first message in a conversation/thread is
expanded, and then you work your way through, and then the next thread
starts again with expanded right?





On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Flor Lynch wrote:

> Hi Judy and list,
>
> When you're in the message list; if you alt-v into the View menu, then
> right-arrow, you get 'show all messages (this may be checked).  Up-arrow
> once and you have "view messages by conversation".  When this is
> checked, you will see the messages are grouped differently, i.e., they
> come in 'threads'.  (This is something like the subject  - vview by
> subject - but it also includes messages that were written in the thread
> with different subject lines.  (A conversation will have two or more
> messsages in it.)
>
> Now, conversations are either expanded (opened) or collapsed (closed.
> When they are
> collapsed, all the messages in it are as if just one - the one
> highlighted.  Now if you right-arrow before going into the message, you
> will see the rest of the messages in the conversation by down-arrowing.
> So, you can either uncheck view by conversation by phitting enter on
> that option (treated above); or you can go into the Read Tab Control in
> Outlook Express tools Options (ctrl-shift-o, shift-tab then ctrl-tab
> twice till Read Tab is highlighted; then tab twice and check the
> checkbox with spacebar, "always expand grouped messages".  When groups
> are expanded, you will see all the messages individually, not as one
> 'grouped' message.  Sometimes it's handy to have mgrouped messages
> collapsed, as when you come across a conversation you know you're not
> interested in.  (This will happen on busy mailing lists.)
> HTH.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jan Santos and Doyle Saylor" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Outlook express question
>
>
> I wonder if Outlook Exp. has changed something recently.  All of a
> sudden
> with certain messages I too need to answer the collapsed conversations
> thing.  To my knowledge, I have not changed anything either.  By the
> way, I
> have no idea what this collapsed conversations thing is or what it's
> for.  I
> am a new Outlook Ex. user, so I didn't know if I'd done something by
> accident or what.
>
> Also I have some messages which continue to say unread, no matter if
> I've
> opened them five times, and others change to read like they're supposed
> to
> after I read them.
>
> A friend of mine is all of a sudden having some new problems with using
> some
> sound files which involve Outlook Ex.
>
> So I don't know what answers and/or generalizations we might draw from
> all
> this.
>
>  And since we're on the topic of Outlook Exp., does anyone know of a
> good
> list for blind folks and Outlook Exp.?
>
> Good luck to us, Judy.
>
> Jan Santos
>
> P.S.  I sent this yesterday, and I believe it just went to Judy.  So
> this
> morning I'm sending it with "reply all", so I hope it makes it to the
> VICUG-L list.
>
> Another question occurs to me; even if OE has made changes, wouldn't we
> need
> to download it ourselves for it to take effect on our own computer?  Or
> is
> there some way that OE automatically makes changes in our computers
> without
> our knowledge?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Judy" <
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>
> To: <
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>
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:06 AM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] Outlook express question
>
> > Hello List, I use I.E. 6 with Outlook express and JAWS 7.  This
> morning
> when
> > I pressed delete on a message, a message came up asking me if I wanted
> to
> > delete all the messages in the collapsed conversation.  I answered no
> but
> it
> > came up again when I deleted the next message.  I recall several
> months
> back
> > I think the same message came up and I answered yes and it totally
> cleared
> > out all of my folders.  How did my messages get marked as collapsed
> and
> how
> > can I  remove this designation?  Also some of my messages which I have
> > opened and read are still being displayed as unread, I haven't made
> any
> > changes so this is puzzling to me, the only thing that has happened is
> that
> > I have just completed a Microsoft critical update.  Thanks for any
> help,
> > Judy
> > -------------------------
> > Judy Prociuk from beautiful Saskatchewan
> > Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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> ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Judy" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 11:06 AM
> Subject: [VICUG-L] Outlook express question
>
>
> > Hello List, I use I.E. 6 with Outlook express and JAWS 7.  This
> morning
> when
> > I pressed delete on a message, a message came up asking me if I wanted
> to
> > delete all the messages in the collapsed conversation.  I answered no
> but
> it
> > came up again when I deleted the next message.  I recall several
> months
> back
> > I think the same message came up and I answered yes and it totally
> cleared
> > out all of my folders.  How did my messages get marked as collapsed
> and
> how
> > can I  remove this designation?  Also some of my messages which I have
> > opened and read are still being displayed as unread, I haven't made
> any
> > changes so this is puzzling to me, the only thing that has happened is
> that
> > I have just completed a Microsoft critical update.  Thanks for any
> help,
> > Judy
> > -------------------------
> > Judy Prociuk from beautiful Saskatchewan
> > Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
> > windows messenger: [log in to unmask]
> > skype: judy.p
> >
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