BASIC EMAIL 1
TERMS AND
DEFINITIONS:
EMAIL CLIENT: the
email program you use to send and receive emails
KEYS YOU WILL NEED TO
KNOW:
Windows keys: no new
windows keys
Screen reader keys:
insert a to access attachments
EXPLANATION:
This lesson has to do
with using Windows Mail on Vista, which is called Outlook Express on XP; they
are almost identical though. This does not cover creating an email account. The
recommended layout of the email client is Folder List and Search Bar, with no
preview pane. Setting this up is found in the View menu under layout. This
lesson also assumes you have an ‘always on’ connection like DSL or Cable. Using
the layout I mentioned earlier there is a tree view and a mail message list
view. You move within them with up and down arrow keys. You move between them
using the tab key. The tree view lists folders; such as inbox, outbox, sent
items, deleted items, drafts and others. When you navigate to a folder with
items, the focus will move to the items and off the folder (you must listen for
the screen reader to say list view – if it does, you are no longer in the tree
view). The mail message list view lists all the messages in whatever folder you
have opened. The information you get here is basically; who it’s from, the
subject and when you received it. To read a message press enter and then use
reading keys to read. You can read the fields of the email such as From:,
Date:, To:, Subject: and so on. Those command keys are listed below this
explanation. If a message has an attachment the screen reader will announce it.
To navigate to an attachment press insert a and then enter and a message box
opens asking you if you want to open it. Navigate to the open button and press
enter or space bar to open it.
SOME COMMAND KEYS
1)
F5
to send and receive all emails
2)
Alt
1 to read From field
3)
Alt
2 to read Date field
4)
Alt
3 to read To field
5)
Alt
6 to read Subject field
6)
Insert
a to navigate to an attachment
ACTIVITIES:
1) Open Windows Mail
2) Move between the tree view and list view with tab
3) Open an email message with the attachment
4) Use command keys to read From, Date, To and Subject fields
5) Access the attachment and open it