Java Desktop System Email and Calendar User Guide

Managing Your Messages

The following sections describe how you can navigate and select your messages.

Navigating Messages

You can navigate the messages in your message list in several ways. Table 4–1 describes how to navigate messages in a message list.

Table 4–1 Navigating Messages

Task 

Action 

Go to the first message. 

Press Home.

Go to the last message. 

Press End.

Move up a page in the message list. 

Press Page Up.

Move down a page in the message list. 

Press Page Down.

Go to the next message. 

Choose Actions -> Go To -> Next Message.

Go to the next unread message. 

Choose Actions -> Go To -> Next Unread Message.

Go to the next message that is marked as important. 

Choose Actions -> Go To -> Next Important Message.

Go to the first message of the next thread. 

Choose Actions -> Go To -> Next Thread.

Go to the previous message. 

Choose Actions -> Go To -> Previous Message.

Go to the previous unread message. 

Choose Actions -> Go To -> Previous Unread Message.

Go to the previous message that is marked as important. 

Choose Actions -> Go To -> Previous Important Message.

Selecting Messages

You can select messages in several ways in a message list. Table 4–2 describes how to select messages in a message list.

Table 4–2 Selecting Messages in a Message List

Task 

Action 

Select a message 

Click on the message. 

Select a group of contiguous messages 

Press-and-hold Shift. Click on the first message in the group, then click on the last message in the group.

Select multiple messages 

Press-and-hold Ctrl. Click on the messages that you want to select.

Select all messages in a folder 

Choose Edit -> Select All.

Invert the selection of messages 

Choose Edit -> Invert Selection. The messages that are currently selected become deselected, and the messages that are not selected become selected.


Note –

Do not click on the icon in the status column to select a message.