Mac OS X Leopard - ARCAism

Item Keyboard Shortcut Description
Format (continued)
Alignment ➤ Align Right Cmd+} Aligns text along the right side of the text field.
Alignment ➤ Float Left Floats the image in your message to the left of
the text (allowing the text to flow along the right
side of the image).
Alignment ➤ Float Right Floats the image to the right of the text.
Alignment ➤ Remove Float Removes the float from an image. Text will not
wrap along the side of the image. This is the
default.
Alignment ➤ Writing Changes the direction of the text. The default is
Direction left to right, which is most common; however, this
will accommodate languages that flow right to
left (including most Semitic languages such as
Arabic and Hebrew).
Indentation Opens a submenu that allows you to control the
indentation of text blocks.
Indentation ➤ Increase Cmd+] Increases the indentation of text.
Indentation ➤ Decrease Cmd+[ Decreases the indentation (and is valid only on
indented text).
Quote Level Opens a submenu to allow you to format blocks
of text as quoted text.
Indentation ➤ Increase Cmd+' Increases the quote level.
Indentation ➤ Decrease Opt+Cmd+' Decreases the quote level.
Make (Plain|Rich) Text Shift+Cmd+T Toggles the formatting of the text in a message
from plain text (which is no formatting) to rich
text (which is actually formatted using HTML and
allows formatted text and images). Traditionally,
e-mail was all plain text, and today some people
and e-mail clients still prefer it that way.
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CHAPTER 11 MAIL, ADDRESS BOOK, AND iCAL 207
NOTE When sending a message using rich text from Mail, the Mail application will also
include a plain-text version of your message for people who prefer plain text or can’t or won’t
except rich text.
Minimize Cmd+M Minimizes the current window into the Dock.
Zoom Zooms the current window.
Message Viewer Selects the Message Viewer window (Mail’s
default window).
Photo Browser Opens Mail’s Photo Browser window that will
allow you to browse iPhoto libraries for images to
include in your messages.
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