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• To use the signature feature as a prefix in replies: Turn on “Place signature above

quoted text.” If you turn on this setting, your signature will get inserted above any

of the text that you’re replying to, rather than below. You’d use this setting if your

signature said something like, “Hi there! You wrote this to me—”.

Reading Email

Mail puts all the email you get into your Inbox. The statistic after the word Inbox lets

you know how many of its messages you haven’t yet read. These new messages are

also marked with light blue dots in the main list.

Tip: The Mail icon in the Dock also shows you how many new messages you have waiting—it’s the number

in the red circle.

Click the Inbox folder to see a list of received messages. If it’s a long list, press Con-

trol-Page Up and Control-Page Down to scroll. Click the name of a message once

to read it in the Preview pane, or double-click a message to open it into a separate

window. (If a message is already selected, pressing Return or Enter also opens it in a

separate window.)

Tip: Instead of reading your mail, you might prefer to have Mac OS X read it to you, as you sit back in your

chair and sip your strawberry daiquiri. Highlight the text you want to hear (or choose EditÆSelect All), and

then choose EditÆSpeechÆStart Speaking. You’ll hear the message read aloud, in the voice you’ve selected

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