Windows 8 In Depth

Processing Messages

Each new message that arrives is stored in the Inbox folder’s message list and appears in a bold font. To view the contents of any message, select it in the message list; Mail displays the message text in the reading pane. If you find the reading pane too confining, you can open the selected message in its own window by double-clicking it.

When you have a message selected, you can do plenty of things with it (in addition to reading it, of course). You can print it, save it to a file, move it to another folder, reply to it, delete it, and more. Most of these operations are straightforward, so we’ll just summarize the basic techniques here:

• Dealing with attachments—If a message has an attachment, you’ll see a paper clip icon ...