Deleting text in Mail 5

I've noticed in Mail 5 (Lion) that if I deleted text, sometimes, a whole paragraph will disappear and the text re-arranges itself. Eg. I have a sentence, hard return, a paragraph, hard return, paragraph, etc. I delete the hard return to join 2 paragraphs together and the first sentence will completely disappear.
I insert a signature and copy and paste (matching style) any text into the signature so that I don't get font problems with Outlook, so perhaps it is something to do with signatures and formatting in Lion?

OK, I'm replying to myself here, just for the record.
The issue has been resolved after I upgraded to a recent system update. Not sure what the update number is, but my Mail version now reads 3.4, and my Mac OS version is now 10.6.4.

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Scrambled text in mail

Does anyone know what might be causing scrambled text in mail. I recently installed some fonts and I'm thinking that may have caused this. Check out the screenshot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/27106722@N00/2426367911/
I installed a lot of fonts so I can't just easily delete them. They're all mixed in with the rest. Any other ideas?

One of your bad fonts is probably Helvetica Fractions. It must be deleted. Also delete Times Phonetic if you have it.

What is Rich Text in Mail.app?

When I compose a message in Mail.app, I have the option of sending it in "Plain Text" or "Rich Text".
When I receive a Formatted Text message in Mail.app, it is generally --but not always-- handled correctly. The formatting applied by the sender, in whatever email client, seems to appear consistently in Mail.app.   Not always perfectly.
Probably I can find a standard for RTF as applies to many Text Processor apps...
• Is that the same "Rich Text" as followed by Mail.app?
• Is there a public RTF standard that Mail.app is known to follow?
• Is there a direct method, or a reasonably simple indirect method for making Mail.app's RTF formatting visible?
• Beside Mail.app's GUI commands, is there a direct method, or a reasonably simple indirect method for editing Mail.app's RTF formatting?
I think most email clients transmit Formatted Text messages using HTML tags.
• Does mail.app handle these in addition to RTF, convert HTML tags to RTF, or is, in this context, RTF ~= HTML?
• Is there a public standard HTML standard --certainly a subset-- that Mail.app is known to follow?
I think all Formatted Text messages are actually transmitted by email servers with two copies, one formatted and one plain-text. I know I can often see HTML markup when I use View-->Message-->Raw Source on an incoming message selected. But there doesn't seem to be any way of viewing or editing the markup in the reply message.   Specifically View-->Message-->Raw Source is grey when a reply is selected.
• Is there a direct method, or a reasonably simple indirect method for editing HTML tags when responding to a formatted message?
A big annoyance: Often, when I reply to a formatted message, some groups of text, when selected, are surrounded by a rounded-corner grey rectangle, with a circle-X close/delete button at the upper left. These are also visible when I'm composing a reply. It's difficult -- sometimes impossible-- to open a new line for a reply inside such boxes. I think this box corresponds to HTML table cells --or possibly other containers-- in the incoming message.
• Does Mail.app use the rounded-corner grey rectangle to mark a received table cell? Anything else?
• Is there a direct method, or reasonably simple indirect method for removing the cell container so vertical space can be inserted?
• Does Mail.app use any other special markings to denote HTML formatting?
In other words,
• What is "Rich Text" in Mail.app?
TIA

Hen3ry wrote:
Probably I can find a standard for RTF as applies to many Text Processor apps...
• Is that the same "Rich Text" as followed by Mail.app?
No, Mail.app is using HTML - as you mentioned that's pretty much true for all email applications that send or receive formatted messages. When you copy and paste from another app, it's converted to HTML (I think that conversion is handled by the system, as part of the copy/paste operation - i.e., it's converted while still on the clipboard).
• Is there a public RTF standard that Mail.app is known to follow?
HTML, not RTF. w3.org is the standards body. Like many OS X apps, Mail.app is using Webkit (the Safari web rendering engine) to display the messages (although I do notice some differences from Safari, so it's probably limited somehow, most likely for security reasons)
• Is there a direct method, or a reasonably simple indirect method for making Mail.app's RTF formatting visible?
Save your outgoing message, then view it in your "Drafts" folder. Click the "View" menu, then "Message --> Raw Source".
• Beside Mail.app's GUI commands, is there a direct method, or a reasonably simple indirect method for editing Mail.app's RTF formatting?
Nope. The "raw source" view cannot be edited.
A big annoyance: Often, when I reply to a formatted message, some groups of text, when selected, are surrounded by a rounded-corner grey rectangle, with a circle-X close/delete button at the upper left. These are also visible when I'm composing a reply. It's difficult -- sometimes impossible-- to open a new line for a reply inside such boxes. I think this box corresponds to HTML table cells --or possibly other containers-- in the incoming message.
That's essentially correct, the box corresponds to the HTML table. I think you get that when you add some HTML code to your message that Mail doesn't have the interface to edit (no table tools to add or delete rows, for instance), but I've only encountered it with tables.
• Is there a direct method, or reasonably simple indirect method for removing the cell container so vertical space can be inserted?
I usually resort to pasting the message into a more capable editor - often TextEdit is good enough, but I've sometimes resorted to using Dreamweaver. Make your changes, then paste the result (from the WYSIWYG, not the HTML code) back into your mail message.
Other times I just avoid using Mail.app. Thunderbird is better for complicated HTML, or was better - it's been a while since I've needed to use for this purpose.
• Does Mail.app use any other special markings to denote HTML formatting?
No, not to my knowledge.

Is there anyway to retrieve deleted text in my notepad?

Is there anyway to retrieve deleted text in my notepad?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Certainly no easy way, I'm afraid.
The difficulty in restoring iCloud data from a back up is that the back up is older than the current version on iCloud and anything that is restored gets removed again when an iCloud sync occurs. I have previously suggested ways to recover contacts, calendars etc, and other users have confirmed that they work, as such I am making the following suggestions to recover lost notes, but please note, as yet success is unconfirmed.
Recovering your notes is quite time consuming, you may wish not to save all your notes to save some time, if they are not of importance.
    1.    Ensure the device is connected to your local network.
    2.    Start the restore from iCloud back up.
    3.    Allow the devices settings to restore (watch for the confirmation of completion).
    4.    As the apps begin to restore pull the connection to your router WAN port (the one that goes to the telephone point).
    5.    Wait for the time out confirmation.
    6.    Open the 'Notes' app, and open your first note (assuming your deleted notes have now been restored).
    7.    Select the share option at the foot of the screen (rectangle with arrow) and choose mail.
    8.    Send the email to yourself (If they won't send, save them to draft)
    9.    Repeat steps 7 & 8, until you have copied all the notes you wish to save to email.
    10.    Reconnect the router to the internet and let the restore process complete.
    11.    Navigate to settings > iCloud and make sure 'Notes' syncing is enabled.
    12.    Open the 'Notes' app, check that iCloud notes have reverted to how they were before starting the restore.
    13.    Open the 'Mail' app and open the first email you sent yourself and copy the text you want in the note.
    14.    Open the 'Notes' app and create a new note in the iCloud, paste the text you copied.
    15.    Go to iCloud.com on a computer and check that the note has synced to iCloud.
    16.    Repeat steps 12, 13 & 14 until you have recovered all your notes.
May I suggest that you carry out a back up to iTunes before you try anything, that way should things become even worse, you can at least restore back to where you are now.

E90: Ctrl+D to delete text?

Hello!
In the 9500 Communicator I loved the Ctrl+D-Function to delete text in messages, mails...
Is there any shortcut to do this on my E90 Communicator? I miss this function.
Message Edited by bluedevilhh on 26-Sep-2008 04:01 PM

hello
windows shorttcuts of Ctrl 'x', 'c', & 'v' work fine in most message contexts for cut , copy & paste.

How do i stop my iphne 5s from deleting text messages and closing out of apps when i open them?

My phone keeps deleting text messages before I can even read them or they don't come through at all. My phone also closes out of apps as soon as I click on them. does anyone know what I can do to fix these problems?

I have tried that and it doesn't work for me. I can set everything up, but then it won't get mail. At all.. Says server isn't responding. My issue with imap is that it won't create copies like POP does. It downloads directly from the server. So whoever is reading my email (my husband) on his phone, if he deletes it, then it's deleted from my phone, or email client as well. It's a sticky business. Any suggestions?
IMAP is not good for a shared email account for this very reason (but is great for a single reader who uses many devices for access). The best suggestion I have is to create separate email accounts, if possible. Otherwise, you'll both really have to be conscientious about not deleting emails.

Cannot delete accounts in Mail.app

Title states the problem. I cannot delete accounts in Mail.app whether in the Mail preferences or Internet Accounts tab of the System Preferences. I have dead e-mail addresses and when I click the minus, in Internet Accounts, the account flashes off and comes right back, complete with a fancy little animation. When I do it in Mail, it tells me "The operation couldn't be completed." and I should try going to Internet Accounts.
How do I purge these accounts from the system? I've already deleted the mailboxes in ~/Library/Mail/V2.
Thanks.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then take the action that isn't working the way you expect. Select any lines that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name or email address, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Photos 1.0 won't let me delete text!

Recently upgraded the computer and Im now trying to get aquatinted with Photos 1.0. I created a slideshow project for an upcoming presentation. Im using the Classic Theme. On the Apple site, it explains how to delete text in the slideshow feature of the Photos app, however, I am unable to delete text on the very first slide of the slideshow. The program allows me to delete text on all other slides ACCEPT the first one. It initially goes away when I delete it, but pops back up if I switch to another project and then back. And the text always defaults to the title of the project. I don't want text on the first slide!!! Please help! Its very irritating and I have not been able to find a setting to remove this "default" feature.

Quit Mail. Force quit if necessary.
Back up all data. That means you know you can restore the Mail database, no matter what happens.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder
from the menu bar. Paste into the box that opens (command-V), then press return.
A Finder window will open with a file selected. Move the selected file to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Other files in the folder may have names that begin with "Envelope Index". Move those files, if any, to the Trash.
Log out and log back in. Relaunch Mail. It should prompt you to re-import your messages. You may get a warning that the index is damaged and that Mail has to quit. Click OK.
Test. If Mail now works as expected, you can delete the file you moved to the Desktop. Otherwise, post your results.

Deleting texts from icloud

Is there a way to delete text messages, phone calls, etc. from icloud? I don't necessarily want my teenaged daughter to be able to have access to what my husband and I text each other, but I recently found out she can see them!

Any new account that you create for your daughter, will be created in an empty state.
It isn't quite clear to me how details of texts and telephone calls got onto your daughter's device, did you do a restore from a backup or something. In the case of texts, it is possible for messages from iMessage to be received on different devices when the message app is set to use an e-mail address that is used by others, this might explain some of the text messages she has on her device but not anything else.
You may need to delete content that is already on her device, but once a new account is in use, she shoulodn't get anymore.

8330 is deleting the e-mails on my handeld after I view them

My BB is deleting my e-mails right after I open, view and close them from my handheld. This has been an ongoing issue I have had with my current and old BB. I opne an e-mail read it and then clise it. When I try to open it back up it is gone.
Why is this? I would like the e-mails that I opend and do not personaly delete to stay on my handeld for at least 7 days.
How do I do this?

Most likely your BlackBerry is running out of onboard memory. When a BlackBerry becomes critically low on memory it will automatically delete email messages, text messages (SMS), and call logs in order to keep a minimum amount of free space available. This functionality is by design.
To free up memory on the BlackBerry, complete as many of the following steps as possible. Some steps may not apply to all devices. Steps may be skipped if desired.
NOTE: Regardless of which steps are completed, make sure to restart the device as the final step.
Clear the Phone Call Logs
From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Messages icon.
Press ALT+P to view the phone call logs only.
NOTE: The ALT key varies, but is always located in the lower left corner of the keyboard.
Highlight the line with today's date.
Display the menu, select Delete Prior.
Delete Unneeded Text Messages (SMS)
From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Messages icon.
Press ALT+S to view text messages only.
Highlight the line with today's date.
Display the menu, select Delete Prior.
Delete Unneeded Multimedia Messages (MMS)
From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Messages icon.
Press ALT+M to view text messages only.
Highlight the line with today's date.
Display the menu, select Delete Prior.
Delete Unneeded Saved Messages
From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Messages icon.
Display the menu, select View Saved Messages.
Highlight the line with today's date.
Display the menu, select Delete Prior.
Clear Browser Cache
From the BlackBerry Home screen, open the web browser.
Display the menu, select Options.
Select Cache Operations.
Click Clear or Clear History for all items.
Delete Sample Video
From the device options, select Advanced Options.
Select Applications.
Highlight BlackBerry Sample Video.
Display the menu, select Delete.
Do not restart if prompted. A restart will be completed later.
Delete Any Customer Installed Themes or Third-Party Applications
From the device options, select Advanced Options.
Select Applications.
Highlight a customer installed theme or application.
Display the menu, select Delete.
Do not restart if prompted. A restart will be completed later.
Repeat steps 3-5 as necessary.
Remove Unused Languages
From the BlackBerry, launch the Setup Wizard.
Select Language. If the wizard has not previous run this step may not be applicable.
Select the language(s) you want to use/keep. Select Next.
Select OK to confirm language removal.
Select Close to exit the Setup Wizard.
Do not restart if prompted. A restart will be completed later.
Reduce Allocated Media Memory
From the BlackBerry Home screen, select the Media icon.
Select Pictures.
Display the menu, select Options.
Set the Device Memory Limit field to the smallest option.
Set the Reserved Pictures memory field to the smallest option.
Display the menu, select Save.
Store Pictures on the Memory Card (Devices w/Cameras Only)
Open the Camera application.
Display the menu, select Options.
Set the Store Pictures field to On Media Card.
Display the menu, select Save.
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Delete Pictures Stored Locally
Open the Media application
Select Pictures, then My Pictures.
Select Device Memory (if available).
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Restart BlackBerry Handheld
Remove battery from BlackBerry for 5-10 seconds.
Startup may take slightly longer then normal.

My wife and I each have an Ipad and only one mail account. Both of us receive the same e-mails but when one of us deleates an e-mail it also deleates on the other Ipad. How can I stop this? I might delete an e-mail she wants to read. Thanks

My wife and I each have an Ipad and use only one mail account. Both Ipads therefore get the same mail and when either one of us deleates an email it also deleates on the other Ipad and this can be a problem if one of us doesn't want that e-mail deleted. Obviously our Ipads are synced and I don't know how to correct this. Any advice ?

If you both have the same email account, there's no setting on iPad you can use. When a message is deleted, it's deleted from the mail account server, which will happen on both devices.

I had over 200 e-mails. I went to my webmail and deleted most of them. However, my iPhone still shows 200 e-mails. How can I force my iPhone to update from the e-mail server? Or will I have to delete each e-mail from my iPhone as well? Thanks.

I had over 200 e-mails. I went to my webmail and deleted most of them. However, my iPhone still shows 200 e-mails. How can I force my iPhone to update from the e-mail server? Or will I have to delete each e-mail from my iPhone as well? Thanks.

You may have to try deleting all the music from your phone (by going to Settings>General>Usage>Music, swipping All Music and tapping Delete), then sync it all back on with iTunes in order to fix this.

I accidently deleted a voice mail message. Is there any way to retrieve it? I was told I had to talk with technical support to reset the password to my voice mail. Can someone tell me how to do this? When I call, I can't understand the other person

I accidently deleted a voice mail message. Is there any way to retrieve it? I was told I had to reset my password since I entered the wrong one three times.

Depends on your carrier. You'll have to contact your carrier for how to do this. (This is for AT&T: http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=52649#fbid=WLddP4KyTAu.)

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This is for your protection, its not supposed to be easy.
You should be keeping a record of all your passwords, security answers, etc.
Rescue email address and how to reset Apple id sec. questions.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5312?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
If that doesn't work and you can verify the following info, call 1-800-APL-CARE.
1. apple id username, that is not locked or disabled.
2. serial number of an apple product registerd in your name
3. Billing info associated with your account

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How do I delete an e-mail account in THUNDERBIRD ??

'''Before you remove the account from Thunderbird, move any emails for that account that you want to keep into a folder under Local Folders. When you remove an account any messages associated with that account that are not moved to local folders will disappear with the account.'''
From the menu bar select Tools-Account Settings
Select the account that you want to remove
At the bottom of the account list is Account Actions-Remove Account
No menu bar with Tools? Press the alt key.

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