How To Prevent Accidentally Deleting Email Message

[Cahlin]

Version: 2008 Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) Processor: Intel Email Client: pop Is there a way to turn off the Command+Delete command or switch it to something else? As a recent Windows to Mac user, I mistakenly and unconsciously hit this command to delete a word or phrase INSIDE an email NOT the email itself. I can't tell how you how many emails I have written and mistype something and automatically and unconsciously hit this combo keystroke command only to see my LONG (why is it always a long email) message disappear. I can only mutter "D'ouh" some many times. I can't be the only former Windows now Mac user plagued by this keystroke combination. Any suggestions for how to resolve it? Thank you.

 

[Diane Ross]

s there a way to turn off the Command+Delete command or switch it to something
else? As a recent Windows to Mac user, I mistakenly and unconsciously hit this
command to delete a word or phrase INSIDE an email NOT the email itself. I
can't tell how you how many emails I have written and mistype something and
automatically and unconsciously hit this combo keystroke command only to see
my LONG (why is it always a long email) message disappear. I can only mutter
"D'ouh" some many times. I can't be the only former Windows now Mac user
plagued by this keystroke combination. Any suggestions for how to resolve it?
Thank you.

Command-Z will undo the last action. Generally over time repeated mistakes
will cause you to re-learn the action.

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
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[Cahlin]

I understand this. However Command-Delete literally deletes the email message that I'm working on. Command-Z does NOT bring it back I have accidentally deleted whole messages now enough times to want to disable this command. Or reassign the command as something else. Can you help?

 

[Diane Ross]

I understand this. However Command-Delete literally deletes the email message
that I'm working on. Command-Z does NOT bring it back I have accidentally
deleted whole messages now enough times to want to disable this command. Or
reassign the command as something else. Can you help?

You can turn on the notifications that warns you that you are going to
delete the message. Open Preferences under Entourage in the Menu bar. Select
Notifications and check ³Require confirmation when deleting.²

--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
YouTalk <http://tinyurl.com/bzcrjy> <-- Entourage mailing list
Twitter: follow <http://twitter.com/entouragehelp>

 

[Cahlin]

Perfect. Thank you.