[orca-list] Some really newbie questions

[Brandon Keith Biggs <brandonkeithbiggs gmail com>]

Hello,
Some really newbie questions:
1. How do I make Orca say a word rather than spelling it when 
incountering a string like "test1"?
2. How can I keep Orca from saying "capital o" or "backspace o" when 
pressing shift or backspace?
3. What is the best way to navigate through thunderbird? In windows I 
just press enter on my messages and it reads all super fast, but here it 
seems to lag a lot when I do that. Hitting f6 works, but does not do a 
"read all" function when I jump into the message pane. How can I most 
quickly read my messages?
4. Where is spell-check in Thunderbird located?
5. How do I save in Gedit? When I press ctrl+s Orca says "capital s" and 
jumps me into the save window. I type in a document name like "test1" 
then hit enter. Nothing happens. I then type: "test1.txt" and hit enter. 
The only thing that seemed to work is "/test1" and now I can't find it 
in my home dir.
6. How do I see the username of my computer? When trying to log into the 
console I'm asked for my user name, but I don't remember it...
7. I'm using the elaquence synth and when arrowing through letters I 
often hear lowd pops. Is there any way to keep this from happening?
8. Is there any way to hear the function name rather than the keys when 
I do something like ctrl s or ctrl r in an app? I know what I'm 
pressing, but don't always know what function I'm calling.
9. I can't seem to find a "read all" function, what is the key command 
for read all?
10. Is there any way to add or remove folders in the bookmark menu in 
firefox without going into the bookmarks manager? I tried going into the 
bookmarks manager, adding a folder and looking at the folder in the 
menu, but even though the folder was named in the manager, it still 
showed "unnamed" in the bookmarks menu.
Thank you,

Brandon Keith Biggs