On 5/28/04 3:30 PM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 5/28/2004 8:19 AM, "R. Kirk McPike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> There's no good reason for keyboard shortcuts in Entourage to be different >> than those in Word when it comes to text editing in an email message. > > Remember that you're talking about a word processor, which works with text > within a single document, and an email app, which deals with multiple > "documents" inside the same window. So specialized key combinations -- and > command-delete is specialized, as opposed to your basic delete key -- may > not be the same. > > That being said, I do think it's reasonable for users to expect that the > "delete previous word" command be consistent across applications in the same > suite. > > However, I'd argue that command-delete -- which is the OS X combination for > deleting objects -- is the appropriate shortcut for deleting > messages/objects in Entourage. The problem is that Word uses command-delete > instead of the OS X-standard option-delete. So the real complaints should be > directed at the Word team ;-) Good points. And I'm not wedded to Cmd-Delete, so long as there is a consistent, predictable delete-the-previous-word keystroke for Microsoft Office. However, while Cmd-Delete may delete objects in Mac OS X, it doesn't delete objects you are in. If I'm in a folder and hit Cmd-Delete, it doesn't delete the folder. And when it does delete things, it moves them to the trash, it doesn't delete them right away. What I find most unforgivable is that Entourage doesn't even have the courtesy to scoot the message into the Deleted Items folder. Kirk -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
