Just a few comments...
On or near 6/27/04 8:35 PM, Bryan Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> I just upgraded to Office 2004, and find some of the new features somewhat
> interesting--
>
> The Arrange by Groups option seems like it could be useful. I'm having
> troubles with it, though, once all the messages are collapsed I can't get
> them to open again with the mouse -- I have to use the keyboard.
You can't believe _how_ useful they can be. Are you saying that clicking the
disclosure triangles does not work? How about "Expand All" on the View menu?
> And
> double-clicking a collapsed header opens a whole bunch of windows of every
> message inside it, I won't make that mistake again.
Yes, that can be nasty; I'd file a complaint. You can send feedback to the
developers on this issue. Use the last menu item under the 'Help' menu -
"Send Feedback on Entourage". This message will go directly to the
developers. The more people that request this feature the more likely it is
to be implemented.
> Also, there seems to be no way with the keyboard to jump to the
> first or last message in the folder -- to get to the end you have to step
> through them one by one, or use the mouse. Cmd-up, cmd-pgup, cmd-home, one
> of these should do this.
>
If you have a folder list displayed that goes beyond one screen, Home and
End do scroll to top and bottom, and dragging the scroll bar works too,
although you must click in a message to change the selection. You want
something that will select first message or last message? How often does one
need that? I rarely know what the first or last message is until I look, and
then I may as well click it.
> ... and I dislike:
>
> - the inability to make outlines for a project
> - the changed tab-order of the panes (folders, message list, quick filter,
> message body)
> - the 2-line message entries in the preview-on-right layout (in my opinion,
> the new view only shows a few more entries, doesn't show near as much
> information about each message, and is harder to read)
>
Give feedback. On your last point, you have the choice of using the old
preview below method if you wish. I prefer the new. Try adjusting the fonts
in preferences if you find the list hard to read!
>
> ... and I really wish they would have fixed/added:
>
> - an option in the junk-mail filter to remove items from the server
> immediately
Not a bad idea; I have a rule that says "if junk, delete from server".
Actually it runs a script to do the latter:
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set cm to current messages
repeat with msg in cm
set category of msg to {category id 1}
set read status of msg to read
set storage of msg to folder "Junk E-mail"
set onStat to online status of msg
if onStat is not (not on server) then set connection action of msg
to remove at next connection
end repeat
end tell
The "set connection action" is all one line.
> - the ability to select a folder full of emails, click-hold on the "still on
> server" icon and have the option to remove them from the server, even if I
> have messages within the selection that are no longer on the server
Use the above script.
> - ability to insert tables into an email
Compose your table in Word, use "File->Send to...".
> - the ability to change the quick-filter criteria (from, subject, to) using
> the keyboard
Would be handy; also ability to set and run by script would be nice.
> - access to the thesaurus from within Entourage
I'd like this a lot.
> - the ability to make subtasks for tasks
>
Eh. <shrug>
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