Apple Address Book & Exchange synching

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pairof9s

As you may or may not know, there is a setting in Apple Address Book's
(AAB) preferences to synchronize your contacts with an Exchange server.
This works but on a limited basis. First it does not recognize AAB
Groups to Entourage Categories.

Okay, I can live with that one, but the item that's being a problem is
the email types. If I have a Home email address and a Work email
address for a contact in Address Book, they switch order once they
synch into Entourage, meaning there the Home address is stated as the
Work and Work is Home. If I have a single Work address, it is stated as
Other once it reaches Entourage.

If I switch the order/labels for the contact in Entourage and then
synch, they of course are then switched in AAB; whatever Entourage sets
as Home or Work, then opposite is seen in AAB.

Anyone else experiencing this and/or know of a solution?

Specs:
PowerBook G4, 10.3.8
Entourage 2004 11.1.1
Address Book 3.1.2
iSync 1.5
 
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Paul Berkowitz

As you may or may not know, there is a setting in Apple Address Book's
(AAB) preferences to synchronize your contacts with an Exchange server.
This works but on a limited basis. First it does not recognize AAB
Groups to Entourage Categories.

Okay, I can live with that one, but the item that's being a problem is
the email types. If I have a Home email address and a Work email
address for a contact in Address Book, they switch order once they
synch into Entourage, meaning there the Home address is stated as the
Work and Work is Home. If I have a single Work address, it is stated as
Other once it reaches Entourage.

If I switch the order/labels for the contact in Entourage and then
synch, they of course are then switched in AAB; whatever Entourage sets
as Home or Work, then opposite is seen in AAB.

Anyone else experiencing this and/or know of a solution?
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Only sync Entourage to Exchange - turn off Apple's Address Book Exchange
sync, which is primitive. Then get my shareware "Sync Entourage-Address Book
[Panther}" script from

MacScripter.net <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

and use that to sync those two. It syncs addresses, phones, etc. etc.
correctly with no mistakes. It sync Entourage Categories (and groups) to AB
groups.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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