Calendar Default When Launching Entourage?

J

JDub

Hello,
Just wondering if there is a way to set the calendar program to be the
first program opened up when entourage is launched.

My friend would like to see the calendar rather than the mail program
and i haven't been able to help him.

thanks,
jdub
 
M

Mickey Stevens

There are two ways to do this.

Method 1: Open the Calendar before you quit, and then quit. Then, when you
re-launch, the Calendar will be displayed, because on launch Entourage
always displays the view you were in when you quit. You need to remember to
do this each time.

Method 2: Quit using an AppleScript. Open Script Editor
(HD/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor for OS X, or
HD/Applications/Apple Extras/AppleScript/Script Editor for OS 9), and paste
in this script:

-- Begin Copying
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set displayed area of main window to calendar area
quit
end tell
-- Stop Copying

Then, click the "Check Syntax" button and go to File -> Save As. Save it to
the Entourage Script Menu Items folder (HD/Users/<Your
User>/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items for OS X, or
HD/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items for OS 9).
Name it "Quit\mQ" (without the quotes). Then, to quit Entourage, go to the
Script menu (to the right of the Help menu), or press Command (Apple)-Q.
Each time you re-launch, the Calendar will display.
 
P

Paul Berkowitz

Method 2: Quit using an AppleScript. Open Script Editor
(HD/Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor for OS X, or
HD/Applications/Apple Extras/AppleScript/Script Editor for OS 9), and paste
in this script:

-- Begin Copying
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set displayed area of main window to calendar area
quit
end tell
-- Stop Copying

Then, click the "Check Syntax" button and go to File -> Save As. Save it to
the Entourage Script Menu Items folder (HD/Users/<Your
User>/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items for OS X, or
HD/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items for OS 9).
Name it "Quit\mQ" (without the quotes). Then, to quit Entourage, go to the
Script menu (to the right of the Help menu), or press Command (Apple)-Q.
Each time you re-launch, the Calendar will display.
Click to expand...


Hmmm. We've always been advised never to use a keyboard shortcut for a
script that is already taken by a menu keyboard shortcut Mickey, as there
will be a conflict and it's hard to predict which will "win". Command-Q is
already taken as the regular Quit. Perhaps you've been using this for some
time, and there's no conflict?

Instead, you can name the script "Quit \cQ" (no quotes), for example, so it
would now have the shortcut control-Q. Then you'd have to remember to quit
via control-Q instead of the standard command-Q.

(I was hoping you could also run it from a schedule "On quit" - but the
timing is off - the main window has already been closed when the script
runs, and you get an error.)


--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
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M

Mickey Stevens

Hmmm. We've always been advised never to use a keyboard shortcut for a
script that is already taken by a menu keyboard shortcut Mickey, as there
will be a conflict and it's hard to predict which will "win". Command-Q is
already taken as the regular Quit. Perhaps you've been using this for some
time, and there's no conflict?
Click to expand...

Yes, the script seems to launch when you press Command-Q in this case,
though you're correct that the results can be unpredictable when trying to
override the shortcut of a built-in command.
Instead, you can name the script "Quit \cQ" (no quotes), for example, so it
would now have the shortcut control-Q. Then you'd have to remember to quit
via control-Q instead of the standard command-Q.
Click to expand...

Right. If you can remember to press Control-Q rather than Command-Q, go for
it.
 
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