Date and Time stamp

J

Jeremy Fieldsend

Is there a way of getting a date and time stamp into the Notes section
of a Task? Either through entourage itself or perhaps using a third
party bit of shareware?
Thanks.
 
J

Jeremy Fieldsend

Mickey Stevens said:
In Entourage 2004, which supports services, you can do this using DEVON
Technologies's free WordService service (that's what I use).
<http://www.devon-technologies.com/download/shareware.php>
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Someone else suggested this and I have downloaded it but can't get it to
show in the Services menu. Apparantly there's a bug in 10.2.8 which
means that because of WordService's size, it bumps everything out of
Services - including itself! I have tried to clear Services to make
room. However, whilst the folder only shows one item - and I removed it
- the menu still shows half a dozen apps (with nothing in their
submenus).

So.... How do I get rid of unwanted Services to make room for the - by
all accounts - excellent WordService?
After downloading and installing, go to Entourage > Services > Insert to
insert the date and time.

Another option that offers more flexibility is Paul Berkowitz's free "Date
Stamp" script, available from his site.
<http://homepage.mac.com/berkowit28/>
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I will give that a go too.

Thanks
 
M

Mickey Stevens

Someone else suggested this and I have downloaded it but can't get it to
show in the Services menu. Apparantly there's a bug in 10.2.8 which
means that because of WordService's size, it bumps everything out of
Services - including itself! I have tried to clear Services to make
room. However, whilst the folder only shows one item - and I removed it
- the menu still shows half a dozen apps (with nothing in their
submenus).

So.... How do I get rid of unwanted Services to make room for the - by
all accounts - excellent WordService?
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That's strange. I'm running OS X 10.2.8 and I have no problem with it. Do
you have build 6R73? Go to Apple > About this Mac, and click "Version
10.2.8". If you're running another build, be sure to get the latest one.

You can eliminate any services you've installed by clearing these folders:
/Library/Services/
/Users/<Your User>/Library/Services/

There are also a few services that are installed by the system (located in
/System/Library/Services/). If you really want to, you can delete those
using the root super-user, but that could cause unintended consequences (be
very careful if you try this). I'm not sure that would help though.

A tutorial is here:
<http://www.macally.com/techsupport/faq/faq_osxroot.html>

Follow sections I and II, and then clear the /System/Library/Services/
folder. Log out of root and log in again in your user.
 
J

Jeremy Fieldsend

Mickey Stevens said:
That's strange. I'm running OS X 10.2.8 and I have no problem with it. Do
you have build 6R73?
Yes.

Go to Apple > About this Mac, and click "Version
10.2.8". If you're running another build, be sure to get the latest one.

You can eliminate any services you've installed by clearing these folders:
/Library/Services/
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Nothing in there.

/Users/<Your User>/Library/Services/
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Nothing in there either. And yet, in the Services menu there are the
following:

Finder > (Submenus greyed out)
Grab > (Submenus greyed out)
Mail > (Submenus greyed out)

Then there's three items which are greyed out:
Make New Sticky Note
Open ULR in Safari
Send File to Bluetooth Device...

Then:
Speech > (Submenus greyed out)

Then greyed out:
Summarize

TextEdit > (Submenus greyed out)

Any ideas?
Thanks
 
P

Paul Berkowitz

Nothing in there.



Nothing in there either. And yet, in the Services menu there are the
following:

Finder > (Submenus greyed out)
Grab > (Submenus greyed out)
Mail > (Submenus greyed out)

Then there's three items which are greyed out:
Make New Sticky Note
Open ULR in Safari
Send File to Bluetooth Device...

Then:
Speech > (Submenus greyed out)

Then greyed out:
Summarize

TextEdit > (Submenus greyed out)

Any ideas?
Thanks
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Oh, just get my script. It's much easier than that, and gives you umpteen
formats.

--
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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PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.
 
J

Jeremy Fieldsend

Paul Berkowitz said:
Oh, just get my script. It's much easier than that, and gives you umpteen
formats.
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How right you are!
Thanks. Perfect. (Though I'd still like to get my Services menu working
as well!)
 
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