Default Views

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Maui_Man

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

I have not found a way to set a default view for various functions. For instance, if I am in Calendar mode, scroll forward in time from current month to December, for instance, then go to mail or contacts and come back to Calendar, it's still on December. I want to come back to the current month on the calendar rather than the last monthly view I left. How do I make the current month always the default view when leaving and coming back to Calendar function?
 
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Maui Man

Thanks for the tip, but my desire for a default view goes beyond that. If I am in Calendar mode and exit Entourage, when I later come back to Entourage, I always want the initial screen to be my email in-box, not Calendar which was on screen when I exited. So, that's the type of thing I can't seem to figure out. Similarly, if I am in my contacts list/address book and exit Entourage, my in-box does not come back when I launch Entourage again -- I have to make that extra maneuver to get to my in-box rather than it coming up automatically upon launch of Entourage. This is the first email program I have had that the in-box is not the default view when launching the application.
 
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Diane Ross

Maui Man said:
Thanks for the tip, but my desire for a default view goes beyond that. If I am
in Calendar mode and exit Entourage, when I later come back to Entourage, I
always want the initial screen to be my email in-box, not Calendar which was
on screen when I exited. So, that's the type of thing I can't seem to figure
out. Similarly, if I am in my contacts list/address book and exit Entourage,
my in-box does not come back when I launch Entourage again -- I have to make
that extra maneuver to get to my in-box rather than it coming up automatically
upon launch of Entourage. This is the first email program I have had that the
in-box is not the default view when launching the application.
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Can you believe I've never had this happen to me so I was surprised when I
tested to see if I could reproduce. You are correct, Entourage opens in the
last view selected. It might be possible to use an AppleScript to launch
Entourage in the Mail view. I'll ask and see if this is possible.

In the mean time, send feedback to Microsoft.

When working in Office, you can use the ³Send Feedback² option under the
Help menu in all of the Office applications or visit

<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx>
 
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Barry Wainwright

Diane said:
Can you believe I've never had this happen to me so I was surprised when I
tested to see if I could reproduce. You are correct, Entourage opens in the
last view selected. It might be possible to use an AppleScript to launch
Entourage in the Mail view. I'll ask and see if this is possible.

In the mean time, send feedback to Microsoft.

When working in Office, you can use the ³Send Feedback² option under the
Help menu in all of the Office applications or visit

<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/suggestions.mspx>
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it is indeed - set up a schedule to run on start up that runs this script:

-- Set View to Inbox v1.0 (2008-09-14)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto:[email protected]>
-- Sets he view of a browser window to the inbox of the default mail account
-- useful as a start up script to set a preferred view
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution,
NonCommercial, ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set displayed feature of window 1 to folder "inbox" of default mail account
end tell



(Careful of linewraps - there is only one line between tell...end tell)

Save this script as a compiled script anywhere you like, and select it
as the target script in the entourage schedule definition box:
<http://www.barryw.net/temp/startupScript.jpg>
 
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Maui_Man

Diane and Barry,
Looks like you are working on something for this, which is appreciated. But, I'm not computer literate enough to work with scripts, etc. Is downloading this script something I can do? Then what?
Maui Man
 
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Diane Ross

[email protected] said:
Looks like you are working on something for this, which is appreciated. But,
I'm not computer literate enough to work with scripts, etc. Is downloading
this script something I can do? Then what?
Click to expand...

Start with this tutorial. If you still have questions, please ask.

Using AppleScripts with Entourage Part 1 (The Entourage Help Blog)
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/07/using_applescripts_with_entourage.ht
ml>

In case the above link does not work:

<http://tinyurl.com/5gpjyk>

I just posted Part 4 today.

Favorite Scripts to use with Entourage Part 2
Assign a category with a keyboard shortcut Part 3
Create a TinyURL-no more broken links Part 4

This page links to posts on using AppleScript with Entourage The Entourage
Help Blog: Search Results

<http://tinyurl.com/5ocuj7>
 
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Maui_Man

Diane, I downloaded View_to_inbox.zip, unzipped the file and moved the script file to the Microsoft User Data folder as instructed. In Entourage, I can click on the script icon and see View To Inbox listed. I clicked on it but nothing happened. If I am in Calendar or Contacts and click on the script, nothing happens. If I Quit Entourage and re-launch, I still get the last view selected rather than defaulting to email in-box. Obviously, there must be something I am doing wrong or don't understand.
Maui Man
 
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Barry Wainwright

Diane, I downloaded View_to_inbox.zip, unzipped the file and moved the script file to the Microsoft User Data folder as instructed. In Entourage, I can click on the script icon and see View To Inbox listed. I clicked on it but nothing happened. If I am in Calendar or Contacts and click on the script, nothing happens. If I Quit Entourage and re-launch, I still get the last view selected rather than defaulting to email in-box. Obviously, there must be something I am doing wrong or don't understand.
Maui Man
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Hi,

I am the author of that script.

Can you please let me know what version and language of Entourage you
are running? Do you get any error messages?
 
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Maui_Man

Barry,
Using MS Entourage 2008 for Mac, v. 12.1.2 (080729). I set it up as suggested to run at startup and get the error: "The script encountered error 'The variable details is not defined' during execution."
 
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Barry Wainwright

Barry,
Using MS Entourage 2008 for Mac, v. 12.1.2 (080729). I set it up as suggested to run at startup and get the error: "The script encountered error 'The variable details is not defined' during execution."
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Ah, I see what has happened - when Diane saved the script for a web
download she got caught out by a bad linewrap.

If you open the script (double-click on it in the finder), after the
first block of commentary text there is the word 'details' on a line by
itself. That word should be part of the line above.

Correct that and save it, and it should work OK.

Diane: are you there? Can you correct it in your version of the script?
Thanks :)
 
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Barry Wainwright

Barry,
Using MS Entourage 2008 for Mac, v. 12.1.2 (080729). I set it up as suggested to run at startup and get the error: "The script encountered error 'The variable details is not defined' during execution."
Click to expand...



Ah, I see what has happened - when Diane saved the script for a web
download she got caught out by a bad linewrap.

If you open the script (double-click on it in the finder), after the
first block of commentary text there is the word 'details' on a line by
itself. That word should be part of the line above.

Correct that and save it, and it should work OK.

Diane: are you there? Can you correct it in your version of the script?
Thanks :)
 
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Maui_Man

Barry, I moved the word "details" to the line above as suggested, then launch Entourage, I get...The script encountered error "Microsoft Entourage got an error: Can't set displayed feature of window 1 to folder "inbox" of default mail account." during execution.
 
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Barry Wainwright

Barry, I moved the word "details" to the line above as suggested, then launch Entourage, I get...The script encountered error "Microsoft Entourage got an error: Can't set displayed feature of window 1 to folder "inbox" of default mail account." during execution.
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did you have a browser window open and in front? I can see I'll have to
modify the script and put in some error checking for when the browser
window isn't frontmost.

I'll get to it...
 
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Barry Wainwright

Barry said:
did you have a browser window open and in front? I can see I'll have to
modify the script and put in some error checking for when the browser
window isn't frontmost.

I'll get to it...
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I updated the script and sent it to Diane - I'm sure she'll get it up on
her web pages soon...
 
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Maui_Man

Barry,
I don't know if I had a browser window open at the time. However, I just now made sure everything, including a web browser, was closed. Then I launched Entourage and got the same error message as noted above. Thanks for trying so hard to figure out something I think MS should have done already. To not be able to customize default views in a multi-function app makes no sense, to me at least.
Maui Man
 
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Diane Ross

[email protected] said:
I don't know if I had a browser window open at the time. However, I just now
made sure everything, including a web browser, was closed. Then I launched
Entourage and got the same error message as noted above. Thanks for trying so
hard to figure out something I think MS should have done already. To not be
able to customize default views in a multi-function app makes no sense, to me
at least.
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Barry and I are working on the script, but I want to take this time to
remind you that you can switch views with these shortcuts.

Command 1 opens Mail view

Command 2 opens Address Book

Command 3 opens Calendar

Command 4 opens Notes

Command 5 opens Tasks

Command 6 opens Projects
 

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