Entourage 2004 vs. 2008

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Mickey Alberto

First of all, I am new to Entourage 2004. Coming from an Outlook(Windows)
environment it doesn't seem to be as mature. Overall 2004 seems slow to
bring up a message that has heavy HTML. I also have grief with getting the
fixed sized fonts to a reasonable size...actually I can't. If do the
SHIFT-COMMAND + within the message it is fine. There just isn't a size for
what I like in between.

Enough of that...So what about 2008. Is it worth it for the Exchange
version? I realize I can't buy the Student version as there is no support
for my Exchange server. Is there enough gained to justify the price. I got
my existing version of 2004 free from my MS Exchange hosting company. I can
sort of live with it if I had to.

I don't know of any alternatives out there either so if there, I am
listening

Thanks for your comments in advance
 
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Diane Ross

First of all, I am new to Entourage 2004. Coming from an Outlook(Windows)
environment it doesn't seem to be as mature. Overall 2004 seems slow to
bring up a message that has heavy HTML. I also have grief with getting the
fixed sized fonts to a reasonable size...actually I can't. If do the
SHIFT-COMMAND + within the message it is fine. There just isn't a size for
what I like in between.
Click to expand...

Entourage's HTML layout capabilities are extremely limited. Office 2004
offers one relatively easy way of creating more complex layouts through Word
2004. Please note, Word's HTML is not exactly W3C compatible. This can
result in discrepancies between the original Word document and the resulting
Entourage E-mail.
Enough of that...So what about 2008. Is it worth it for the Exchange
version? I realize I can't buy the Student version as there is no support
for my Exchange server. Is there enough gained to justify the price. I got
my existing version of 2004 free from my MS Exchange hosting company. I can
sort of live with it if I had to.
Click to expand...

A Test Drive should be out soon. Entourage 2008 does have better HTML
handling, but no complex HTML improvements.

Exchange is much better in Entourage 2008. As to whether it's worth it, read
some of the articles out on Entourage 2008.

Entourage 2008 corrects several annoying behaviors for home users

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/entourage_2008_corrects_several_ann
oying_behaviors_nonexchan.html>

How Entourage works with a mailbox on an Exchange Server

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/02/how_entourage_works_with_a_mailbox_o
n_an_exchange_server.html>

Entourage 2008 ­ New Features (Part I & II )
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/02/entourage_2008_new_features_part_i_i
i.html> Blog)
 
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