Major bug in Entourage

[doobear]

There is a MAJOR bug in Entourage, which renders this product absolutely
unusable to me: accidentally clicking on the any (other than first) day of an
multi-day event makes it, without a warning, the FIRST day of the event (the
entire event is shifted forward, the Undo command doesn't work.) This bug is
so scary that I will try to return Office 2008 and go back to iCal.

 

[JE McGimpsey]

There is a MAJOR bug in Entourage, which renders this product absolutely
unusable to me: accidentally clicking on the any (other than first) day of an
multi-day event makes it, without a warning, the FIRST day of the event (the
entire event is shifted forward, the Undo command doesn't work.) This bug is
so scary that I will try to return Office 2008 and go back to iCal.

What do you mean when you say you click on "the any (other than first)
day of an multi-day event"?

I can make what I *think* you mean happen if I click and drag a
multi-day event bar to another date, but simply clicking on the event
bar doesn't change anything for me.

 

[doobear via MacKB.com]

I mean exactly this: a single click on any day of a multi-day appointment
shifts this appointment forward.Yes, you can also click and drag (as expected)
I forgot to mention that this happens only in the whole month view. I have
a Student Edition of the Office, installed on two different Macs, and in both
cases the behavior is identical. Another, still annoying but less damaging
bug is that in a week view a single click on the top of the day's column
creates a whole day event (it does not happen if you click on an hour within
the day.)

 

[Barry Wainwright]

I mean exactly this: a single click on any day of a multi-day appointment
shifts this appointment forward.Yes, you can also click and drag (as expected)

I can't make it happen with just a click, but I can make it happen if I just
drag a short distance _on_the_same_day_.

Yes, it's a bug, yes, I'll report it.

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see <http://www.microsoft.com/mvp/> for details)
Visit the Entourage User¹s Weblog for Hints, tips and troubleshooting
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[JE McGimpsey]

I mean exactly this: a single click on any day of a multi-day appointment
shifts this appointment forward.Yes, you can also click and drag (as expected)
. I forgot to mention that this happens only in the whole month view.

Ah. As Barry said, it seems to happen only when the bar is dragged, even
slightly.

It's hard to differentiate with a mouse, but I can see the difference
with my trackpad. When I quickly click the event, with my finger still
on the trackpad, I can occasionally cause it to jump, but it's very
likely due to my moving my finger a bit.

When I position the cursor over the event, lift my finger completely off
the trackpad, then click the button, I can't get the bar to move.