Is there a way to make a custom view the default mail view in entrourage.
Meaning, when I click on the mail toolbar button, I want it to display my
custom view.
Not really, no. There are ways to make accessing custom views quick and
easy, though. Say you have a view called "My Special View". In Script
Editor, write a script like this:
property theView : "My Special View"
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set theClass to class of the front window
if theClass = browser window then
set the displayed feature of the front window to custom view theView
else
display dialog "Open " & theView & " in its own window?" giving up
after 10 ¬
buttons {"No", "Yes"} default button "Yes"
if button returned of result is "Yes" then open custom view theView
end if
end tell
That script when run will open your custom view for you. Assign it a
keyboard shortcut using the filename suffix method described in Entourage
Help under "script menu". Then you can open your custom view with a quick
keystroke. I generally get the custom view I like open in its own window
(not a browser window; you can force that by running this script with a
non-browser in front, such as the Progress Window, or else by
double-clicking on the custom view in the folder list, so it opens in its
own window), and keep that open; I switch to it when I want using the Window
menu.
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Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers)
Allen Watson <
[email protected]> Entourage FAQ site:
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http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage:
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http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/FileSharing3.html>
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http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
