Drag emails to a calendar to automatically create a calendar event

[DarrGris]

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

I´m new to Entourage and am getting used to my first Mac.
Outlook 2007 has a very handy function. By dragging an email message to the Calendar icon in the sidebar, a dialog box opens to create a calendar event and the email message is automatically pasted into the notes section. When people contact me with a range of dates and times for a meeting, this feature saves me from going back and forth between Mail and Calendar views to schedule. Does Entourage have a similar function or is there a workaround for those of you who handle lots of scheduling?
Thanks.

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I´m new to Entourage and am getting used to my first Mac. Outlook
2007 has a very handy function. By dragging an email message to the
Calendar icon in the sidebar, a dialog box opens to create a calendar
event and the email message is automatically pasted into the notes
section. When people contact me with a range of dates and times for a
meeting, this feature saves me from going back and forth between Mail
and Calendar views to schedule. Does Entourage have a similar
function or is there a workaround for those of you who handle lots of
scheduling?

Entourage includes an AppleScript to create an event from a message.

Look for the AppleScript menu just after the Help menu. Select "Create
Event from Message".

Hope this helps!

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bill

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