Entourage and custom Keyboard Shortcuts

[macbbc]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Power PC
Email Client: pop

I frequently communicate in two different languages in Entourage 2008 and find myself traveling to the submenu Tools/Spelling Language ever so often to select my language.

I have tried to set up a keyboard shortcut for the two languages I use with System Preferences. They display in the menu, but because they are in a sub menu they don't work.

The keyboard shortcuts only work if I open the sub menu Spelling Language with the mouse first - but this obviously defeats the purpose of the shortcuts.

Would appreciate if you could fix this.

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I frequently communicate in two different languages in Entourage 2008
and find myself traveling to the submenu Tools/Spelling Language ever
so often to select my language.

I have tried to set up a keyboard shortcut for the two languages I
use with System Preferences. They display in the menu, but because
they are in a sub menu they don't work.

The keyboard shortcuts only work if I open the sub menu Spelling
Language with the mouse first - but this obviously defeats the
purpose of the shortcuts.

Would appreciate if you could fix this.

This newsgroup is not an official feedback mechanism to Microsoft.

Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see this feature
changed in future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism
in any Office application.

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bill

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[Diane Ross]

I frequently communicate in two different languages in Entourage 2008 and find
myself traveling to the submenu Tools/Spelling Language ever so often to
select my language.

I have tried to set up a keyboard shortcut for the two languages I use with
System Preferences. They display in the menu, but because they are in a sub
menu they don't work.

The keyboard shortcuts only work if I open the sub menu Spelling Language with
the mouse first - but this obviously defeats the purpose of the shortcuts.

See this page for help creating shortcuts for menu items. I use Keyboard
Maestro ($36) because it is so easy to use. I'm not affiliated with the
product, just a satisfied user.

Shortcuts Page <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/get_started/shortcuts.html>

 

[macbbc]

This newsgroup is not an official feedback mechanism to Microsoft.

Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see this feature
changed in future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism
in any Office application.

--

bill

Entourage Help Page
Entourage Help Blog
YouTalk
Twitter: follow

Thanks for the directions.
In my experience sending feedback just gets plainly ignored!

How can it be for instance that PowerPoint 2004 cannot show a presentation properly on a Cinema 30". Every time an update was released I tested again and sent back literally hundreds of customer feedback forms. This wide known problem still exists today.

When presenting using PowerPoint 2004 on a Cinema 30" Display, the slides are displayed incorrectly. The bottom half appears on top and vise versa.

How embarrassing is that? It's a big shame for such a big company to care so little and provide no reasonable response to its customers!

 

[macbbc]

See this page for help creating shortcuts for menu items. I use Keyboard
Maestro ($36) because it is so easy to use. I'm not affiliated with the
product, just a satisfied user.

Shortcuts Page

Thanks Diane for the tip.

I find it just a bit overkill for adding two keyboard shortcuts. Especially as the OS offers this feature and they work perfectly in cousin programs like Word and Excel.

It's a bug in Entourage and I sure hope it gets addressed adequately. It was there in Entourage 2004 if not quite as bad. And needless to say that I sent many feedback forms! If I had trouble whatsoever, someone would likely quickly encourage me to remove any add-on program...

 

[Adam Bailey]

Thanks for the directions.
In my experience sending feedback just gets plainly ignored!

I can assure you it is not. Microsoft is sometimes perceived as being slow
to respond to feedback because its development cycles are so long
(necessitated partly by the need for compatibility with Windows products).
But they do listen, they do care, and they do take user feedback very
seriously.

 

[Ed Kimball]

I can assure you it is not. Microsoft is sometimes perceived as being slow
to respond to feedback because its development cycles are so long
(necessitated partly by the need for compatibility with Windows products).
But they do listen, they do care, and they do take user feedback very
seriously.

A little more compatibility with Windows products, e.g., VBA in Word, Excel,
and Powerpoint and more Outlook Express features in Entourage, might be
worth waiting for! ;-)

 

[Diane Ross]

It's a bug in Entourage and I sure hope it gets addressed adequately. It was
there in Entourage 2004 if not quite as bad. And needless to say that I sent
many feedback forms! If I had trouble whatsoever, someone would likely quickly
encourage me to remove any add-on program...

Adding shortcuts is not considered an add on.

Microsoft does listen to the feedback. They do not reply so it might appear
that your comments drop into a black hole. After the release of 2008,
feedback played a major role in fixes that were included in SP1.