entourage shortcut keys

[pendolino]

greetings fellow entourage users -

i am reticently moving back to entourage in its 2008 variety after
using MS outlook in various forms over the last couple of years and
abandoning entourage 2004.

i would like to know if entourage has a GOTO FOLDER shortcut key combo
that would act like what cntrl-Y does on MS outlook where a folder
list pops up that you can select from.

i know that command-shift-M can move a message via a similar popup
folder list (cntrl-shift-V on outlook does the same) so i am guessing
there must be one for folder navigation apart from the default folder
list pane.

any help would be appreciated here. i have already run the normal
search online and found nothing.

 

[Diane Ross]

i would like to know if entourage has a GOTO FOLDER shortcut key combo
that would act like what cntrl-Y does on MS outlook where a folder
list pops up that you can select from.

i know that command-shift-M can move a message via a similar popup
folder list (cntrl-shift-V on outlook does the same) so i am guessing
there must be one for folder navigation apart from the default folder
list pane.

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You could use an AppleScript.

Here are a couple you can modify to suit your needs:

This one moves to folder "Reference":

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
try
set theMessages to current messages
on error
display dialog "select some messages before running this script."
buttons {"Quit Script"} default button 1 with icon stop
return
end try

try
move theMessages to folder "Reference"
on error
display dialog "An error occurred and the messages were not moved.
Does the folder\"Talk Read\" exist?" buttons {"Quit Script"} default button
1 with icon stop
return
end try
repeat with aMessage in theMessages
set the read status of aMessage to read

end repeat
end tell


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This one moves to a subfolder ³EXCHANGE² of folder !To Do

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
try
set theMessages to current messages
on error
display dialog "select some messages before running this script."
buttons {"Quit Script"} default button 1 with icon stop
return
end try

try
move theMessages to folder "EXCHANGE" of folder "!To Do"
on error
display dialog "An error occurred and the messages were not moved.
Does the folder\"EXCHANGE\" exist?" buttons {"Quit Script"} default button 1
with icon stop
return
end try
end tell

To add a shortcut to a script:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html>

 

[pendolino]

Diane -

Thank you for the great scripts but I was mainly asking for a way to
GO TO a folder and not move a message. Say I am in the inbox and want
to go to folder "reference" without scrolling through my folder list.
In that case I would like some kind of popup window where I can select
the folder I want by typing the first few letters of the name.

thanks.

 

[Diane Ross]

Thank you for the great scripts but I was mainly asking for a way to
GO TO a folder and not move a message. Say I am in the inbox and want
to go to folder "reference" without scrolling through my folder list.
In that case I would like some kind of popup window where I can select
the folder I want by typing the first few letters of the name.

Easiest way in Entourage 2008 is to use the Favorites bar. To "go-to" a
folder there is a script, Open Folder By: Allen Watson that should do what
you want.

Open Folder By: Allen Watson---Same concept of typing a folder's name, but
opens a folder in your browser window. For your five "main" folders such as
Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Sent, and Deleted, you can create individual scripts
with keyboard shortcuts for rapid access, but this script lets you pick any
folder. (Clicking on the folder pane at left, and typing a name, will also
select the folder, most of the time.)

<http://homepage.mac.com/allen_a_watson/.Public/Scripts/Entourage OS X%2
6%202004/Open%20Folder%20%5CcmF.hqx>

In case the above link does not work:

<http://tinyurl.com/4vvbob>

There are many scripts to use with Entourage. Scriptbuilders
<http://scriptbuilders.net/> has many listed. The Favorites Scripts Page is
a good place to start.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/fav_scripts.html>

 

[pendolino]

Thanks again for this Diane. I had already tried that script but the
problem I have with it is it works for Entourage folders 'on my
computer'. I use Exchange Server for my email and pursuant folders and
it does not seem to read those.

Is there a way to modify this script to do so? Is there a modified one
already? I was unable to locate one

 

[Diane Ross]

Thanks again for this Diane. I had already tried that script but the
problem I have with it is it works for Entourage folders 'on my
computer'. I use Exchange Server for my email and pursuant folders and
it does not seem to read those.

Is there a way to modify this script to do so? Is there a modified one
already? I was unable to locate one

You need to start a subject with "Script Help needed" to attract the
scripters. I would also ask on the Entourage talk list. There are a lot of
scripters on the list.

How to subscribe to the Microsoft Entourage talk list:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/subtalk.html>