H
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Since there is no way to organize tasks in Entourage (sub-tasks, order
of tasks, etc.) I have been using OmniOutliner Pro for project planning,
and copying current tasks into Entourage projects as needed.
This has been working wonderfully for me so far (although I'd like to be
able to automate creating an Entourage task from a line in Outliner, but
that's another issue.) I especially like viewing project plan files in
the Files section of the Project Center views. It makes it very slick to
open the plan outline while looking at other project information.
Unfortunately, as of today, when I create a new Outliner file and save
it in a Finder Watch Folder the file does not show up in the Project
Center window in Entourage. Instead, a file called contents.xml appears.
When I click on this file (single click, not double click) it launches
an ap called Property List Editor, although no window or document
appears to be open.
I am baffled. Old Outliner files appear as normal, only new Outliner
files do this. New Word and Excel files appear normally as well.
I have repaired permissions, verified and rebuilt the Entourage
database, and restarted the machine. I don't recall installing any
updates to either Entourage or Outliner recently.
This may be purely an Outliner issue, and I'm trying their tech support
forums as well - but if anyone has any clue as to why this might occur,
or what the "contents.xml" files are, or what the Property List Editor
is I would be most appreciative.
thanks for any insight!
Larry Hoffman
of tasks, etc.) I have been using OmniOutliner Pro for project planning,
and copying current tasks into Entourage projects as needed.
This has been working wonderfully for me so far (although I'd like to be
able to automate creating an Entourage task from a line in Outliner, but
that's another issue.) I especially like viewing project plan files in
the Files section of the Project Center views. It makes it very slick to
open the plan outline while looking at other project information.
Unfortunately, as of today, when I create a new Outliner file and save
it in a Finder Watch Folder the file does not show up in the Project
Center window in Entourage. Instead, a file called contents.xml appears.
When I click on this file (single click, not double click) it launches
an ap called Property List Editor, although no window or document
appears to be open.
I am baffled. Old Outliner files appear as normal, only new Outliner
files do this. New Word and Excel files appear normally as well.
I have repaired permissions, verified and rebuilt the Entourage
database, and restarted the machine. I don't recall installing any
updates to either Entourage or Outliner recently.
This may be purely an Outliner issue, and I'm trying their tech support
forums as well - but if anyone has any clue as to why this might occur,
or what the "contents.xml" files are, or what the Property List Editor
is I would be most appreciative.
thanks for any insight!
Larry Hoffman