Import Notes and Tasks from Windows Outlook ?

[Dodge]

Is there any way to import the Notes and Tasks from a Windows Outlook account
into Entourage? Little Machines O2Mac only handles the emails, contacts and
calendar items, but not Notes and Tasks. I can export them from Outlook into
..csv files, but there appears no mechanism to import them into Entourage Mac.

 

[Diane Ross]

Is there any way to import the Notes and Tasks from a Windows Outlook account
into Entourage? Little Machines O2Mac only handles the emails, contacts and
calendar items, but not Notes and Tasks. I can export them from Outlook into
.csv files, but there appears no mechanism to import them into Entourage Mac.

Paul Berkowitz's Export-Import shareware scripts. Useful even after you get
imported.

ScriptBuilders: Export-Import Entourage 1.3.10
<http://scriptbuilders.net/files/exportimportentourage1.3.10.html>

A collection of over 50 scripts to export and import almost everything -
Contacts, Groups, Calendar Events, Tasks, Notes, Messages, Folders,
Accounts, Signatures, Mailing Lists and Categories - from one identity of
Entourage X or 2004 to any other, to and from Entourage 2001, and to
transfer Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes to and from other PIM programs
on the Mac and Windows, with special converters for Microsoft OUTLOOK, Excel
and other programs.

 

[Jason]

Do the scripts work with Entourage 2008 as well?

Paul Berkowitz's Export-Import shareware scripts. Useful even after you get
imported.

ScriptBuilders: Export-Import Entourage 1.3.10
<http://scriptbuilders.net/files/exportimportentourage1.3.10.html>

A collection of over 50 scripts to export and import almost everything -
Contacts, Groups, Calendar Events, Tasks, Notes, Messages, Folders,
Accounts, Signatures, Mailing Lists and Categories - from one identity of
Entourage X or 2004 to any other, to and from Entourage 2001, and to
transfer Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes to and from other PIM programs
on the Mac and Windows, with special converters for Microsoft OUTLOOK, Excel
and other programs.

 

[Diane Ross]

Do the scripts work with Entourage 2008 as well?

AFAIK they work fine.

 

[jason]

AFAIK they work fine.

Thanks Diane. FYI, the message when you attempt to register states
that it does not work with Leopard OSX 10.5.
http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=LNK&&
Tried to email Paul directly to confirm but did not yet get a reply.
I'll test it with notes since I already figured a little work around
that I'd like to share with the community regarding tasks from Outlook
07 into entourage 2008. Once I exported my tasks out of Outlook into
Excel I simply cut and pasted them into thea an MS word notebook
document from the projects gallery on the Mac side. There's a built in
script that takes a line on the notebook and puts it into entourage as
a task with limited info - just the task name (you can setup a
reminder manually). However once the tasks are in Entourage, its
pretty quick to categorize as Entourage lets you categorize a group
of tasks. The pain is the one click at a time move you have to do in
the Word document to get them into Entourage, but once you get the
rhythm it can go pretty quickly and is certainly better than retyping.
I was thinking of a way to automate this step (click the task into
entourage button, next line, loop, ec. in applescript) but since I
only had a few hundred I did it manually, plus I haven't toyed with
applescript in over a decade since I was forced to leave mac world.

Still seeking to get my notes out of Oultook into 2007 but can't find
any conduits. Was thinking Mobile Me but looks like the Windows side
doesn't let you upload notes to me if you are configured for exchange
and I can't even see the notes on the me website. Searched high and
low but not go. Was thinking mabye via a PDA. Also looking for some
website that might do it if Pauls scripts indeed don't work in
Leopard.

Jason

 

[jason]

Thanks Diane. FYI, the message when you attempt to register states
that it does not work with Leopard OSX 10.5.http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=LNK&&
Tried to email Paul directly to confirm but did not yet get a reply.
I'll test it with notes since I already figured a little work around
that I'd like to share with the community regarding tasks from Outlook
07 into entourage 2008. Once I exported my tasks out of Outlook into
Excel I simply cut and pasted them into thea an MS word notebook
document from the projects gallery on the Mac side. There's a built in
script that takes a line on the notebook and puts it into entourage as
a task with limited info - just the task name (you can setup a
reminder manually). However once the tasks are in Entourage, its
pretty quick to categorize as Entourage lets you  categorize a group
of tasks. The pain is the one click at a time move you have to do in
the Word document to get them into Entourage, but once you get the
rhythm it can go pretty quickly and is certainly better than retyping.
I was thinking of a way to automate this step (click the task into
entourage button, next line, loop, ec. in applescript) but since I
only had a few hundred I did it manually, plus I haven't toyed with
applescript in over a decade since I was forced to leave mac world.

Still seeking to get my notes out of Oultook into 2007 but can't find
any conduits. Was thinking Mobile Me but looks like the Windows side
doesn't let you upload notes to me if you are configured for exchange
and I can't even see the notes on the me website. Searched high and
low but not go. Was thinking mabye via a PDA. Also looking for some
website that might do it if Pauls scripts indeed don't work in
Leopard.

Jason

P.S. Just came across this which looks promising, although haven't
tested it out yet.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/MarkSpace-Announces-The-Missing-Sync/story.aspx?guid={3A613A65-3DD0-4308-8468-BEF35FEE31C6}

 

[Diane Ross]

Thanks Diane. FYI, the message when you attempt to register states
that it does not work with Leopard OSX 10.5.
http://store.kagi.com/cgi-bin/store.cgi?storeID=LNK&&
Tried to email Paul directly to confirm but did not yet get a reply.

Paul is semi-retired from working with Entourage. His real job now requires
most of his time. After being an MVP for many years, he has not renewed his
status this year.