Hello William,
I love my Favorites bar! You can also _drag_ items into and out of the
Favorites bar but I think my favorite feature is that I can put mail
folders there and drag messages directly onto it to move them.
This is also an interesting tip you just mentioned - we're getting off topic
for this thread, but I see that when you create a project, Entourage will
automatically make a "mail" folder in the folder list. Then, when I try the
trick you mentioned, i.e. dragging the new project/mail folder to the
favorites bar, I can now drag mail messages to the folder on the favorites
bar, and Entourage will automatically assign that message to the specified
project. (Whew!)
For instance, I created a project in Entourage called "Business and Career".
When I switch to mail mode, I can see the folder, "Business and Career"
showing up in the mail folders list, under the category "Folders on My
Computer". I dragged the "Business and Career" folder to the favorites bar.
Now, I can assign any e-mail to that project, just by dragging it to the
word "Business and Career" on the favorites bar. Pretty nifty...
However, I also found that it's not as flexible as it looks. For instance:
- I can't drag a contact to that "Business and Career" item on the
favorites bar - only e-mail messages can be dragged there.
- Similarly, items on the calendar can't be dragged to the favorites bar
either. If I want to refer to a memo I wrote in a calendar appointment item,
for instance, it seems I can't use the favorites bar as a bookmark - a pity.
- Likewise, I can't drag items from the to-do list in calendar view to the
favorites bar - they simply refuse to be dragged (argh!).
- Once you create an item on the favorites bar, there seems to be no way to
rename it - you're stuck with that name.
The favorites bar seems to be a good idea in theory; but based on the above,
I really think that the implementation of this potentially handy feature has
a long way to go.
Jeff