Sharing the Scrapbook - Possible?

[Robin]

Hello!

I've searched the board and don't see anyone talking about this, so I
hope it's a new question...in my office we want to use the scrapbook to
help with our 50+ common text clips that we use when corresponding with
customers. My hope is that I can create a master scrapbook and then
share it with the other folks on the team who also use those same
paragraphs in their letters. Any one know if this is doable and if so,
how?

Thanks!

 

[mmmmark]

Hello!

I've searched the board and don't see anyone talking about this, so I
hope it's a new question...in my office we want to use the scrapbook to
help with our 50+ common text clips that we use when corresponding with
customers. My hope is that I can create a master scrapbook and then
share it with the other folks on the team who also use those same
paragraphs in their letters. Any one know if this is doable and if so,
how?

Thanks!

Robin,

I can't find a reference to it right now at work, but I'll look when I get
home. There is a freeware scrapbook sharing app that lets you share the
last 20 or so items that you place in your scrapbook between networked
computers. IIRC, it is even cross-platform.

I'll report back if/when I find out. I used it when working on projects
with my two computers, it beat transferring files back and forth between
working copies of docs.

best regards,
-Mark

 

[Robin]

I've looked into AutoText and it wasn't as full-featured as we need.
The scrapbook retains full formatting and lengthy (a full page of text
w/ mulitple formats is no problem) clips. I've been playing with it a
bit more and we're hoping that if we set it up in association with a
shared project it should work. But haven't been able to test that
theroy out yet and there's no guidance on MS's site or in the help.

 

[mmmmark]

Robin,

I can't find a reference to it right now at work, but I'll look when I get
home. There is a freeware scrapbook sharing app that lets you share the
last 20 or so items that you place in your scrapbook between networked
computers. IIRC, it is even cross-platform.

I'll report back if/when I find out. I used it when working on projects
with my two computers, it beat transferring files back and forth between
working copies of docs.

best regards,
-Mark

While these may not be exactly what you were looking for, they might prove
useful:

This was most useful in my use:

http://www.lagercrantz.ath.cx/software/clipboardsharing/



This one also works, but not as full featured:

http://homepage.mac.com/bnej/shareclip/



No experience with this one:

http://www.stretchedout.com/products/crossclip/crossclip.php





Best Regards,

-Mark

 

[Daiya Mitchell]

Well, the project center has a place for clippings, so it ought to work. The
scrapbook is stored as part of the Entourage database, so even though it's
accessible everywhere, it's going to be an Entourage issue. The central
issue is probably whether clippings in a shared project show up in the
scrapbook in other apps.

I don't share projects myself--you might ask on the Entourage group about
this, or search there, see if it has come up.
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage

MS's Mac site articles--not sure if any of these will help, but in case you
didn't see them:
<http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/entourage2004/using.aspx?pid=usingent
ourage2004#Managing%20Projects>

Please share results here or on the Entourage group--it's a good idea if it
works out.

 

[Robin]

Hum, I guess I didn't try hard enough! We've had a bunch of other
projects get in the way, so I haven't been able to dig in and start
setting up the canned text to see which is better: AutoText or the
scrapbook.

Thank you everyone for sharing your suggestions. Once we've figured
this out, I'll post a note.