Sound Set in Entourage 2008 Gone?

[Bloggy.blog.de]

<http://fuzzyco.com/news/geekery/converting_or_creating_sound_sets_for_entourage_2008.html> seems cool, but I wanna use my old, self-made sound sets. Today I upgraded from OfficeMacX2002 to OfficeMac2008, and I dragged my old sound sets into the fresh 2008 sound set folder and restarted Entourage2008, but then the popup menu for choosing these sounds only showed the 'Standard' set. 'Standard' works and plays fine on my OSX.4.11, but I want my old sound sets without having to create new audio formats. Micro$oft must (!) patch this. Thanks.

 

[Diane Ross]

<http://fuzzyco.com/news/geekery/converting_or_creating_sound_sets_for_entoura
ge_2008.html> seems cool, but I wanna use my old, self-made sound sets. Today
I upgraded from OfficeMacX2002 to OfficeMac2008, and I dragged my old sound
sets into the fresh 2008 sound set folder and restarted Entourage2008, but
then the popup menu for choosing these sounds only showed the 'Standard' set.
'Standard' works and plays fine on my OSX.4.11, but I want my old sound sets
without having to create new audio formats. Micro$oft must (!) patch this.
Thanks.

A fix should be forthcoming where you can use custom soundsets.

They are mp3 now, if that helps.

 

[Bloggy.blog.de]

Thank you so much, Diane! =) Yes, MP3 files would be handy. Hopefully we users will not have to 'package' them specially. We simply want to put those MP3s into certain subfolders where they simply work. Easily. And nothing else matters.

I'm looking forward...

By the way: On the whole, the new EntourageMac2008 is great (the best so far)! Just one last thing: In the font size options, we can choose e.g. 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9 and 7, but not '8'. Why, why, why? '8' would be my absolute favourite! 7 is too small and 9 is too large. A fix here would do it, too...

Thanks again...
(-:
Bloggy

 

[Guest]

Maybe it's Leopard, maybe it's Office 2008. Either way, somebody have the Steves talk and work it out.

 

[Diane Ross]

Thank you so much, Diane! =) Yes, MP3 files would be handy. Hopefully we users
will not have to 'package' them specially. We simply want to put those MP3s
into certain subfolders where they simply work. Easily. And nothing else
matters.

I think there will be a .plist file to modify. I just use them so I'm' not
the best person to be explaining creating them.

Did you see my tip on using custom sounds with Entourage? Not replacing the
sound set but sounds that are triggered by a rule?

See this page for using custom sounds with Entourage. You can even create
your own sounds or use computer voices to announce your mail. For example,
you could have the AppleScript say ³Mail from Dad².

Rule to Play Sound

I'm looking forward...

By the way: On the whole, the new EntourageMac2008 is great (the best so far)!
Just one last thing: In the font size options, we can choose e.g. 14, 13, 12,
11, 10, 9 and 7, but not '8'. Why, why, why? '8' would be my absolute
favourite! 7 is too small and 9 is too large. A fix here would do it, too...

The only suggestion I have is to select a different font. I really like the
new fonts that came with Entourage 2008. The Installing 2008 blog article
contains a screen shot showing comparisons for those that don't have Office
2008 installed. Be sure to click on the thumbnail to get a good view:

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/installing_office_for_mac_2008.html>

or

<http://tinyurl.com/yr35h6>

 

[Bloggy.blog.de]

Yes, Diane!
Easy to use:

Open ScriptEditor ...
write a simple AppleScript with the 'say' command ...
save it as .scpt into the soundset folder ...
open Entourage ...
create a rule and combine it with the .scpt ...

Now Entourage speaks.
Spoken words are the best sounds!
Test and enjoy ...

 

[Lost without sound]

I really count on having those sounds so I know when an e-mail comes in...any word on when we can expect the first service pack or update?

 

[Diane Ross]

I really count on having those sounds so I know when an e-mail comes in...any
word on when we can expect the first service pack or update?

Microsoft only announces dates in official release statements. None of us
know before the general public.

Before the sound problem, I've used custom sounds with rules in Entourage. I
use these specific sounds for special mails. Examples:

If mail is from:

a buddy... I hear the spoken text "buddy"
a friend... I hear spoken text "friends"
Work category... I hear the "ships bell sound"
Support work....the quack sound
Family...the "You've got mail"
Alerts....the alert sound...easy to hear this one in another room

The combination of spoken word and sounds makes it easy to identify the
notification. Too many just sounds will start getting confusion, at least it
is for me.

Starting to get the picture of how useful this could be?

See this page for using custom sounds with Entourage. You can even create
your own sounds or use computer voices to announce your mail. For example,
you could have the AppleScript say ³Mail from Dad².

Rule to Play Sound

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/sounds.html>

I made a lot of these sounds available for downloading including the
AppleScripts to run them. Screenshots show how to create the rule.

 

[cconesa]

Something else to add to the thread. I have an iMAC and a MacBook. iMAC was installed with Office 2004 and then upgraded to Office 2008... no sound in entourage. I formatted the MacBook and installed Office 2008 afresh, the sounds in entourage works!. Is there something left behind from Office 2004 that causes a conflict?.

 

[Yasmin Hashmi]

After 7 years thrashing my old Mac G4 to death, I just bought a new iMac with OSx 10.5.1, and bought Entourage. The first notification sound works, then nothing. I don't have time to customise sounds or fiddle about - it's time-consuming enough transferring/converting files from my old Mac, especially Outlook Express messages! Anyway, I just want the thing to work as it is supposed to, and feel reassured that I am not alone. I look forward to the bug fix. Will we be notified, or how will we know?

 

[Cberrien]

Diane..Thank you for all your instructions on laoding custom sound files into entourage. I have tried doing exactly what you recommended...but when I run the scripts I get: Applescript error: File Macintosh HD:Users:curtisberrienocuments:Microsoft User Data:Custom Sounds:alert.aiff wasn’t found.
aiff files are where they are supposed to be.
PS I am a rookie.

 

[mortfe]

According to Mac FIxIt, Office 2008 update is due March 11. Guess we'll have to wait till then.

 

[laurie]

I too have no sound alerts.
Bit of a blow when I have now upgraded.

 

[Tazio_Weed]

I'd like to add my voice to those who have stated they have no sounds in Entourage - after the first time they've been used, or after minimizing the program to the Dock.

I would be nice if we were notified when a fix to this bug is posted ...

 

[AlphaBovine]

Well, since I started this I might as well add another two cents.

For anyone who reads the press releases and the blog by the dev team, you will not that the first patch for Office '08 is due out on the 11th or March or sometime very close to that. Details on which bugs are going to be fixed on this patch are not known, but I think it is a safe bet that since this is one of the most popular threads on the Entourage forum that it is in there.

Be patient and just remember that a 1.0 release is never perfect and just be glad that this release has good smoothly unlike the Windows version or even Vista. (do not start threading on how wrong or right I am, it was just a point for thought.)

 

[rfelgueiras]

for the record, I took the sound files from:

Microsoft Office 2008/Office/EntourageCore.framework/Versions/12/Resources/

mailsent.wav
newmail.wav
nomail.wav
welcome.wav
goodbye.wav
mailerror.wav
reminder.wav

and copied them to the "Entourage Sound Set" folder in username/documents/microsoft user data/Entourage Sound Sets and just left them as .wav files there and restarted Entourage and my sounds all work now.

 

[MWGassen]

Copying the sounds to your current Microsoft User Data folder, from the resources folder does work.

It would appear to me that the sounds break, after importing, and/or copying the Microsoft User Data file from an older version.

 

[aRKay]

Copying the sounds to your current Microsoft User Data folder, from the
resources folder does work.

Please provide "Dick and Jane" version of how your got the new mail
sound to work.

It would appear to me that the sounds break, after importing, and/or copying
the Microsoft User Data file from an older version.

You may be correct

 

[gotart]

See my recent post 03.07.2008 about the no sound notification problem. I have done extensive testing on this.
Entourage 2008 work in Tiger but not in Leopard. The sounds are WAVE sounds located in the core framework in the Resources folder. The are not the same sound codecs as in the 2004 or 2001. 2008 will not use your sound sets from 2004. They are the more popular WAVE audio files.
If yo email me I can give you the direct folder hierarchy as to where the sound files are.
I too rely on these sounds to notify me when email arrives. I have gone back to Entourage 2004 until Microsoft fixes this problem.

 

[Diane Ross]

I too rely on these sounds to notify me when email arrives. I have gone back
to Entourage 2004 until Microsoft fixes this problem.

Even before the sound problem, I used custom sounds in rules. You can even
create your own sounds or use computer voices to announce your mail. For
example, you could have the AppleScript say ³Mail from Dad².

Rule to Play Sound

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/rules/sounds.html>

It makes using the default sound set so old school. Be creative and have
some fun with sounds.