Transfer info from Tasks to Calendar

[ddurs]

Version: 2004
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

Is there a way to transfer info from a task entry to a Calendar entry without having to retype the information? Thanks.

 

[Adam Bailey]

Is there a way to transfer info from a task entry to a Calendar entry without
having to retype the information? Thanks.

Copy and Paste?

 

[ddurs]

Copy and Paste?

I was hoping for something automated -- that is quite a bit of work to enter the same info twice.

 

[ddurs]

I was hoping for something automated -- that is quite a bit of work to enter the same info twice.

 

[Adam Bailey]

I was hoping for something automated -- that is quite a bit of work to enter
the same info twice.

Can you explain your workflow in greater detail? Does every (or many)
Calendar item need to also have a Task? Does every Task need to have a
Calendar item? There may be another way to accomplish your goals.

 

[Diane Ross]

I was hoping for something automated -- that is quite a bit of work to enter
the same info twice.

Create an event instead of a task.

 

[William Smith [MVP]]

I was hoping for something automated -- that is quite a bit of work
to enter the same info twice.

Nothing exists to automatically convert a task to an event, however, you
might be interested in using Links instead.

A link allows you to keep the task and associate an event. Open the Task
and look for the Links menu button in your Toolbar. If you don't see the
Links menu button then use the View --> Customize Toolbar... menu
command to add it to your Toolbar.

Hope this helps!

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[Kerry]

Copy and Paste?

There are 3 Applescripts that do this for Messages to events, tasks
and notes. You'll see them in the Applescript pulldown menu. I wonder
if you went to the Applescript folder storing these for Entourage.
duplicate them and re-write them for a task as the prime and an event
as the target leaving most of the core code in tack. They are fairly
complex scripts if I remember but it might work. I would think you'd
need to do a lot of this for this to be worth whiled.

The other suggestion I have is to get Quickeys V4 (just released and
its the best upgrade they've ever come out with) and use it. Its very
easy to do this with Quickeys and actually automate anything on your
Mac in a fairly straightforward fashion. You might find it a little
daunting at first but once you're onto this its an incredibly powerful
tool and well worth the money. I've used it since 1990 and couldn't
live without it. You can find it at Startly.com.

Just a thought on how you could automate this processors.