on 10/22/00 3:04 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 10/22/00 11:47 AM, "Bruce Klutchko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> To the MUB group:
>>
>> Well, the bugs aren't any newer than Entourage. It's just that I only just
>> found them. Please add them to your list of "Things the Beta Testers Missed
>> and Reasons Why We Don't Pay Them"
>
> Who's "We"?
Why, "We" refers to the MBU group. See above.
>>
>> 1. If the control strip module OQV is set to have reminders on, then the
>> dialog to switch between users does not pop up upon starting Entourage, no
>> matter whether or not the checkbox is checked. Also, a rebuild cannot be
>> done. There is a message about another component of Office 2001 is open and
>> must be closed. Turning off reminders in OQV is the workaround.
>
> It's not a workaround, silly. OQV's Reminders is the "other component of
> Office 2001" that's open, isn't it? just turn it off, like you're asked to.
Then why doesn't it say so? And why is there no reminder that OQV will
delete the "Change User" dialog? And why, if the Mac is the greatest
personal computer in the world, can't this be handled automatically? (Like,
"Would you like to shut down OQV so you can do this?)
>>
>> 2. If the address book info is in the main window, it is easiest to find a
>> record by highlighting the first record and then typing the first few
>> letters of the desired last name. This does not work in the following
>> circumstance:
>>
>> I have a number of "nameless" contacts which have a company name, but no
>> individual is named. When the list is sorted from A to Z by name, all of
>> these nameless contacts appear at the top of the list. If I highlight the
>> first record and then type the first letters of a last name, the desired
>> record only appears if the name starts with a mid-group B or later. If is
>> before that, the highlighted record is one of the nameless, Company
>> Name-only records. The number of records that will not be properly revealed
>> is approx. equivalent to the number of nameless records which precede the
>> first last name beginning with "A".
>
>
> That's a good catch. As I recall, the question of typing last names in the
> Address Book never came up on the beta list. None of us seemed to have a
> serious problem finding contacts in the Address Book as you do, For myself I
> often just type those first few letters in the mini-"Name Contains" box in
> the upper right corner of the Address Book. You will get a few extras of
> names where that combination of letters is mid-name, but the surname that
> actually BEGINS with those letters is first. So you just have to press tab
> once and that contact is highlighted, then press return and it opens up.
But it takes so much longer than just highlighting the first name and typing
the letters - 8 sec. Vs. 1 sec on my 603e 180 MHz.
>
>>
>> Coupled with the delay in double-clicking to open a record (I do use the
>> mini Applescript to open the highlighted record to avoid the delay), this
>> makes finding and opening a record very tedious for a na�ve user.
>
>
> Poor you! Try the above technique.
I don't consider myself among the na�ve users, even if others on the list
know so much more than I do. Just thinking of those who buy Office 2001 and
decide to take Entourage out for a spin for the first time. Could be very
disconcerting to them. I mean, at least I know that there is a Paul
Berkowitz on a list to help out with scripting around the trouble spots. All
they would know is, "Oh man, shoulda stuck with AOL and Palm Desktop"
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Bruce Klutchko
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