A few questions...

[Raj Nayak]

Title: A few questions...

Hi folks,

I'm new to the list-- please excuse me if I'm being redundant, or if there's an FAQ I can find somewhere, and please feel free to reply directly to save the list from my questions...  I love Entourage, and have used it for about a month now, but I have a few qualms with it, and I'm trying to figure out if maybe there are some settings I can change to fix things...

(1) The program is SLOW when dealing with anything but e-mail.  Launching the program takes upwards of 30 seconds.  Just pulling up the calendar results in a 15-second lag, and creating a "New Task" or a "New Note" is always a five-second wait.  I'm running on a Pismo Powerbook (400Mhz), 320MB of RAM (45 going to Entourage).  I do have a large number of messages/contacts/appointments/etc. (my user folder takes up 133 megs total).  If the program's speed (or lack thereof) is solely attributable to my overgrown database, is there a way to "archive" things like calendar appointments, etc, into a usable (and searchable) format (in case I need to look back in time for an alibi, etc.)?  What about e-mail?  I enjoy the ability to search back through five years of e-mail (and use it surprisingly frequently), but is there a way I can "archive" this into a separate database to speed things up in the everyday uses?

(2) I'm often annoyed by the Command-backspace key combo that likes to delete whole messages/notes/tasks instead of words (as in Word).  I've lost several e-mails by hitting Command-delete to delete the last word, but losing whole messages instead...  Is there a way that I can disable this keystroke?  Can ResEdit clear this up for me, perhaps?  Is it still safe to use ResEdit nowadays?

Thanks,
Raj

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 Raj Nayak
 Yale Law School
 tel: 203-777-2785
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