Apple has not provided a mechanism for a central Address Book like you want.
Dan
On 7/30/01 6:34 AM, "Alan R. Houtzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am very glad to hear that MS has not ditched Entourage in Office 10 for
> MacOS X! I sure hope the central address book concept is being used.
> Already, I have seen third-party software using the MacOS X address book for
> faxing. I guess I don't care whether Mail.app is extended by Entourage or
> replaced, as long as MacOS X will allow as long as MacOS X will allow
> specifying the e-Mail client at the system level, so all apps can hook to
> the user-specified eMail app. The same would be true of the Address Book:
> if MS can provide one much better than the MacOS X provided one, and if
> there is a way that all apps can use an API to determine where the central
> address book is (rather than hard-coding a link to the Apple address book),
> then go for it!
>
>
> On 7/29/01 22:42, "Dan Crevier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On 7/29/01 3:03 PM, "Alan R. Houtzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Microsoft seems to be uncertain about whether to bring Entourage to MacOS
>>> X. When we hear from MS on the new Office 10 for MacOS X, Entourage is not
>>> mentioned. I've seen MacOS X Mail and Address Book. These two do NOT
>>> replace Entourage. If MS is trying to integrate with MacOS X's included
>>> facilities, that is a great direction to take, but please use the 'Embrace
>>> and *Extend*' philosophy! Push Apple to let you extend the address book and
>>> Mail (I want the 'Redirect' function, among other things!!!), so we don't
>>> lose the recently-introduced integration that Entourage gives Office. This
>>> is a great product, with some warts like any software, but definitely worth
>>> keeping.
>>
>> Have no fear, Entourage is being brought to OS X, along with the rest of
>> Office. Stay tuned for more announcements. There's some cool stuff coming!
>>
>> Dan
>
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