On 11/22/02 4:13 PM, "Gary Lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I just wanted to follow up on a reply that Paul Berkowitz made to this post > (I've lost Paul's reply, sorry.) > > IIRC, Paul has suggested some methods for setting categories in relation to > this post, and he has stressed the order in which categories are assigned. > > It is that point that I'd like to address, and see if anyone else has the > same frustrations. > > > The resulting color of an item assigned multiple categories depends on the > order in which those categories are applied. Okay, fine. > > However, the ordering will be different depending on HOW you add more > categories. > > For example, if I am looking at a list of messages, on the right, and I have > the Category column showing, and if I click the category name then I am > presented with a pop-up list of my defined categories. When I choose a > category from the list, it is inserted into the category list (as displayed > in the category column) IN FRONT of the other categories already assigned to > the item, and the item takes on the color of the now last-assigned category. > > If, however, I control-click or menu-choose "Assign Categories", then the > categories are listed in the category column alphabetically and the color of > the item is the alphabetically first category. > > > Am I missing a "feature" here, or is the assignment of categories operating > differently in differing views a bug? > When the ordering matters - i.e. when you are adding a second or third category and not a first category, and not removing a category - then you should not take the shortcut of clicking on the Category column to do your adding. That's what it is - a shortcut for convenience. When precision matters, you should go to Edit/Categories/Assign Categories, or control-click (right-click if you have a two-button mouse) and choose Categories/Assign Categories, or simply press the keyboard shortcut command-, [command-comma], to bring up the Assign Categories window. That lets you add as many categories as you like and then specify WHICH is to be primary by selecting it then clicking the Set Primary button at the bottom. > P.S. Yeah, put the checkbox back. It's a much more logical way than 'fake' > categories. And while you're doing that, please fix the Category window by > allowing a sort by color. New versions of software which increase functionality sometimes involve learning new routines. Just learn command-comma Why should MS get rid of greatly-increased functionality just because you're stuck in your old ways, just for you. The new method allows much more flexibility. The software is only a couple years old anyway. Just forget that they once had a less-good method in 2001, and learn the new way. What do you mean "Sort by Color"? How do you sort colors? Red at the top, Blue at the bottom? RGB values? I don't think that many people other than graphic artists, maybe, will know what the correct order is for colors. If you mean color-by-name, are you perhaps not aware that you can set up to 281 trillion (2.81 ^14) colors by clicking "Other" in the color well for each category. Many people set their own colors this way - these colors don't have names. -- Paul Berkowitz MVP Entourage PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - 2001 or X. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
