Dear Mr. Berkowitz, Thank you for your reply:
On 2003-03-27 11:13, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 3/27/03 1:17 AM, "SVEN AERTS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Can one drag or something the tasks to a folder on the desktop or somewhere >> I can save them so I can start a fresh new Task-pane? >> >> Problem: >> I realize now that I have been misusing the tasks for something it has not >> been created for: project follow-up. I have now a clutter of unfinished >> tasks/barred tasks, I don't like using it/don't use it... It just sits >> there. >> I intend to use the tasks pane just in the morning as a little 'to do today' >> pane style: buy bread, money transfer, check this, do this, do that... And >> then transfer it to my agenda and start working. > > Entourage doesn't export tasks. My shareware scripts Export-Import Entourage > X will export them to a text file (and thence into Excel if you wish). The > number of beers and chocolates you've offered me "if I ever come to > Brussels" would more than pay for the scripts. ;-) Not that the tasks are > doing much harm in Entourage. You could just view "Due Today" or Due This > Week" (in the View menu) and not look at the older tasks unless you really > want to. Thank you for your suggestion. Anyway, my wife keeps asking who that Berkowitz person is for whom I keep buying chocolates... She hasn't caught me eating them myself, but it starts showing... :-) > Tasks _should_ be for things like project tracking. But Entourage's tasks > don't offer many fields: they're far too limited. I suppose you've seen > Outlook's? Percentage of work done, rate, hours, billing info, etc. etc. > It's a shame that Mac business users should have to buy another app, when > Entourage ought to be be able to do it. Exactly, tasks in EntX are just to be used as 'Post Its', don't you agree ? Others please, your uses or tricks are welcome too. There's Belgian Chocolates to be earned... And if someone could bring some over to Mr. Berkowitz... Sven Belgium (That's where the NATO is, and so is General Powell ... And he's sleeping in the hotel at 100 m from our studio). -- 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/>
