I just upgraded to Office 2004, and find some of the new features somewhat interesting--
The Arrange by Groups option seems like it could be useful. I'm having troubles with it, though, once all the messages are collapsed I can't get them to open again with the mouse -- I have to use the keyboard. And double-clicking a collapsed header opens a whole bunch of windows of every message inside it, I won't make that mistake again. But using the keyboard is cumbersome too... If the view is collapsed the focus will hit the blue header, but if not, it skips the header, which is a slightly jarring behavior. Also, there seems to be no way with the keyboard to jump to the first or last message in the folder -- to get to the end you have to step through them one by one, or use the mouse. Cmd-up, cmd-pgup, cmd-home, one of these should do this. As for the new version, I really like: - the option to selectively load images in complex HTML emails - that I can edit draft messages in the preview pane - the new "Straighten quotation marks" in the Auto-text cleanup - the concept of Projects ... and I dislike: - the inability to make outlines for a project - the changed tab-order of the panes (folders, message list, quick filter, message body) - the 2-line message entries in the preview-on-right layout (in my opinion, the new view only shows a few more entries, doesn't show near as much information about each message, and is harder to read) ... and I really wish they would have fixed/added: - an option in the junk-mail filter to remove items from the server immediately - the ability to select a folder full of emails, click-hold on the "still on server" icon and have the option to remove them from the server, even if I have messages within the selection that are no longer on the server - ability to insert tables into an email - the ability to change the quick-filter criteria (from, subject, to) using the keyboard - access to the thesaurus from within Entourage - the ability to make subtasks for tasks It was already such a fantastic product, now why won't they add the stuff I want them to. =) Otherwise, not bad. - B -- 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/>
