On 16/7/04 7:18 am, "Scott Haneda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If I control click on a folder in E-rage 2004, I see I can get to > "categories" and pick a certain one, what is this for, I don't get it? Is the question "What are categories for, in general?" or "What are categories assigned to folders for?" - these are very different questions! The easy one to answer is the second one. You assign a category to a folder in order to give that folder a colour so it stands out in the folder list. No other reason. Categories in general are a lot different! - Yes, they give items colour, especially useful in mail views and calendar views. They also allow for some good automation - I use categories assigned to contacts, which are automatically assigned to incoming mail linked to those contacts (this is a preference setting) and mail can be filtered against those categories. (for example, business contacts are assigned to the 'work' category AND to either 'customers', 'staff' or 'suppliers'. Now, incoming mail that isn't handled by specifc contact, company or project rules can be swept up by a broader "category is 'work' and category is 'customer'" rule and filed accordingly. Categories (and now, in E2004, Projects) are extremely powerful tools that are a major benefit to Entourage. Don't forget that you can apply as many categories as you like to any item in entourage! -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- 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/>
