Re: Changing Subject Line of Received Mail: Done!

[Paul Berkowitz]

Title: Re: Changing Subject Line of Received Mail: Done!

On 10/26/04 7:35 AM, "Mark Falchook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> How do I go about changing the Subject Line of a received email? The
> Apple Store guys said that "it can't be done", but I've heard
> otherwise. (They tried going into Edit Message, as one would do in
> Outlook Express, but the Subject line wasn't in an editable field.)
> This is a very important feature for me. Please advise.

You have to do it via AppleScript. Copy and paste the following script into Script Editor (/Applications/AppleScript/). Save it as a Script (the default) to the Entourage Script Menu Items folder in the Microsoft User Data folder in your user Documents folder. Name it "Change the Subject" - or if you'd like it to have a keyboard shortcut such as control-option-command-C, name it

    Change the Subject \comC

To give it a different shortcut read about the shortcut codes in Entourage Help "About the script menu". Don't pick one that's already taken. Here's the script:

-----------Change the Subject -------------------

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
    try
       set theMsg to item 1 of (get current messages)
    on error
       beep
       display dialog "First select a message, then try again." buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1 with icon 0
        return
   end try
   set theSubject to subject of theMsg
   display dialog "Change the subject to:" default answer theSubject with icon 1
    set newSubject to text returned of result
   set subject of theMsg to newSubject
end tell

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You must have a message selected in the message list when you run the script. It's OK if it's open in its own window, or not. Just press the shortcut keys if you made one, or select the script in the Script menu. The subject will change immediately (and will be resorted in the message list if applicable). It will also have an "edited" icon - that is unavoidable, even by script.    

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Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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