On 6/8/06 6:55 AM, "Jim Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use Synchronize! Pro X to keep my contacts/calendar/email (Entourage > database) in synch on my desktop and laptop Macs. I'm very careful to > perform the synchronization each time I leave home and each time I return, > and because the database daemon changes file modification date/time for the > Entourage database, I don't use Office Notifications :-( > > Yesterday I discovered that launching MS Word also launches the database > daemon, and of course this resets the Entourage Database file modification > flag. > > Is there ANY reason this must be the case? Of course there's a reason. Thousands of people use Office as a related suite. There are many, many functions in Word - the Contacts toolbar, which let you enter contact address and other data, auto-completion of contact names, the whole Data Merge (mail merge to form letters, address labels, email merge), etc. etc. - that depend on Word having up-to-the-minute access to the Entourage contact database. Then all the apps - Word, Excel, PowerPoint - can "Set Flag for Follow-Up" - meaning creating an Entourage Task with a Reminder. There are going to be far, far more people who depend on these functions - and some who even buy Office specifically for these functions - than the few of you who use a third party sync app. Now that Entourage offers SyncServices, you can get part way there using .Mac (no categories, no tasks, no notes -but presumably you don't use tasks much if you don't use Office Notifications). Or you could just sync your machines in the middle of the night when it doesn't matter if it takes a while to sync the Entourage database. Myself, I just do it manually when I need top get my laptop up to date. > Is there anyone in the MS Mac > business unit to whom I can plead my case regarding this design? It's not something they haven't thought of, you know. In any case, someone will read it here. But I don't expect they would consider it more important than the advertised inter-Office features many customers want. -- Paul Berkowitz -- 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/>
