Hello Diane, Thank you for your knowledge. Interesting about linking. I went through all my windows and resorted all the columns (just to be comprehensive and make sure) and it did speed up the switching. Thank you for that great tip. Saved me from having to create a new identity. I'm curious, however, what is exactly "linking" you refer to?
I watch Activity Monitor while switching between Entourage windows. Highest range was 17 - 22%. I don't understand if that is low, high, or average. What do those numbers indicate to you? Thanks again for your knowledge, and for the generosity of you and the rest of the team that keeps offering assistance that makes computer life easier for the rest of us. Richard On 3/3/07 9:00 PM, "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Diane Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 17:58:16 -0800 > Subject: Re: Slow switching between windows > > Sometimes linking can cause slowdowns. For example in the Address Book: > Once it opens, click on the name column to re-sort your contacts. That > should cause Entourage to re-sort the list and speed things up. > > I wouldn't think that the size of your database is the problem. I would try > testing with default preferences to see if one of your preferences is > causing the slowdown. > > One other suggestion. Open the Activity Monitor and watch what happens when > you are switching between windows. It might give you a clue as to what might > be interfering or if it's just Entourage. Sort by % CPU. > > Have you tried Paul Berkowitz Export-Import scripts. They will save you a > lot of time. Also if you just want to reduce mail, then duplicate your > Identity, use a custom view to delete mail older than xx days in your > current Identity and you have an almost instant slimmed down Identity. > > -- > Diane > > > From: "Richard Shane, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:04:43 -0700 > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Slow switching between windows > > Hi Diane, > > I sent this a few days ago, and I've received two Entourage forum emails, > but didn't see a reply to this (I hope I didn't just miss it). In answer to > your questions, the problem does not exist in new blank identity. > > My database was 1.8 GB and I just compacted it to 1.4 GB (a few days after > the rebuild, which also compacts) > 2516 contacts > 440 incomplete tasks (mostly in the future) > I've archived two years of sent and deleted emails in folders in the > "Folders on my computer" section > > Diane, last time I needed to create a new identity, it took me about 8 hours > to transfer archived email, recreate categories (I have about 20), re-mark > each task with category, recreate preferences, recreate accounts, recreate > desired columns in all windows, etc. I would really like to not have to go > through that again, especially since I just did that in September. I don't > want to have to do this twice a year. If you say I need to, I will, but I'm > hoping you have some other suggestions. Thank you. > > Richard > > > On 2/27/07 9:00 PM, "Entourage:mac Talk" > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > From: Diane Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:33:14 -0800 >> > Subject: Re: Slow switching between windows >> > >> > On 2/27/07 9:44 AM, "Richard Shane, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >>> >> Entourage is slow switching between email, address, calendar, and task >>> >> windows. I did a rebuild, and that didn't help. I really don't want to go >>> >> through having to create a new identity because that is too time >>> consuming >>> >> and inconvenient. Any other things I could do? Thank you. >> > >> > >> > Have you tested in a new blank Identity to see if the problem exists there. >> > This would tell you if it¹s your database or some other cause. BTW, how big >> is >> > your database? >> > >> > -- >> > Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP >> > Entourage Help Page >> > <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> >> > One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog. >> > <http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/> > > > -- > Richard Shane, Ph.D. > http://www.drshane.com > 1919 14th Street, Suite 812 Boulder, Colorado 80302 303.449.0778 -- Richard Shane, Ph.D. http://www.drshane.com 1919 14th Street, Suite 812 Boulder, Colorado 80302 303.449.0778
