Hi Ronni, Many thanks for that, there are always new things to learn about the Mac!!
It is many, many years since I did any sort of 'programming' (first FORTRAN then BASIC!) but applescript looks kinda fun - like somewhere between Excel macros and 'real' programming! At present, I have a rather more pressing issue (a WAMUG help query is imminent) but I will definitely check out applescript in the future. Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 26/7/08 4:54 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Neil, > > If you open AppleScript Utility and check 'Show Script Menu in Menu > Bar', > you will see the Script Menu provides 16 premade categories, which > incorporate over 100 scripts. > > In the Address Book Scripts folder you will see 'Import Addresses', > which is designed to move your names and addresses into Address Book > from Entourage, Outlook Express, Palm Desktop, Eudora, Claris Emailer, > or Netscape. > Having a look at the script: It will tell application 'Microsoft > Entourage' to set vCardData etc to enable import into Address Book. > "This script is used in conjunction with the Import Addresses script. It > implements address importing from Microsoft Entourage through the > importToAddressBook handler." > > Address Book can import files in vCard format, the less common LDIF > format or tab-separated database files. > > If you want to learn more about AppleScript, you can download > 'AppleScript Language Guide 2008' from here: > <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppleScript/Conceptual/AppleScriptLa > ngGuide/AppleScriptLanguageGuide.pdf >> > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 26/07/2008, at 1:19 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: > >> Hi Ronni, >> >> So, what would be the point of the Apple supplied scripts - are they >> for >> some slightly different purpose or just redundant? >> >> Cheers >> >> Neil >> >> on 25/7/08 10:06 PM, Ronda Brown at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> Hi Michael & Neil, >>> >>> The easiest way is to open Entourage and export all the entries as >>> vCards into a folder. >>> Then open Address Book and simply drag all the vCards into Address >>> Book or use the Import vCards option under Address Book's File menu. >>> >>> You can also In the Preferences menu for Entourage, you can select >>> the >>> option to synchronize your calendar and contacts with iCal and >>> Address >>> Book. >>> Entourage > Preferences > Sync Services >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Ronni >>> >>> On 25/07/2008, at 7:24 PM, Neil Houghton wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Michael, >>>> >>>> I don't know how relevant it is but I recently noticed that in the >>>> "AppleScript" folder (in Applications) there is an alias to "Example >>>> Scripts". >>>> >>>> In this folder there are folders for both "Address Book Scripts" and >>>> "Mail >>>> Scripts" and in each of these folders is a folder called "Address >>>> Importers" >>>> which contains a script called "Entourage.scpt" >>>> >>>> I would imagine that these would import your Entourage contacts. (I >>>> haven't >>>> used any of these scripts myself). >>>> >>>> HTH >>>> >>>> >>>> Neil >>>> >>>> on 25/7/08 6:13 PM, Michael Hawkins at >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I've answered my own question. >>>>> >>>>> Exported contacts to a file saved on the desktop called Contacts >>>>> Export.txt >>>>> and then imported that file into Address Book. >>>>> >>>>>> I want to copy contacts from Entourage (Office 2004) to Address >>>>>> Book but when >>>>>> I try to do it by exporting from Entourage as tab-delimited text >>>>>> Address >>>>>> Book >>>>>> is greyed out . >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there an easier way than copy and paste? >>>>>> >>>>>> OS 10.5.4 >>>>>> Address Book 4.11 >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Michael Hawkins. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
