Archive for May, 2007

Entourage GTD: Quick Delete

Sunday, May 6th, 2007

As powerful as Microsoft Entourage is, you would think that something as simple as the Delete Key would be a no-brainer. Think again!

For some reason, the developers have decided that just hitting “Delete” is far too obvious. If you want to get rid of a task, for example, you have to first select the task and hit Cmd-Delete. This brings up a Warning Dialog, which then lectures you on all the dangers of deleting!

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Entourage GTD: Actions from Email

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

tasks-icon.jpgIf you haven’t already explored the Entourage Scripts Menu, I highly recommend it. Microsoft Entourage 2004 (Part of Office) comes pre-packaged with a set of AppleScripts to help you customize your workflow. And for those of you implementing GTD (See Getting Things Done by David Allen), two of these should be especially conspicuous:

  • Create Task from Message
  • Create Event from Message

Are we drooling yet???
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