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Tuesday, June 19, 2007
I don’t get Entourage. In some ways it’s way better than Outlook. In others, it’s horribly worse. What gives Microsoft? Couldn’t it at least be consistent on some features like Insert Web Address? I mean, E-mail does use the Internet, right? That said, it would suppose that from time to time, one would want to add a link into a message for a friend to go visit. Right? But don’t try looking for Insert URL or Web Link in Entourage thinking it’ll be there like it is in Outlook. Nope. You’ll be stuck wasting time and coming up with a big empty. Lame.
This one’s for you Fletch. I found a work around.
Barry Wainwright is a man who has felt our pain and has written a few AppleScripts to get that stinkin’ web address into your Entourage message. He has written a script for both Firefox and Safari. Similar to a script I use for submitting articles to Macsurfer, Barry’s script will insert the address of the current web site you are at to the foremost Entourage window. It’ll insert the full address in pure HTML code. Just like that!
Thankfully, people like Barry understands our needs more than Microsoft. He’s got a pulse on the people. Thanks, Barry.
June 19th, 2007 at 10:09
Wow! That is much better than the talk in the shower Blackberry phone. As a matter of fact, I am going to send you an Entourage email…with a link to something cool…
Thanks Sven! Proving yet again…there is nothing you can’t solve
June 25th, 2007 at 8:19
Thanks for the kind words, Sven - glad you like my scripts
There are more available on my web site
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Barry