Inspired by zooids' post from yesterday regarding adding messages from Mail to your Inbox ( http://forums.omnigroup.com/showthread.php?t=3783 ), I thought I would provide those of us who use Entourage the same luxury.
This script allows you to select one or more messages and will make a new task in your inbox for each message selected using the subject of the email as the task title, and the contents of the email as that task's notes. Also, post-import, it switches you to OF, switches your view to Projects and then to your Inbox. Unfortunately it accomplishes this last step using System Events (if anyone out there has the applescript savvy to switch to your inbox via reference, i would appreciate it - while i can switch to /focus on folders and projects, the inbox appears to be its own beast).
This script does not set context or project, but for speed and accuracy sake, I would rather do that from OF's Inbox. Note: if I am missing something re:OF and the way it displays items without those two pieces of info, please let me know and I will adjust the script as necessary.
The way I use it is when I'm out and about, I email myself tasks with the task title as its subject and content being optional. Then when i get back, select them all and hit control-I and I'm rolling...
Anyway, installation is simple: place the unzipped script in your ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/ directory
You can rename it if you wish; I put an [OF] so it sorts to the top and groups with more OF scripts as they become available.
I have also assigned it a keyboard shortcut of control-I for import (which you can change by altering the last couple of characters in the filename; as always beware of conflicts)
This has been tested with Entourage 2004 on POP, IMAP and Exchange messages.
Enjoy...
I have moved it to my webpage along with a couple other scripts at: http://www.sandro.org/omnifocus/index.php
This script allows you to select one or more messages and will make a new task in your inbox for each message selected using the subject of the email as the task title, and the contents of the email as that task's notes. Also, post-import, it switches you to OF, switches your view to Projects and then to your Inbox. Unfortunately it accomplishes this last step using System Events (if anyone out there has the applescript savvy to switch to your inbox via reference, i would appreciate it - while i can switch to /focus on folders and projects, the inbox appears to be its own beast).
This script does not set context or project, but for speed and accuracy sake, I would rather do that from OF's Inbox. Note: if I am missing something re:OF and the way it displays items without those two pieces of info, please let me know and I will adjust the script as necessary.
The way I use it is when I'm out and about, I email myself tasks with the task title as its subject and content being optional. Then when i get back, select them all and hit control-I and I'm rolling...
Anyway, installation is simple: place the unzipped script in your ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/ directory
You can rename it if you wish; I put an [OF] so it sorts to the top and groups with more OF scripts as they become available.
I have also assigned it a keyboard shortcut of control-I for import (which you can change by altering the last couple of characters in the filename; as always beware of conflicts)
This has been tested with Entourage 2004 on POP, IMAP and Exchange messages.
Enjoy...
I have moved it to my webpage along with a couple other scripts at: http://www.sandro.org/omnifocus/index.php
Last edited by spnyc; 2007-06-23 at 08:42 AM.. Reason: more descriptive title