Wow - thanks for asking and providing the answer. I was so sure that this would be addressed in v2008 that I was going to get it without even asking the question. Thanks - looks like it might finally be worth dumping Entourage for the Mac apps. My upgrading was based solely on the Entourage element getting significant upgrade.
yeah I don't get it either. 4 years in development with tasks and categories being constant requests, you'd think they would have been implemented. Figures..
I'm waiting for our site license to arrive at our campus so I can call MS and try and get full synchronization added in. I find it disheartening that once again the Mac platform still does not have full support for a product that we have paid good money for.
I just called an canceled my order for 2008. Like cd said above... I'm gonna move to the mac apps. I'm not a huge Excel power user so if there is functionality missing in Numbers... I'm sure I can do without.
I really needed a full outlook client on my desktop... and once again... this falls short. I have a Motorola Q smartphone (for work) and I want everything synced to there... so I will just continue to use the MS Exchange Web Application.
On 1/16/08 5:52 PM, in article ee888b...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "" <> wrote:
> I can't believe, after all this time, there's no Tasks syncing.
With the new To Do flagging system you'll be able to assign start/due dates to mail (and contacts) and they will sync to Exchange. Since many "tasks" are based on e-mails that need action, Entourage 2008's To Do sync is a way to get around this problem.
<di...@invalid.entourage.mvps.org> wrote: > On 1/16/08 5:52 PM, in article ee888b...@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw, "" <> > wrote:
>> I can't believe, after all this time, there's no Tasks syncing.
> With the new To Do flagging system you'll be able to assign > start/due dates to mail (and contacts) and they will sync to Exchange. > Since many "tasks" are based on e-mails that need action, Entourage 2008's > To Do sync is a way to get around this problem.
wrote: > I can't believe, after all this time, there's no Tasks syncing.
> Entourage 08? All hype.
> It looks like the best bet is when snerdware comes out with their client > for 10.5.
Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see task syncing in future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism in any Office application. The more noise the better!
All that time you spent making MyDay so sweet is completely USELESS. I have three computers -- home, office, and MacBook (for on the road), plus my BlackBerry. If data doesn't sync between them, it's 100% USELESS to me.
Can someone from Microsoft please commit to when tasks & notes will sync? If not, as others have said, I'm going to dump my BlackBerry for an iPhone, dump Exchange Server, and just use .Mac and the Mac apps and/or maybe Google.
That's a big pain, I don't want to do it, and Microsoft will lose Exchange revenue as well as Entourage licenses. Lose-Lose!
But seriously, I talked with two Entourage people at Macworld at the Microsoft booth and it was NOT encouraging -- no one could commit to when this HUGE and fatal omission would be corrected.
Sounds like Microsoft is asking me to wait for Office 2012 (yep, that would be the next version). One of the guys told me it was a "tough problem". Geesh! Just sync the suckers with Exchange. All that manpower spent bringing crap like Messenger and it could have been done.
Microsoft isn't taking Exchange seriously on Mac. My vote is Mac.
Oh, and there's NO ability to archive Exchange data to the Mac, either. Cripes!
Either tell us when Exchange will be supported FOR REAL on the Mac, or I'm ripping out Exchange. Sync is the # 1 feature so many of us rely on, and if Office 2008 cannot integrate Macs into the groupware environment (or even sync a stand-alone user like me), something is SERIOUSLY wrong.
So how about it, can someone at Microsoft make a commitment to this? I am not waiting for the next major version. SYNC TASKS AND NOTES BY A COMMITTED DEADLINE ASAP, PLEASE!!
Just one more voice of a disappointed user who was waiting for Office 2008 JUST for Entourage to be able to do the basic operations I take for granted in Outlook. Looks like they're not there, which means no upgrade for me.
Guess I'll use iWork instead (which I already have) and run Outlook (2003 on XP - no upgrade revenue there) in Parallels. MS have truly dropped the ball on this one.
