Categories not matching on Entourage

Gregg Pattle

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Oct 18, 2002, 5:36:57 PM10/18/02

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I just created several new categories in Entourage (v.X with the
service release). Now my categories don't match up. When I filter them
the wrong ones show up in the list even though they are assiged to the
right category (for instance my "school" items show up when I set the
filter to "work". Also, not all of the categories show up in the
filter list, just the first few I added. Is there a limit? How do I
work around this issue?
Thanks
Gregg Pattle

Paul Berkowitz

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Oct 20, 2002, 10:20:28 PM10/20/02

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On 10/18/02 2:36 PM, in article
9115c04c.02101...@posting.google.com, "Gregg Pattle"
<gpa...@attbi.com> wrote:

Time to do a Typical Rebuild. You have mild database corruption/ I think a
Typical should be able to fix this - if not go back and do an Advanced.

How many categories?

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Gregg Pattle

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Oct 21, 2002, 2:22:57 PM10/21/02

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I haven't doen a rebuild yet, but i solvled the problem by quitting
the ap and then reopening it; the categories then matched. With the
existing and created categories I have 16 total, started noticing
problems with the 15th one.
Thanks, I'll remember to rebuild when I have issues.
gregg
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Barry Wainwright

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Oct 22, 2002, 4:12:14 AM10/22/02

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On 21/10/2002 19:22, in article
9115c04c.02102...@posting.google.com, "Gregg Pattle"
<gpa...@attbi.com> wrote:

> I haven't doen a rebuild yet, but i solvled the problem by quitting
> the ap and then reopening it; the categories then matched. With the
> existing and created categories I have 16 total, started noticing
> problems with the 15th one.
> Thanks, I'll remember to rebuild when I have issues.
> gregg

I would advise doing a rebuild now.

If the indexing became confused, even temporarily, it is possible/likely
that incorrect links between items may have been formed while it was in the
confused state.

A simple rebuild will not cause any loss of data, and is worth doing 'just
in case'.

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Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
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<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/list/browse.html>

Repose

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Nov 29, 2002, 8:09:37 AM11/29/02

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<rep...@mac.com> wrote:
> I am having the same problem.

Sorry for the omission. I'm using Entourage X, Jaguar. Office update is
installed. All software is up to date on an iBook w/Palm Zire.

Like I said, if there is anything further that I can try to get categories
to sync, let me know. Thanks.

Repose

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Nov 29, 2002, 8:04:42 AM11/29/02

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I am having the same problem. I did a typical rebuild. Didn't work. I did an
advanced rebuild. Didn't work. I eliminated over half my categories, (had
16, now have 7). Didn't work. I fixed all the categories in Entourage and
tried to then sync. Didn't work.

It would be really helpful if this feature / part of hot sync procedure
worked. If there is anything else I can do, please post suggestions.

This problem started just a few days ago. So, it worked for a while, then
didn't. I can't pin it on any one thing. I did increase the number of
categories I was using just before the problem started. But, reducing the
categories and doing the rebuilds didn't fix the problem. I still can't sync
categories.