Change Dictionary shortcut

Is there a way to assign a shortcut to toggle between two different
dictionaries (i.e. English and Portuguese) in Entourage 2004?

Thanks

Paul
Thu Aug 05 10:19:38 CDT 2004

On 8/4/04 11:16 PM, in article BD37570B.4462%neto@bullet.com.br, "Neto"
<neto@bullet.com.br> wrote:

> Is there a way to assign a shortcut to toggle between two different
> dictionaries (i.e. English and Portuguese) in Entourage 2004?

If you are in Panther, yes, otherwise no.

Go to System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts.

Make a new Application shortcut (at the bottom) for Entourage.

Type the name of the menu or submenu item , e.g., "Portuguese" but spelled
exactly how it is on your copy, no quotes, and give it an unused keyboard
shortcut. (Hint: very few shortcuts in Entourage use the Control key, so
include that.) Check against scripts you have as well as all the other menu
items.

Then do the same for "English".

That should work. If it doesn't it's probably because there's a conflict
somewhere. It would also be possible to do this via GYU scripting, again
only in Panther.

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
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Neto
Thu Aug 05 11:20:45 CDT 2004


Paul,


Thanks, it works perfect.

Where Panther store this "macros"? In a preference file?

n


On 8/5/04 12:19 PM, in article BD379E1A.6E912%berkowit@spoof_silcom.com,
"Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com> wrote:

> On 8/4/04 11:16 PM, in article BD37570B.4462%neto@bullet.com.br, "Neto"
> <neto@bullet.com.br> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to assign a shortcut to toggle between two different
>> dictionaries (i.e. English and Portuguese) in Entourage 2004?
>
> If you are in Panther, yes, otherwise no.
>
> Go to System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts.
>
> Make a new Application shortcut (at the bottom) for Entourage.
>
> Type the name of the menu or submenu item , e.g., "Portuguese" but spelled
> exactly how it is on your copy, no quotes, and give it an unused keyboard
> shortcut. (Hint: very few shortcuts in Entourage use the Control key, so
> include that.) Check against scripts you have as well as all the other menu
> items.
>
> Then do the same for "English".
>
> That should work. If it doesn't it's probably because there's a conflict
> somewhere. It would also be possible to do this via GYU scripting, again
> only in Panther.

Neto
Thu Aug 05 11:30:14 CDT 2004

In fact it's a little inconsistent...It always work if I don't have any
message window open. But if I'm writing a message, sometimes it works,
sometimes it doesn't.

I had previous experiences with Panther keyboard shortcuts before, and I
always felt this way...like...it works great...sometimes. You know what I
mean?

Well...anyway...If I use the shortcut before opening a message windows, it
is great.

Thanks

n



On 8/5/04 12:19 PM, in article BD379E1A.6E912%berkowit@spoof_silcom.com,
"Paul Berkowitz" <berkowit@spoof_silcom.com> wrote:

> On 8/4/04 11:16 PM, in article BD37570B.4462%neto@bullet.com.br, "Neto"
> <neto@bullet.com.br> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to assign a shortcut to toggle between two different
>> dictionaries (i.e. English and Portuguese) in Entourage 2004?
>
> If you are in Panther, yes, otherwise no.
>
> Go to System Preferences/Keyboard & Mouse/Keyboard Shortcuts.
>
> Make a new Application shortcut (at the bottom) for Entourage.
>
> Type the name of the menu or submenu item , e.g., "Portuguese" but spelled
> exactly how it is on your copy, no quotes, and give it an unused keyboard
> shortcut. (Hint: very few shortcuts in Entourage use the Control key, so
> include that.) Check against scripts you have as well as all the other menu
> items.
>
> Then do the same for "English".
>
> That should work. If it doesn't it's probably because there's a conflict
> somewhere. It would also be possible to do this via GYU scripting, again
> only in Panther.