Change the subject of an email

In Office 04, you would go to Edit Message in the Message section of the tool bar and then you could change the subject for easier identification/filing of the message.. In Office 08, changing the subject is not an option. Is this being corrected, or do I need to know a different way to change the subject of a received email? 
Look forward to so insight.

Barry
Thu Feb 07 10:44:08 CST 2008

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On 07/02/2008 15:47, in article ee8c847.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw,
"Ed@officeformac.com" <Ed@officeformac.com> wrote:

> In Office 04, you would go to Edit Message in the Message section of the tool
> bar and then you could change the subject for easier identification/filing of
> the message.. In Office 08, changing the subject is not an option. Is this
> being corrected, or do I need to know a different way to change the subject of
> a received email?
> Look forward to so insight.

Save this script as a compiled script & put it in the ?Entourage Script Menu
Items¹ folder in your ?Microsoft User Data¹ folder. The script can be
manually run from the menu or called as an action in a mail rule. Look in
the help for ways to attach a keyboard shortcut to the script.

-- Change Subject v1.0 (2008-02-07)
-- an applescript by Barry Wainwright <mailto:barryw@mac.com>
-- Script to change the subject of an incoming message in Microsoft
Entourage ©
-- This script released under a Creative Commons Attribution, NonCommercial,
ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales License.
-- see <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/> for full
details
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
try
set theMessage to item 1 of (get current messages)
if class of theMessage ? incoming message then error -99
on error
display dialog "please select an incoming message before running
this script" buttons {"Abort"} default button 1 giving up after 10
end try
set oldSubject to subject of theMessage
try
set newSubject to text returned of (display dialog "Enter New
Subject:" default answer oldSubject)
on error
-- user cancelled
return
end try
set subject of theMessage to newSubject
end tell

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see <http://www.microsoft.com/mvp/> for details)
Visit the Entourage User¹s Weblog for Hints, tips and troubleshooting
information:
http://www.barryw.net/weblog/

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Look forward to so insight. 
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Microsoft MVP (see <http://www.microsoft.com/mvp/> for details) 
Visit the Entourage User’s Weblog for Hints, tips and troubleshooting=
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Ed
Fri Feb 08 11:17:50 CST 2008

Hi Barry, 
I do so appreciate your insights into how to change the subject of an email.. The solution as you outline it is way beyond my capability. I do feel I know how to use a computer, but what you are aking is beyond my skills set? Will this be fixed so that it is like the 04 version, just click what you want to do and do it? I could ask why they took the feature away, but I assume they just missed bringing it over to the new version.. 
Please advise when an update will make this go away, if there is one coming.. 
Again thanks for the reply, but now let me know if a fix is on the way.. Otherwise i will have to pay someone more savvy to come and do what you suggest to bring that feature to my new Mac Book.. 
Regards, 
ed..

Barry
Sat Feb 09 12:15:13 CST 2008

Sorry, but I have no idea why the feature went away, and no idea if or when
a fix may appear.

MVP are not employees of Microsoft we are simply users like yourself,
trying to help other people over their problems.

Write to me off-list and I¹ll send you a already compiled version of the
script. Use the subject ³Change the subject of an email².

--
Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see <http://www.microsoft.com/mvp/> for details)
Visit the Entourage User¹s Weblog for Hints, tips and troubleshooting
information:
http://www.barryw.net/weblog/

From: <Ed@officeformac.com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.mac.office.entourage
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 09:17:50 -0800
Subject: Re: Change the subject of an email

> Hi Barry,
> I do so appreciate your insights into how to change the subject of an email..
> The solution as you outline it is way beyond my capability. I do feel I know
> how to use a computer, but what you are aking is beyond my skills set? Will
> this be fixed so that it is like the 04 version, just click what you want to
> do and do it? I could ask why they took the feature away, but I assume they
> just missed bringing it over to the new version..
> Please advise when an update will make this go away, if there is one coming..
> Again thanks for the reply, but now let me know if a fix is on the way..
> Otherwise i will have to pay someone more savvy to come and do what you
> suggest to bring that feature to my new Mac Book..
> Regards,
> ed..

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