Switching identities....

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Is there an easy way to switch identities quickly? Perhaps a script or
shortcut I¹m not seeing.

I know going to Entourage/Switch and then choosing identity isn¹t that tough
but if I only have two I thought there may be something.

Thanks

Mark

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Mickey
Mon Oct 29 08:02:51 PDT 2007

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There is no feature in Entourage comparable to "fast switching" for OS users
in OS X 10.3 and higher. One way to speed it up is to use the keyboard:
press Option-Command (Apple)-Q to switch identities, press Enter if
necessary to confirm the command, use the arrow keys to select the identity
you want to open, and then press Enter.

You can also use a script if you wish. This will immediately open the
identity you want without showing the dialog box.

On your computer, go to /Applications/AppleScript/, and open Script Editor.
Paste the following in:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set current identity to identity "Main Identity"
end tell

Replace "Main Identity" with the name of the identity you want to open.
Then, go File > Save As. Call the script "Open <whichever identity>", and
save the script to ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu
Items/. You can easily set a keyboard shortcut to the script by adding a
code to the end of the filename at this step. Read here for more on that:
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html>

Then, in Entourage, to switch identities, simply select the script from the
script menu (to the right of the "Help" menu), or press the keyboard
shortcut. You can create multiple scripts to open different identities.

(Note: "~" stands for your home folder, usually located in /Users/<Your
User>/.)

On 10/29/07 9:21 AM, in article C34B64BA.1FEF%MarkRH@Gmail.com, "Mark R
Harrison" <MarkRH@Gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there an easy way to switch identities quickly? Perhaps a script or
> shortcut I¹m not seeing.
>
> I know going to Entourage/Switch and then choosing identity isn¹t that tough
> but if I only have two I thought there may be something.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>

--
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/>

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is no feature in Entourage comparable to "fast switching" for OS =
users in OS X 10.3 and higher.  One way to speed it up is to use the ke=
yboard: press Option-Command (Apple)-Q to switch identities, press Enter if =
necessary to confirm the command, use the arrow keys to select the identity =
you want to open, and then press Enter. 
 
You can also use a script if you wish.  This will immediately open the=
identity you want without showing the dialog box. 
 
On your computer, go to /Applications/AppleScript/, and open Script Editor.=
 Paste the following in: 
 
tell</FO=
NT><SPA=
N STYLE=3D'font-size:10.0px'> application "M=
icrosoft Entourage" 
    set current identity to identity "Main Identity" 
end tell 
 
Replace "Main Identity" with the name of the identity you want to=
open.  Then, go File > Save As.  Call the script "Open &l=
t;whichever identity>", and save the script to ~/Documents/Microsoft=
User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/.  You can easily set a keyboard=
shortcut to the script by adding a code to the end of the filename at this =
step. Read here for more on that: 
<<a href=3D"http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/=
add_shortcuts.html">http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html<=
/a>> 
 
Then, in Entourage, to switch identities, simply select the script from the=
script menu (to the right of the "Help" menu), or press the keybo=
ard shortcut.  You can create multiple scripts to open different identi=
ties. 
 
(Note:  "~" stands for your home folder, usually located in =
/Users/<Your User>/.) 
 
On 10/29/07 9:21 AM, in article C34B64BA.1FEF%MarkRH@Gmail.com, "Mark =
R Harrison" <MarkRH@Gmail.com> wrote: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>Is there an easy way to switch identities quickly?  Perhaps a script o=
r shortcut I’m not seeing. 
 
I know going to Entourage/Switch and then choosing identity isn’t tha=
t tough but if I only have two I thought there may be something. 
 
Thanks 
 
Mark 
 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
-- 
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) 
Office & Mac Resources: <a href=3D"http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stev=
ens/"><http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/></a> 

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Jolly
Mon Oct 29 08:20:18 PDT 2007

In article <C34B64BA.1FEF%MarkRH@Gmail.com>,
Mark R Harrison <MarkRH@Gmail.com> wrote:

> Is there an easy way to switch identities quickly? Perhaps a script or
> shortcut Iâ??m not seeing.
>
> I know going to Entourage/Switch and then choosing identity isnâ??t that tough
> but if I only have two I thought there may be something.

I wrote this script to switch identities:

-- begin script
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set identityNames to the name of every identity
set curIdentName to the name of the current identity
end tell

activate

choose from list identityNames with prompt Â¬
"To which identity would you like to switch?" default items
curIdentName Â¬
OK button name "Switch" without multiple selections allowed and empty
selection allowed

if result is not false then
set identName to the result as text

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
if the current identity's name is not identName then
set the current identity to the identity named identName
end if
end tell
end if
-- end script

To use it:

1. Copy the script from this post (everything from "-- begin script" to
"-- end script").
2. Open /Applications/AppleScript/Script Editor.
3. Paste the script into a new script window.
4. Click "Compile". If there are any extraneous line breaks introduced
by the news server, you'll see syntax errors and will need to remove
those line breaks.
5. Save the script as File Format: application, with no options selected.

Now to switch identities, just run that script. The script will present
a dialog box allowing you to select which identity you want to use.

(I usually use QuickSilver to launch this script with the keyboard
sequence: Control-Space, swi, Return. Quite speedy!)

Note: You can also write scripts to switch directly to a particular
identity if you want. Have fun!

--
Note: Please send all responses to the relevant news group. If you
must contact me through e-mail, let me know when you send email to
this address so that your email doesn't get eaten by my SPAM filter.

JR

Mark
Mon Oct 29 08:19:36 PDT 2007

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Thank you Mickey , That is very helpful.

Mark

in article C34B604B.46161%mickey.stevens@mvps.org, Mickey Stevens at
mickey.stevens@mvps.org wrote on 10/29/07 11:02 AM:

> There is no feature in Entourage comparable to "fast switching" for OS users
> in OS X 10.3 and higher. One way to speed it up is to use the keyboard: press
> Option-Command (Apple)-Q to switch identities, press Enter if necessary to
> confirm the command, use the arrow keys to select the identity you want to
> open, and then press Enter.
>
> You can also use a script if you wish. This will immediately open the
> identity you want without showing the dialog box.
>
> On your computer, go to /Applications/AppleScript/, and open Script Editor.
> Paste the following in:
>
> tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
> set current identity to identity "Main Identity"
> end tell
>
> Replace "Main Identity" with the name of the identity you want to open. Then,
> go File > Save As. Call the script "Open <whichever identity>", and save the
> script to ~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/. You
> can easily set a keyboard shortcut to the script by adding a code to the end
> of the filename at this step. Read here for more on that:
> <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html>
>
> Then, in Entourage, to switch identities, simply select the script from the
> script menu (to the right of the "Help" menu), or press the keyboard shortcut.
> You can create multiple scripts to open different identities.
>
> (Note: "~" stands for your home folder, usually located in /Users/<Your
> User>/.)
>
> On 10/29/07 9:21 AM, in article C34B64BA.1FEF%MarkRH@Gmail.com, "Mark R
> Harrison" <MarkRH@Gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there an easy way to switch identities quickly? Perhaps a script or
>> shortcut I¹m not seeing.
>>
>> I know going to Entourage/Switch and then choosing identity isn¹t that tough
>> but if I only have two I thought there may be something.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Mark
>>
>
>
> --
> Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac)
> Office & Mac Resources: <http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/>

--
Mark Harrison
203.515.2483
MarkRH@gmail.com

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s very helpful. 
 
Mark 
 
 
 
in article C34B604B.46161%mickey.stevens@mvps.org, Mickey Stevens at mickey=
.stevens@mvps.org wrote on 10/29/07 11:02 AM: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>There is no feature in Entourage comparable to "fa=
st switching" for OS users in OS X 10.3 and higher.  One way to sp=
eed it up is to use the keyboard: press Option-Command (Apple)-Q to switch i=
dentities, press Enter if necessary to confirm the command, use the arrow ke=
ys to select the identity you want to open, and then press Enter. 
 
You can also use a script if you wish.  This will immediately open the=
identity you want without showing the dialog box. 
 
On your computer, go to /Applications/AppleScript/, and open Script Editor.=
 Paste the following in: 
 
tell</FO=
NT><SPA=
N STYLE=3D'font-size:10.0px'> application "M=
icrosoft Entourage" 
    set current identity to identity "Main Identity" 
end tell 
 
Replace "Main Identity" with the name of the identity you want to=
open.  Then, go File > Save As.  Call the script "Open &l=
t;whichever identity>", and save the script to ~/Documents/Microsoft=
User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/.  You can easily set a keyboard=
shortcut to the script by adding a code to the end of the filename at this =
step. Read here for more on that: 
<<a href=3D"http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/=
add_shortcuts.html">http://www.entourage.mvps.org/script/add_shortcuts.html<=
/a>> 
 
Then, in Entourage, to switch identities, simply select the script from the=
script menu (to the right of the "Help" menu), or press the keybo=
ard shortcut.  You can create multiple scripts to open different identi=
ties. 
 
(Note:  "~" stands for your home folder, usually located in =
/Users/<Your User>/.) 
 
On 10/29/07 9:21 AM, in article C34B64BA.1FEF%Mark=
RH@Gmail.com, "Mark R Harrison" <MarkRH@Gmail.com> wrote: 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE>Is there an easy way to switch identities quickly?  Perhaps a script o=
r shortcut I’m not seeing. 
 
I know going to Entourage/Switch and then choosing identity isn’t tha=
t tough but if I only have two I thought there may be something. 
 
Thanks 
 
Mark 
 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
-- 
Mickey Stevens (Microsoft MVP for Office:mac) 
Office & Mac Resources: <<a href=3D"http://ho=
me.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens/">http://home.earthlink.net/~mickey.stevens=
/</a>> 
</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
 
-- 
Mark Harrison 
203.515.2483 
MarkRH@gmail.com 
 

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