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:''For the district of Hong Kong, see [[Sha Tin District]]; for the new town in Hong Kong, see [[Sha Tin New Town]].''
{{Chinese|pic=HK ShingMunRiverview.jpg|piccap=Lek Yuen Bridge over <br>[[Shing Mun River]] in Sha Tin|c=沙田|i=sa<sub>55</sub> tʰɪn<sub>11</sub>|j=saa1 tin4|y=sā tìhn|p=Shātián|l="sandy field"}}


{{Infobox Software
'''Sha Tin''' (also spelt '''Shatin''') is an [[list of areas of Hong Kong|area]] in the [[New Territories]], in the [[Hong Kong]] [[Special administrative region]], most famous for the prominent university that call it home: [[The Chinese University of Hong Kong]]. It lies at the centre of [[Sha Tin District]].
| name = Microsoft Entourage
| logo= [[Image:Entourage mac 2008 icon.png|64px|Microsoft Entourage Icon]]
| screenshot = [[Image:Entourage mac 2008 mac os x leopard.jpg|250px|Microsoft Entourage Screenshot]]
| caption = Entourage: Mac 2008 showing the welcome message.
| developer = [[Microsoft]]
| latest_release_version = 12.1.0 (2008) <ref>{{cite web
|publisher=MacWindows.com
|url=http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.mspx?pid=Mactopia_Office2008&fid=395D1487-A3A6-4106-A0F8-4D6E1D6D89D2#viewer
|title=Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0)
|year=2008
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>
| latest_release_date = [[May 14]], [[2008]]
| latest_preview_version =
| latest_preview_date =
| operating_system = [[Mac OS X]]
| genre = [[Email client]]
| license = Proprietary
| website = [http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/entourage2008/default.mspx Microsoft Entourage: Mac 2008]
}}
'''Microsoft Entourage''' is an [[e-mail client]] and [[personal information manager]] developed by [[Microsoft]] for [[Mac OS]] 8.5 and higher. Microsoft first released Entourage in October 2000 as part of the [[Microsoft Office|Microsoft Office 2001]] [[office suite]]; Office 98, the previous version of Microsoft Office for [[Mac OS]], included [[Outlook Express|Outlook Express 5]]. The current version is Entourage:Mac 2008, released as part of [[Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac|Microsoft Office:Mac 2008]] on [[January 15]] [[2008]].


==History==
==Overview==
Entourage provides [[email]], a [[calendar]], [[address book]], [[task list]], note list, and project manager. With Entourage 2004, Microsoft began offering a Project Center, which allows the user to create and organize projects. Information may come from within Entourage or outside the program. Entourage supports retrieving email using [[Point of Presence|POP]], [[IMAP]]<ref>{{cite web
Before British rule in Hong Kong, the area of Sha Tin and its vicinity was referred to as '''Lek Yuen'''. Colonial officials allegedly mistook the name of [[walled villages in Hong Kong|Sha Tin Wai]] as the name of the area and it has been used ever since.
|publisher=Microsoft MVPs: The Entourage Help Page
|url=http://www.entourage.mvps.org/accounts/index.html
|title=Accounts
|date=[[2008-08-21]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>, and (for [[Microsoft Exchange]] servers) [[WebDAV]]<ref>{{cite web
|publisher=Microsoft: The Entourage Help Page
|url=http://www.entourage.mvps.org/exchange/faqs.html#exup10
|title=FAQs for Exchange 2004
|date=[[2008-08-17]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>.


Entourage 2008 features a new "My Day" utility, which assists in organizing one's day, and cites (in the welcome message) improvements to search speed, "to do" flags, improved junk mail and fishing ([[phishing]]) protection, as well as quick navigation via favorites and customizable toolbars.
Sha Tin was formerly a [[market town]] at the present location of [[Sha Tin Centre Street]] and [[New Town Plaza]] shopping centre, near the [[Sha Tin Station]] of the [[MTR]] [[East Rail Line (MTR)|East Rail Line]]. In present-day usage, "Sha Tin" may refer to the area around the original location of the market town, the market town and its environs, [[Sha Tin New Town]] (excluding the [[Ma On Shan]] extension), or [[Sha Tin District]].


==Features==
Sha Tin was formerly agricultural farmland, and its most famous product was Sha Tin Pomelo. Before Sha Tin's development into a [[new town]], [[Hung Mui Kuk]] (紅梅谷) in southwestern Sha Tin was perennially the main site for school [[picnic]]s. The valley remains a popular barbecue site.
Entourage supports some Mac OS technologies, like the [[Spotlight (software)|Spotlight]] search engine and AppleScript, however the use of a monolithic database makes it difficult to back up incrementally with Time Machine. Entourage also maintains a separate Address Book, but allows synchronization of contacts and calendar events through [[iSync|Sync Services]]<ref>{{cite magazine
|last=Negrino
|first=Tom
|url=http://www.macworld.com/article/131563/2008/01/entourage2008.html
|journal=[[Macworld]]
|title=Microsoft Entourage 2008 - Superior depth of features bests Apple competitor
|date=[[2008-01-21]]
|accessyear=2008-08-26
}}</ref>.


===Comparison to Outlook===
Sha Tin was the location of the first flight of a powered aircraft in Hong Kong. The aeroplane was named as the ''[[Spirit of Sha Tin]]'' ({{zh-t|t=沙田精神號}}). A full size replica of this plane now hangs in [[Hong Kong International Airport]].


Unlike the other applications in the Mac version of the [[Microsoft Office]] suite, Entourage does not share a name with its [[Microsoft Windows]] counterpart. Microsoft claims that Entourage was intended "to address an entirely different audience"<ref>{{cite web
===Name origin: Lek Yuen===
|publisher=Microsoft: The Entourage Help Page
{{Chinese|title=Lek Yuen|t=瀝源|s=沥源|i=lik<sub>55</sub> jyn<sub>11</sub>|j=lik1 jyun4|y=līk yùhn|p=Lìyuán|l=Source of Trickling }}
|url=http://www.entourage.mvps.org/articles/entourage.html
'''Lek Yuen''' is the original name of the [[Sha Tin]] area and its environs. Allegedly, when British surveyors first came to the area, they visited [[Sha Tin Wai]] and asked the name of the place. The villagers answered that it was ''Sha Tin'' and the officials mistakenly recorded this as the name of the whole area. Sha Tin has been used instead of Lek Yuen even since.
|title=Entourage is not Outlook
|first=Michel
|last=Bintener
|date=[[2008-08-17]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>. Entourage had its origins in [[Outlook Express]] 5 on the Mac, as well as [[Claris Emailer]]<ref>{{cite web
|last=Ross
|first=Dianne
|publisher=Microsoft: The Entourage help Page
|url=http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2007/05/in_the_beginning.html
|title=In the Beginning
|date=[[2007-05-20]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref> and contained "no ported code, and no Office code"<ref>{{cite web
|last=Shahine
|first=Omar
|publisher=MSDN Blogs
|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/omars/archive/2004/04/05/107468.aspx
|title=Entourage: A journey to becoming an Office application
|date=[[2004-04-04]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>. Nevertheless, Microsoft itself has positioned Entourage as a "similar" product for Macintosh customers on Exchange servers<ref>{{cite web
|publisher=Microsoft
|url=http://www.microsoft.com/mac/support.aspx?pid=exchange
|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20050207151545/www.microsoft.com/mac/support.aspx?pid=exchange
|archivedate=2005-02-07
|title=Working with Exchange Server
|date=[[2004-08-04]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>.


===As a client for Microsoft Exchange===
The name Lek Yuen literally means ''source of trickling'' or ''source of clear water''.
Entourage has included support for Microsoft Exchange servers since August 4, 2003, when the Exchange Update for Entourage X was released. This early release required the use of IMAP for mail connectivity and WebDAV for address and calendar functionality. (Subsequent versions have dropped the requirement for IMAP and rely solely on WebDAV.) Users complained of the lack of a variety of functions present in Outlook for Windows and Outlook 2001<ref>{{cite web
|publisher=MacWindows.com
|url=http://www.macwindows.com/entourage#8
|title=Using Entourage with Exchange Server Special Report
|date=[[2003-08-06]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>.


Subsequent versions of Entourage have added some of the missing functionality. However, full parity with Outlook as an Exchange client is still not available in Entourage 2008<ref>{{cite magazine
Nowadays, the original name is used to refer to [[Lek Yuen Estate]].
|last=Welch
|first=John C.
|url=http://www.macworld.com/article/131730/2008/01/msftexchange.html
|journal=[[Macworld]]
|title=How Entourage 2008 fares with Exchange - Update improves Mac-Exchange relationship, though some features still undone
|date=[[2008-01-21]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26


One major shortcoming of Entourage is its inability to handle complex HTML. While messages can be received and viewed correctly, they cannot be forwarded without all formatting being stripped out. As an example, an airline confirmation received from, say, Southwest Airlines, will not be able to be forwarded without all of the pictorial information being reduced to links, rendering the e-mail unreadable.
==Transportation==
There are numerous transportation links both within the Sha Tin District and connecting it to other places in Hong Kong.


An additional, annoying limitation is the inability to attach what is referred to as an "Item" in Outlook to a message while it is being composed since there is no menu choice to allow this. Instead, a user needs to find the item to be forwarded, i.e., a Contact, select it, then choose Forward as vCard from the menu.
===Roads===
The road network in Sha Tin is well developed to provide efficient cross-town and local access traffic. Connection between Sha Tin and Kowloon mainly relies on the [[Lion Rock Tunnel]], [[Tate's Cairn Tunnel]], [[Shing Mun Tunnel]] and [[Tai Po Road]].


}}</ref>. Synchronization of tasks and notes with an Exchange server is still not available. Many Exchange users have been vocal<ref>{{cite web
*Tai Po Road spans from [[Sham Shui Po]] in [[Kowloon]] to [[Tai Po]] in the [[New Territories]], connecting Sha Tin en route. It was once the only road connecting Kowloon and the eastern part of the New Territories.
|last=Smith
*Opened in the 1960s, the Lion Rock Tunnel offers access to Central Kowloon.
|first=William M.
*The Tate's Cairn Highway was completed in 1991, connecting East Kowloon ([[Wong Tai Sin]], [[Diamond Hill]], [[Choi Hung]] and [[Kowloon Bay]]) with the North East New Territories (Sha Tin, Tai Po and [[Fanling]]) via the Tolo Highway and through Tate's Cairn Tunnel.
|url=http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/01/prioritize_your_exchange_needs.html
*Route connects Sha Tin to [[Tsuen Wan]] via the [[Shing Mun Tunnels]] and to [[Hong Kong Island]] via the [[Western Harbour Crossing]]. The travelling time is only about 30 minutes.
|title=Prioritize your Exchange Needs!
*Sai Sha Road was opened in 1988, connecting Sha Tin to [[Sai Kung]] via [[Ma On Shan]]. Route T7, opened in August 2004, allows traffic to bypass Ma On Shan Town Centre when going from north of Ma On Shan to Sai Kung.
|date=[[2008-01-17]]
*An expressway connecting [[Cheung Sha Wan]] in Kowloon to Sha Tin was opened on March 21, 2008. It aims at distributing traffic from Sha Tin and the area to its north, to [[Lai Chi Kok]], [[Kwai Chung]], and the airport at [[Chek Lap Kok]] and [[Mong Kok]] It has shorten the trip from Sha Tin to the [[Hong Kong International Airport]] to around 35 minutes.
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref> in denouncing Microsoft's omission of these features <ref>{{cite magazine
|last=Flynn
|first=David
|url=http://apcmag.com/7842/office_2008_for_mac_fails_to_deliver_full_exchange_support
|journal=[[APC (magazine)|APC Magazine]]
|title=Office 2008 for Mac fails to deliver full Exchange support
|date=[[2008-01-17]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>. Microsoft claims to have prioritized "reliability" over expanded Exchange support in Entourage 2008<ref>{{cite news
|last=Keizer
|first=Gregg
|url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/technology/applications/desktop/news-analysis/index.cfm?articleid=1094
|publisher=[[Computerworld|Computerworld UK]]
|title=In Mac Office 2008, reliability trumps Exchange support
|date=[[2008-01-14]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>.


===Entourage import/export limitations===
At present, there are over 110 routes of public bus serving Sha Tin.{{Fact|date=July 2008}}


Entourage cannot natively read [[.pst|Outlook Personal Folder files]] and cannot read Outlook archived emails without first re-importing them back into the main Windows Outlook database.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} As a result, this makes it impossible to directly transfer email data from Outlook (Windows) into Entourage (Mac).
===Railway===
*The [[MTR]] ([[East Rail Line]]) is a major means of transportation between [[Kowloon]] and [[Lo Wu]] via Sha Tin. After the electrification of the Line between 1979 and 1983, the East Rail now carries over 730,000 passengers daily.


Although Microsoft has released a [http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx?pid=download&location=/mac/download/office2004/pstimport.xml&secid=4&ssid=15&flgnosysreq=True PST Import Tool for Entourage 2004 for Mac], this does not solve the problem of exporting data from Windows to Mac, because this utility can only import PST files from Outlook 2001 for the Mac.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} It is incompatible with any PST files created with Outlook for Windows.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} In other words, the Import Tool only allows transfer from Mac to Mac, not Windows to Mac.{{Or|date=December 2007}}
*The [[Ma On Shan Line]] opened on 21 December 2004. The 11.4 km long railway has 9 stations linking [[Ma On Shan]] and [[Tai Wai]], where it connects with the main East Rail line (terminus). The MTR Maintenance Centre is also located there.


One can import a Windows Outlook 2000 compatible PST to Mac Outlook 2001, and then use the utility to import into Entourage, however, that route is not feasible for most users who do not have access to the obsolete Mac Outlook 2001 software.{{Or|date=December 2007}}
*[[Sha Tin to Central Link]] (Traditional Chinese: 沙田至中環線) is a proposed railway line which will run from Tai Wai Station to [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]] via a new tunnel under the [[Victoria Harbour|harbour]].


Macworld indicates that Windows Outlook messages can be transferred to Mac Mail or Entourage by using [[Mozilla Thunderbird]] as an intermediate agent. Thunderbird on Windows is used to import the mail from Outlook. Then the converted mail file is moved from the Windows Thunderbird directory to the Mac and the import feature is used on Mac Mail or Entourage<ref>{{cite magazine
==Local delicacies==
|last=Breen
Sha Tin is famous for certain [[Northern and southern China|southern Chinese]] [[Chinese cuisine|food]] such as'' shanshui [[tofu|doufu]]'' (Chinese: 山水豆腐; lit. mountain-water beancurd), [[barbecued pigeon]] and [[chicken congee]]. The cooked food stalls in [[Wo Che Estate]] and [[Fo Tan]] are hotspots for food.
|first=Christopher
|url=http://www.macworld.com/article/133118/2008/04/workingmac2506.html
|journal=[[Macworld]]
|title=Evade E-mail Exasperation - You’ve got e-mail problems. We’ve got answers.
|date=[[2008-04-30]]
|accessdate=2008-08-26
}}</ref>.


[http://www.littlemachines.com/ Little Machines], a third party supplier, claims to have a product that will convert Outlook mail and folders into files that can be imported into Entourage.
==Culture, sports and recreational facilities==
[[Image:shatin 026.jpg|thumb|200px|A stall selling local snacks at Pai Tau Village (排頭村), located near [[New Town Plaza]].]]
[[Image:LekYuenEstate2006.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Lek Yuen Estate]]]]


[http://www.weirdkid.com/ Weird Kid Software], another third party supplier ships a product called Emailchemy which will convert Outlook mail and folders into an Entourage .rge file which can be then imported.
There are numerous cultural, recreational and sport facilities in Sha Tin including the [[Sha Tin Town Hall|Town Hall]], swimming pools, football pitches, indoor recreation centers and various track and field facilities for the use of Sha Tin residents.


==See also==
The 8-hectare [[Sha Tin Park]] was opened to public in 1988. Apart from its horticultural gardens and impressive water features, it also includes a large open plaza and a bandstand. The Ma On Shan Park, which is adjacent to Ma On Shan Swimming Pool, occupies 5.5 hectare of land.
*[[Comparison of e-mail clients]]
*[[List of personal information managers]]
*[[Comparison of office suites]]


==References==
The [[Sha Tin Racecourse]], occupying approximately 70 hectares, rests on reclaimed flatland. At the center of the racecourse is the Penfold Garden which opens to the public on non-racing days.
<references />

Located in [[Tai Wai]], the [[Hong Kong Heritage Museum]] was opened at the end of 2000. Apart from introducing the art, culture and history of the New Territories, the museum also exhibits a variety of cultural artifacts for public appreciation. The museum, which can accommodate 6,000 visitors, is the largest in the territory.

Cycling has been a distinctive feature in Sha Tin and is very popular among both local people and visitors. The first cycle track in Sha Tin was opened to public in 1981, running along [[Tolo Highway]] to [[Tai Po]], and this remains the territory's most popular cycling venue, drawing many occasional riders at the weekends, as well as dedicated cyclists. To tie in with the development of Ma On Shan, the cycle track was extended to [[Ma On Shan]].

*[[Amah Rock]] (望夫石)
*[[Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery]] (萬佛寺)
*[[Tsang Tai Uk]] (曾大屋)
*[[Shing Mun River]] (城門河)
*[[Tao Fung Shan Christian Centre]] (道風山基督教叢林)

==Public and private estates==
*[[Ravana Garden]] (濱景花園)
*[[Belair Gardens]] (富豪花園)
*[[Sunshine Grove]] (晴碧花園)
*[[City One]] (沙田第一城)
*[[Garden Rivera]] (河畔花園)
*[[Garden Vista]] (翠湖花園)
*[[Jat Min Chuen]] (乙明邨)
*[[Ka Keng Court]] (嘉徑苑)
*[[Kwong Yuen Estate]] (廣源邨)
*[[Castello, Hong Kong|Castello]] (帝堡城)
*[[Lek Yuen Estate]] (瀝源邨)
*[[Lung Heng Estate]] (隆亨邨)
*[[Pok Hong Estate]] (博康邨)
*[[Sun Tin Wai Estate]] (新田圍邨)
*[[Sha Kok Estate]] (沙角邨)
*[[Sui Wo Court]] (穗禾苑)
*[[Wo Che Estate]] (禾輋邨)
*[[Yue Tin Court]] (愉田苑)
*[[Yue Tsui Court]] (愉翠園)
*[[Pictorial Garden]] (碧濤花園)

==Education==
[[Image:BLMCSS-Front 20070828.jpg|thumb|230px|Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School, one of the oldest secondary schools in Sha Tin]]
At present, there are 46 primary and 44 secondary schools in Sha Tin and Ma On Shan.{{Fact|date=August 2008}} Tertiary institutions include the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Heng Seng School of Commerce and the Hong Kong Sports Institute.

*[[The Chinese University of Hong Kong]]
*[[St. Rose of Lima's College]]
*[[Baptist Lui Ming Choi Secondary School]]
*[[Buddhist Wong Wan Tin College]]
*[[Lutheran Theological Seminary]]
*[[Ng Yuk Secondary School]]
*[[Sha Tin College]]
*[[Sha Tin Junior School]]
*[[Sha Tin Government Secondary School]]
*[[Sha Tin Methodist College]]
*[[Shatin Tsung Tsin Secondary School]]
*[[Stewards Pooi Kei College]]
*[[Sheng Kung Hui Tsang Shiu Tim Secondary School]]
*[[Jockey Club Ti-I College]]
*[[Shatin Pui Ying College]]
*[[Christ College]]
*[[Carmel Alison Lam Primary School]]
*[[Lok Sin Tong Young ko hsiao Lin Secondary School]]
*[[Hong Kong and Kowloon CCPA Ma Chung Sum Secondary School]]
*[[Kiangsu-Chekiang College (Shatin)]]
*[[Pentecostal Lam Hon Kwong School]]
*[[Pui Kiu College]]
*[[Lam Tai Fai College]]

==Shopping centres==
[[Image:Shatin 20051006.jpg|thumb|230px|Sha Tin Plaza in the evening]]
[[Image:NTPnewVOID20070110.jpg|thumb|230px|New Town Plaza after renovation]]
*[[New Town Plaza]] (新城市廣場)
*[[Citylink Plaza]] (連城廣場)
*[[Shatin Plaza]] (沙田廣場)
*[[Sha Tin Centre]] (沙田中心)
*[[Lucky Plaza (disambiguation)|Lucky Plaza]] (好運中心)
*[[Hilton Plaza]] (希爾頓中心)
*[[City One Plaza]] (第一城中心)

==Other facilities==
*[[Sha Tin Town Hall]] (沙田大會堂)
*[[Sha Tin Public Library]] (沙田公共圖書館)
*[[Hong Kong Heritage Museum]] (香港文化博物館)
*[[Sha Tin Marriage Registry]] (沙田婚姻註冊處)
*[[Sha Tin Park]] (沙田公園)
*[[Royal Park Hotel]] (帝都酒店)
*[[Shatin Baptist Church]] (沙田浸信會)

==Health==
The [[Prince of Wales Hospital]] was officially opened in 1982. It provides about 1,400 hospital beds and 24 hours Accident & Emergency service to the eastern New Territories. Other institutions which provide hospital services include the [[Sha Tin Hospital]], the [[Cheshire Home]] and the [[Union Hospital (Hong Kong)|Union Hospital]].

==See also==
*[[Sha Tin District]]
*[[Tai Wai]]
*[[Fo Tan]]
*[[Ma On Shan]]


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/entourage2008/default.mspx Microsoft Entourage:Mac 2008] (official site)
{{commonscat}}
*[http://blogs.technet.com/amir/ Inside Entourage by Amir - blog by M. Amir Haque in Microsoft Enterprise Messaging group]
*[http://www.fanlingbabies.com/fanling_babies_home_006.htm Shatin Babies Home also called Shatin Children's Home, a Hong Kong orphanage]
*[http://www.ilhk.com/Shatin/Shatin Sha Tin photo, by Emit Chan]
*[http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/ Entourage Weblog (last updated June 2006)]
*[http://entourage.mvps.org/ The Entourage Help Page]
*[http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/ The Entourage Help Blog]


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Microsoft Entourage
Developer(s)Microsoft
Stable release
12.1.0 (2008) [1] / May 14, 2008
Operating systemMac OS X
TypeEmail client
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteMicrosoft Entourage: Mac 2008

Microsoft Entourage is an e-mail client and personal information manager developed by Microsoft for Mac OS 8.5 and higher. Microsoft first released Entourage in October 2000 as part of the Microsoft Office 2001 office suite; Office 98, the previous version of Microsoft Office for Mac OS, included Outlook Express 5. The current version is Entourage:Mac 2008, released as part of Microsoft Office:Mac 2008 on January 15 2008.

Overview

Entourage provides email, a calendar, address book, task list, note list, and project manager. With Entourage 2004, Microsoft began offering a Project Center, which allows the user to create and organize projects. Information may come from within Entourage or outside the program. Entourage supports retrieving email using POP, IMAP[2], and (for Microsoft Exchange servers) WebDAV[3].

Entourage 2008 features a new "My Day" utility, which assists in organizing one's day, and cites (in the welcome message) improvements to search speed, "to do" flags, improved junk mail and fishing (phishing) protection, as well as quick navigation via favorites and customizable toolbars.

Features

Entourage supports some Mac OS technologies, like the Spotlight search engine and AppleScript, however the use of a monolithic database makes it difficult to back up incrementally with Time Machine. Entourage also maintains a separate Address Book, but allows synchronization of contacts and calendar events through Sync Services[4].

Comparison to Outlook

Unlike the other applications in the Mac version of the Microsoft Office suite, Entourage does not share a name with its Microsoft Windows counterpart. Microsoft claims that Entourage was intended "to address an entirely different audience"[5]. Entourage had its origins in Outlook Express 5 on the Mac, as well as Claris Emailer[6] and contained "no ported code, and no Office code"[7]. Nevertheless, Microsoft itself has positioned Entourage as a "similar" product for Macintosh customers on Exchange servers[8].

As a client for Microsoft Exchange

Entourage has included support for Microsoft Exchange servers since August 4, 2003, when the Exchange Update for Entourage X was released. This early release required the use of IMAP for mail connectivity and WebDAV for address and calendar functionality. (Subsequent versions have dropped the requirement for IMAP and rely solely on WebDAV.) Users complained of the lack of a variety of functions present in Outlook for Windows and Outlook 2001[9].

Subsequent versions of Entourage have added some of the missing functionality. However, full parity with Outlook as an Exchange client is still not available in Entourage 2008[10]. Synchronization of tasks and notes with an Exchange server is still not available. Many Exchange users have been vocal[11] in denouncing Microsoft's omission of these features [12]. Microsoft claims to have prioritized "reliability" over expanded Exchange support in Entourage 2008[13].

Entourage import/export limitations

Entourage cannot natively read Outlook Personal Folder files and cannot read Outlook archived emails without first re-importing them back into the main Windows Outlook database.[citation needed] As a result, this makes it impossible to directly transfer email data from Outlook (Windows) into Entourage (Mac).

Although Microsoft has released a PST Import Tool for Entourage 2004 for Mac, this does not solve the problem of exporting data from Windows to Mac, because this utility can only import PST files from Outlook 2001 for the Mac.[citation needed] It is incompatible with any PST files created with Outlook for Windows.[citation needed] In other words, the Import Tool only allows transfer from Mac to Mac, not Windows to Mac.[original research?]

One can import a Windows Outlook 2000 compatible PST to Mac Outlook 2001, and then use the utility to import into Entourage, however, that route is not feasible for most users who do not have access to the obsolete Mac Outlook 2001 software.[original research?]

Macworld indicates that Windows Outlook messages can be transferred to Mac Mail or Entourage by using Mozilla Thunderbird as an intermediate agent. Thunderbird on Windows is used to import the mail from Outlook. Then the converted mail file is moved from the Windows Thunderbird directory to the Mac and the import feature is used on Mac Mail or Entourage[14].

Little Machines, a third party supplier, claims to have a product that will convert Outlook mail and folders into files that can be imported into Entourage.

Weird Kid Software, another third party supplier ships a product called Emailchemy which will convert Outlook mail and folders into an Entourage .rge file which can be then imported.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Service Pack 1 (12.1.0)". MacWindows.com. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  2. ^ "Accounts". Microsoft MVPs: The Entourage Help Page. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ^ "FAQs for Exchange 2004". Microsoft: The Entourage Help Page. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Negrino, Tom (2008-01-21). "Microsoft Entourage 2008 - Superior depth of features bests Apple competitor". Macworld. {{cite magazine}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
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