If you have a 12 or 15 inch computer, then you are probably tired of Entourage taken up more than its fair share of the screen space. On my 15" monitor, an Entourage main window takes up more than 25% of the entire screen space. It's really annoying, since I don't need the windows to be that large in order for me to browse emails, calendar, task, etc.
To solve this, I wrote a simple AppleScript that will reduce these main windows to a minimum size, without causing adverse effects on the application's overall look. With this script, a window now takes up less than 25% of the overall screen and the windows better suits my overall need in regards to the overall look and usefulness -- here's a comparison of the two window sizes. The AppleScript is as follows:
The script will keep the Entourage Window in its current position and just resize it from the lower right corner to below the default minimum size offered by Microsoft. The numbers in the script can be modified, but if you change the numbers in such a way that the window size is reduced too much, you may experience some weird window appearances.
As long as you stay in the same window, you can switch to calendar, task, notes, etc., and the window will remain the same size. If you open up a new window, though, it will be the default size and you will have to run the script again to reduce it.
To solve this, I wrote a simple AppleScript that will reduce these main windows to a minimum size, without causing adverse effects on the application's overall look. With this script, a window now takes up less than 25% of the overall screen and the windows better suits my overall need in regards to the overall look and usefulness -- here's a comparison of the two window sizes. The AppleScript is as follows:
tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
activate
set cwp to position of front window
set x to ((item 1 of cwp) + 555) as integer
set y to ((item 2 of cwp) + 350) as integer
set bounds of front window to {¬
item 1 of cwp, item 2 of cwp, x, y}
end tell
Save it as a script in the ~/Documents -> Microsoft User Data -> Entourage Script Menu Items folder. You can put '\cR' at the end of the filename to activate the script via Control-R in any Entourage window.
The script will keep the Entourage Window in its current position and just resize it from the lower right corner to below the default minimum size offered by Microsoft. The numbers in the script can be modified, but if you change the numbers in such a way that the window size is reduced too much, you may experience some weird window appearances.
As long as you stay in the same window, you can switch to calendar, task, notes, etc., and the window will remain the same size. If you open up a new window, though, it will be the default size and you will have to run the script again to reduce it.
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