Franz Grieser

Tasks vs. To-Do Items in Outlook 2007 2/26/2010

Ken. > ?a to-do item is any Outlook item - such as a task, message or contact - that has been flagged for follow-up.? Ah, I see. Any element that is flagged for follow-up is also added to the task p...

Tasks vs. To-Do Items in Outlook 2007 2/25/2010

Ken. I do not have an English Outlook. But in my Outlook 2007 there are tasks and appointments and notes. Appointments have fixed dates, tasks don't (though a task may have a due date and a reminder)...

Zoot to Tinderbox data exchange 2/17/2010

Thanks, Steve. Most of the notes I plan to manage with TB will consist of more than one paragraph. As soon as I have my Mac Mini, I will will experiment with other import formats and other data sour...

InfoQube versus UltraRecall versus Zoot 6 2/12/2010

Thanks Steve.

InfoQube versus UltraRecall versus Zoot 6 2/11/2010

Stephen. >Still Zoot does things that no >other application I've seen can do. It allows me to view my data in tables. Allows for >importing text with delimiters that instantly make that data table-...

iCRIMP 1/30/2010

Hugh >Someone on the Scrivener forum - it might have been you Franz, or possibly AmberV, I >can't remember - wrote that it is more of a consumer's toy than a producer's tool. That >description make...

iCRIMP 1/30/2010

Hi. I don't expect to see iPad editions of Curio, Tinderbox, Scrivener, et.al. in the next few months: Keith Blount, the developer of Scrivener, said that he would have to write a S. for iPad complet...

UV Outliner Now Supports Columns 1/27/2010

Thanks for the hint, Fedir. Franz

UV Outliner Now Supports Columns 1/27/2010

Chris. UVOutliner 1.51 has a Hoist command (in the View menu). The Columns feature, by the way, is only available in the Pro version ($20). Franz

A very nice introduction to Tinderbox on Stephen Zeoli's blog 1/10/2010

Hi Steve. I saw the post a few days ago on your web site. Great description (as the one on Grandview), looking forward to reading part 2 (just noticed that it's online). Thanks, Franz

Unusual question: the most geeky outliner/PIM 11/6/2009

Hi. >I was just wondering out of curiosity which PIM/outliner would you rate as the most 'geeky'. What makes a PIM/outliner "geeky"? Franz

Suggestions for development of cross-platform Linux Outliner Note-taking software 9/7/2009

Hi. I find the idea of a cross-plattform note-taking application appealing. Windows and Macintosh are a must for me, Linux would be nice. Be warned, however: Macintosh users are very picky about th...

VMWare Fusion on Bits Todau 8/31/2009

Hi. I use Parallels on my Mac Mini to run Windows XP and Vista. XP runs fine; Vista is a bit slow, and sometimes I get error messages stating that an application was not allowed to save temporary dat...

Missing Link Project Center for Outlook - today free on Giveaway of the Day 8/13/2009

Hi. A few weeks ago, Kevin Moore introduced his project management add-in to Outlook in this forum: MLPC Today, August 13, the software is available for free on Giveaway of the Day: http://www.givea...

Attaching Notes to E-Mail Messages? 8/8/2009

Ken >I just wonder if there will be an easy way to attach the entry to the message >so I can have the entry immediately >avaialable when I look at the message. That is not possible. You get that ...

Attaching Notes to E-Mail Messages? 8/7/2009

Hi. I was going to recommend the trick Bill described, too. Well, when you need archiving the original mails, I think there is no out-of-the-box feature in Outlook that allows you to do what you nee...

Attaching Notes to E-Mail Messages? 8/6/2009

Ken. >does anybody know if Outlook allows you to attached notes or comments to messages that you have sent or received? Yes. It does. Right now I can only give you instructions on how to to it in t...

Summer 2009 PIM roll-call 7/31/2009

Hi. I use Windows PCs for my freelance job as a journalist (covering mainly Microsoft Office) and a Mac Mini for creative work and fun. On Windows: Outlook 2007 for e-mail, calendar, address book: ...

Another program like KeyNote 7/30/2009

Hi. >Man, it looks good but why do all small software companies use that same awful web site >template? What site are you talking about: * http://code.google.com/p/keynote-nf/ -> that's the temp...

What's new in OneNote 7/22/2009

Hi. I am not a friend of the ribbons, either. It is, however, really easy to minimize the ribbon: Just click on one of the "menu" titles above the buttons (don't know what this is called in the Engl...

PIM with visualization 7/15/2009

Hi Peter. Yes, there are... - ConnectedText (www.connectedtext.com) for Windows - Tinderbox (www.eastgate.com/tinderbox) and Curio (http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/) for Mac OS - and a number ...

Mindsystems Theme Reader 7/12/2009

Hi Peter. I also tried Copernic Summarizer a few years ago with German and English texts. The results were not really useful. That may have changed in the meantime - but honestly I do not think so. ...

Mindsystems Amode on Bits 7/10/2009

Fredy wrote: >And since I'm speaking on behalf of all of us No, you don't speak on behalf of me. Definitely not. Franz

Mac outliners, one-pane, modeless and general-purpose like text editors? 7/4/2009

Stephen >In some ways, Word's outliner is more powerful than any >dedicated Windows outliner. I wouldn't try writing a book on Word start to finish >because of only a single deficit: the inability ...

Mac PIM with Multi-Database Search / Highlighting 6/18/2009

Basilides. Sorry, I don't know when it will be final. I am not even sure the developers know. The current beta seems to be stable, I haven't heard complaints about crashes. But to be honest: Right a...

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