[UniMacTech] MS Entourage and Keynote attachment.

[Denis Minuz]

Thanks Adam and Ainsley. Yep thats it!

I think I'll go and have Homer moment now ...

On 20/02/2008, at 1:55 PM, Adam Reed wrote:
> Denis,
>
> Keynote files are actually a bundle. So although you actually see a  
> single file in Finder, its a directory structure that contains a  
> number of files (to see right click on it in Finder and select Show  
> Package Contents).
>
> Entourage wants to compress them so that it sends a single file  
> while preserving the directory structure. The same behavior will  
> occur with other bundles, like 10.4 or earlier installer packages or  
> the other iWork documents from Pages and Numbers.
>
> Cheers,
> Adam


On 20/02/2008, at 1:55 PM, Ainsley Calladine wrote:
> Hi Denis, presumably Entourage sees the Keynote 'file' as a folder  
> of files (as it is indeed a package) therefore wants to archive them  
> into a single file for transport -- rather than to actually compress  
> them.
>
> -- Ainsley

> On 20/02/2008, at 1:47 PM, Denis Minuz wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have come across this interesting situation.
>>
>> When I attach a Keynote presentation in an email in Entourage I get  
>> the following dialog box:
>>
>> --
>> Do you want to compress the item "keynoted.key"?
>> Entourage can attach this item to a message only if it compressed.
>> --
>>
>> The file itself is only 104KB in size and Entourage will happily  
>> attach other file types (pdf's, exe's etc) that are considerably  
>> larger in size with wanting to compress them.
>>
>> Google has failed me on this one :-(
>>
>> I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.2, Entourage 11.3.6 and Keynote 3.0.0
>>
>> Anyone else come across this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Denis.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Denis Minuz
>> Systems Administrator Macintosh Support
>> IT Support
>> RMIT University
>> Melbourne,  Australia
>>
>>
>>
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