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ClearContext Support ClearContext Corporate Blog Latest posts. Product Update A product update is rolling out with the following improvements and fixes: Project Selector : Keyboard shortcuts are now supported to select the suggested Projects shown in the upper buttons. To enable, click on the Options button, and the menu item Enable Keyboard Shortcuts . Once enabled the buttons will be numbered and keystrokes such as Alt-1 , Alt-2 , etc. will trigger the suggested buttons. Defer : When one-click Defer is enabled, and pinned time interval buttons are set, the pinned times are now shown in the Outlook Ribbon menu under the Defer button. Followup : Fix issue where the Task Subject under the Options section was not getting preset from the subject of the message. Organizer/Dashboard: Add a right click option for Tasks to Jump to the Project folder. If a Project is assigned for the item, Outlook will navigate to the Project folder. Organizer/Dashboards: No longer show outdated Context categories from completed Tasks and Appointments when they have not been used in some time. (the original categories in the items themselves are unaffected) Detail Dashboard: Optimize placement when opening Detail Dashboard to try and avoid having the bottom cut off below screen Project Move/Archive: Add notifications if there is a problem moving message or deleting the original folders. Avoid deleting original folders if they are not empty. The update is being delivered now to users on the beta and early update channels, and will roll out soon to all users in the coming weeks. The build number in the About screen will show as 2309.1. Note: beta testers may have already received a 2309.0 build, this build fixes an issue with Project Selector shortcuts when there are more than 9 suggestions showing. Posted by ClearContext at 4:21 pm on October 6th, 2023. No comments... » Categories: announcements . Product Update A product update is rolling out with the following improvements and fixes: Followup : Messages that have a Followup task created can now have a category applied to them indicating that a Followup was created. This option is accessed in the ClearContext Options screen under the Tasks/Appts tab, next to the similar options that can tag a message when a Task or Appointment is created from them. Organizer: The Project and Context view tab now have an option to filter Tasks by date. This function works similarly to the Weekly Planner and Review Completed views, where items can be filtered for 1, 2, 4 or 8 weeks. Organizer : A new right click option is available on the Task list where the date of a Task can be set to today, tomorrow or next week. This option is useful for quickly pushing out the date for a due or overdue Task . Either the Due or Start Date of the task will be set according to whether the Organizer is configured to manage by Due or Start Date . Dashboard : Similar to the above, both the Summary and Detail Dashboards also provide a right click option on Tasks to set the date to today, tomorrow or next week. File Sent Messages : A new delete button has been added the File Sent Message screen to easily delete messages one does not want to file or keep. Additionally, the screen can now be resized larger, and this size will be remembered when the screen is opened again. Project Category Sync : ClearContext copies the Project name to the Outlook categories for items by default. There is now an option to only copy over the rightmost portions of the Project name to make the displayed category more concise. This option is accessed in ClearContext Options screen under the Project Options tab. Project Selector : the text search/entry box in the Project Selector for filing and assigning Projects now supports the control-backspace shortcut key to delete the previous word. Is sue : Address the problem when the Defer and Followup functions are launched from the Ribbon in the main Outlook window, the window could sometimes be placed at the bottom right of the screen. Bu g Fix : Address issue for certain European locales, where the date selector used in the Dashboards , QuickTasks and Organizer would not pick the correct date when the Next Week button was used. The update is being delivered now to users on the beta update channel, will roll out soon to the early update channel, followed by all users in the next few weeks. The build number in the About screen will show as 2209.0. Posted by ClearContext at 9:46 am on October 24th, 2022. Categories: announcements . Product Update A product update is rolling out with the following improvements and fixes: Followup : The subject of the Followup Task may now be set from the Followup window before the Task is created. To set the subject, click the Show Options button on the bottom of the screen if the additional options are not already visible, and edit the Task Subject field. Tasks and Appointments: When creating a Task or Appointment from a message, the original message can now have a category tagged to indicate that a Task or Appointment has been created for that message. While this status is already shown in the MessageContext , this additional indicator is useful for users that do not use the MessageContext or want a more prominent indicator. This option may be enabled in the ClearContext Options screen in the Tasks/Appts tab. Dashboard : In the Project Detail Dashboard , there is a new view available for Tasks to show the completed tasks for the Project . To access the option click on the view button on the top right area of the Task list. Dashboard : In both the Summary and Detail Dashboards , Tasks can now be deleted by selecting a Task and right clicking with the mouse. Organizer : Similar to the above, Tasks can now be deleted by selecting a Task and right clicking with the mouse. License Updates : For situations where ClearContext is blocked from automatically updating the subscription status due to firewall or security restrictions, license updates can now be sent through an email message. Users can contact support to request an email based license update. Bug Fix : Address issue when printing reports from the Organizer in certain computer configurations, where the icons could appear as blank or dark rectangles. The update is being delivered now to users on the beta update channel, will roll out soon to the early update channel, followed by all users in the next few weeks. The build number in the About screen will show as 2112.0. Posted by ClearContext at 11:48 am on December 30th, 2021. Categories: Uncategorized . Product Update: Followup, Defer, QuickTasks A product update is rolling out with the following improvements and fixes: Defer and Followup : Specific time intervals can now be pinned to the 4 quick select buttons on the screen. To make a button always show a specific time, click on the pin button to the right. Defer and Followup: When using the new pin option mentioned above, a new type of time interval for a specific day of week is now available. For example, a button can be assigned to always Defer or Followup to the following Monday. Followup : When creating a new Followup and there is already an active one on the same message conversation, there is now an option to delete any existing Followup tasks upon creation of the new one. Q uickTasks : Different window sizes are now available by clicking on the increase or decrease buttons on the top bar, similar to the size options on the Project/Filing window. QuickTasks : The Project selection drop down now resizes wider up to the available space when long Project names are displayed for easier readability of long Project names. QuickTasks : The Date label now shows whether the date selector is setting the Start or the Due Date, according to the Start/Due preferences set in the Dashboard. Bug Fix : Avoid the issue where on rare occasions, the splitter bar in the Dashboard window could be set outside the visible area so that it was difficult to bring lower...