Those who use word processors say styles are one of the most powerful tools in these applications. EssentialPIM is not a word processor, but its Notes module does have this important feature. In this post, we'll look at how styles work in EPIM and can...
a number of enhancements. Let's look at several, beginning with tasks, which are easier to create, organize, and find with the introduction of "quick task" and Smart Lists. A faster way to create tasks At the top of tasks in either the main list or the...
You take the time to log your appointments and to dos, to record your contacts and notes, to secure passwords and connect your email, all to have your world at hand in your personal information manager. But there is more than what you can type into...
I am new to sticky notes, even though EssentialPIM introduced them in 2008 and I began using EPIM three years earlier. I resisted digital stickies because they cluttered the screen, but they have evolved through the years into less invasive, helpful...
EssentialPIM 11.1 through 11.1.6 have been released and many of the features are described in the announcement on the website's news page. Some deserve a closer look, which we'll do in this post. Settings for quick search saved on exit The quick search...
EssentialPIM 10 has been released with new features across all modules. The next few posts will look at some of them, starting with Notes, where there are the most changes. We'll look here at four of the significant Notes enhancements. 1. Favorites and...
40 years in data processing, I shouldn't be impressed when a software package like EssentialPIM works, but I am. Probably the most complicated programming I have done was an online system that enabled field offices countrywide to process transactions in...
Help and the F1 key have been longstanding companions in Windows applications, including EssentialPIM. However, EPIM severs this tie as of its newest release, v9.9.7. The F1 key is now available as a custom shortcut that you can assign by going to...
EssentialPIM has issued another release, 11.6.5, since our last post. Let's look at a few of its enhancements and then close with the answer to a user's question. Find Previous extends searching in Notes To search for content both after and before the...
The previous post got us thinking about EssentialPIM as a tool for managing our digital assets, such as documents; inventories of our book, video, and photo collections; details about online accounts and accessing them, etc. EPIM is not Digital Asset...
9.5 was released in early November and introduced at least seventeen new or updated features. This post will look at a few of these in more detail. Click here for the complete list. New option: See the number of tasks, notes and Contacts groups Seeing...
offers several enhancements to help us work more efficiently. Quick Search reduces hunting for results It is easier to find the results of a quick search (Ctrl-Q) in Notes and Tasks because EssentialPIM now displays only the lists where it finds the...
We reviewed in a previous post several enhancements that EssentialPIM v11.2 introduced in Mail. Here, we'll look at other changes EPIM 11.2 has brought. Arrange module toolbars the way you want Aware that users like to control how their work area...
We continue our review of EssentialPIM 10, looking this time at enhancements in the Calendar and Tasks modules. Unfinished tasks advance to next day EPIM was at version 6 in 2014 when a user asked if he could get past-due tasks to roll over to the...
One year ends and a new one begins, which gets us in the mood to consider how EssentialPIM has changed in the last twelve months and what is ahead. Windows EPIM began in 2022 at version 10.0.2, announced the major release of 11.0 in July, and is now at...
Real estate on the computer screen is valuable, much like real estate on the market. Having space to work and being able to personalize that workspace are things that EPIM users have been requesting for a while. They are coming to pass; the EPIM team...
We can't be certain, but shortcuts were likely among the first inventions. Imagine the first hunter returning from his forage, meal in hand. "That was a good spot, but there must be a quicker way to get there," he thinks. And so begins the hunt for a...
Three releases of EssentialPIM 9.9 appeared in June, offering several enhancements and some new features across the modules. We're up to v9.9.6, tantalizingly close to the release of EssentialPIM 10. Let's take a look at some of what EPIM 9.9 has...
Back in 1969, the computer on board the lunar module "Eagle" displayed error number "1202," meaning its 4 KB of memory had run out during the landing. Nonetheless, Neil Armstrong landed the craft and reported "The Eagle has landed" to Houston. Nowadays...
EssentialPIM released version 11.2 for New Year's and summarized the significant enhancements in the announcement. Several of these affect Mail, which we'll review in this post. Mail introduces translation You can have EssentialPIM translate emails you...