The new TouchDown for Windows 8.1 has some awesome new features that you can utilize with a mouse or your touchscreen…here’s a quick demo:
What do you think?
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TouchDown for Windows 8.1 arrives November 4th
We at NitroDesk are *SUPER* excited to be launching TouchDown for Windows 8.1 next Monday (November 4th, 2013). It has been an exciting year of launching TouchDown across several platforms, and Windows 8.1 promises to be exciting, useful and of course, features all of our usual security measures. TouchDown for Windows has a new facelift, with an elegantly clean UI that beautifully utilizes touch screens with the same great reliability our TouchDown users are accustomed to.
Here are a few new features to look forward to:
- Rich text editing when composing an email
- Drag and drop emails when moving to different folders
- Arranging your working view (using the splitters)
- New contact list management
The upcoming version (by the end of Nov. ) will include additional features that will be supported only in Windows 8.1 such as:
- Live tiles with mail and calendar updates
- Color Themes
- New configuration and flash screen
- Folder management (create, delete, rename your email folder)
- Group contacts
More importantly, here is YOUR chance to tell us what additional features you want to see in this product – we love to include features that help our loyal users, so send us your ideas and we will try to incorporate them.
Dont you hate it when…
Don’t you hate it when you forget to turn off your Out Of Office (OOF) automatic reply? And no on tells you that your email is sending out an automatic reply that states you will be back three weeks ago. Somewhat silly in your personal email, and downright unprofessional appearing in your work email. It is SUPER easy to change this and many other settings on TouchDown, even if you are away from your desk. (which makes it possible to turn the OOF ON if your forgot to do so and you remember when you are at the airport!)
Lets use the Android Phone as an example. Simply go to Settings, and then Advanced Settings.
Select Out of Office (OOF) reply
Make your choice
Diasble OOF turns off the automatic Out of Office Reply
Enable OOF sends out an automatic Out of Office Reply, which you can select be internal or external to your organization
Scheduled OOF allows you to specify exactly when the OOF starts and stops – I highly recommend this option if you are setting up your OOF since it requires no further action once you time away is complete. If you need to add onto it because you are having way too much fun and need to stay away form the office longer, you can easily change this time frame.
So there you go! No worries about leaving on a jet plane and suddenly realizing you are going to have to deal with tardy email responses, or even worse, remembering that you forgot to turn the OOF OFF (say that three time super fast!)
Did you know that we have a ton of how-to’s on all of the TouchDown functions in our Knowledge Database?
Remotely wiping your data through TouchDown
Did you know that TouchDown supports the remote wipe command which may be issued by an administrator or a user in the event that the device has been lost or stolen? This remote wipe process deletes all the corporate data held inside TouchDown as well as any attachments under its control.
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Solving Your Problems
TouchDown came about as a solution to a problem, that problem being; when Android phones first came to market there was no viable Exchange Sync client, native or otherwise. But sometimes solutions have problems, that’s part of the price of progress. So when you run into problems with TouchDown, you have a number of options to choose from, based on the type of issue you are facing or your preference for how to seek out a solution.
TouchDown E-Mail Technical Support – Support@NitroDesk.com No matter what version of TouchDown you are using or what device/OS you have it installed on, our crack squad of US-Based support engineers will get you squared away, often the same day.
TouchDown Knowledge Base – If you prefer to sniff out the answer to your questions by yourself, then this is the place to do it. If you don’t find the answer you are looking for, then you can submit a request from this site which is then handled by our support engineers.
TouchDown Google Group – Sometimes it’s nice to see that your problem isn’t so bad when compared to how others may be suffering, so why not cruise the Google Group to see how good you have it. Crowd sourcing is an excellent way to find solutions to your problems, or lend a hand to a fellow user who is having the same issue you may have found a solution for. Our CEO/Developer and I also like to keep an eye on things here to make sure as many people as possible get the help they need. This is a great place to give feedback too, so come on by and let us know what you think. Don’t forget to subscribe to the group so you can keep up to speed.
IdeaScale – Want to see a new feature added to TouchDown? This is the place to let us know what you want to see in upcoming versions of TouchDown and if we can conceivably do it within the constraints of the OS, we will. In fact, this is the core of our Mission Statement: “Our customers and their aspirations and needs are at the center of everything we do. We know we wouldn’t exist without them and their support and loyalty. The least we can do is build what they need and not what we think is cool.”
NitroDesk YouTube Channel – We host all of our video tutorials, demos and overviews on our YouTube page, so have a look around and stay tuned for new content. If you want to see something new, just let us know in the comments below.
-Ben
Video Tutorial: TouchDown Personal Edition
Here is the first in our series of videos on How to Maximize Touchdown for your device. This brief video gives a great overview of our newest product, the Personal Edition. Enjoy!
What kinds of videos would you like to see?
Don’t already have the fabulous Personal Edition of TouchDown? Purchase it at www.Nitrodesk.com
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