eyeOS Integrates Zoho
May 6, 2008
eyeOS, the online desktop application has now integrated the Zoho suite of applications. Currently Writer and Sheet have made the move over however Show will be integrated once Zoho open up the API’s for creating presentations.
To use the Zoho Apps on eyeOS, you need to install eyeZohoSuite from eyeos-apps.org. Once you have it installed, you’ll be able to view your existing documents and spreadsheets from Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet respectively. This also lets you create new documents and spreadsheets as well. eyeOS plans to support opening Open Office documents soon with Zoho Apps going forward.
eyeOS integrates Zoho from Raju Vegesna on Vimeo.
Zoho launch Zoho People
March 12, 2008
Zoho have announced the launch of Zoho People, a Human Resource management application for HR teams in an organisation. This new business application joins zoho’s other business applications - Zoho CRM, Zoho Meeting, Zoho Projects and Zoho DB.
Organisation Module:
This module is used to define the structure of your organisation including departments, designations/titles and also the Org Chart.
Recruitment Module:
The Recruitment module eases the hiring process in an organisation. It automates the steps involved between searching a candidate from resume database to hiring him an employee. This module also lets managers raise job requirements and admins post openings on the website.
Forms Module:
The Forms module has a set of pre-created forms (mini-applications) for common tasks in an organisation like filing expense reports, reporting leave etc. With Zoho Creator integration, this module lets admins create new forms or customise existing forms and make them available to all employees.
Checklist Module:
This module lets admin automate business processes and define the flow based on conditions. Tasks can automatically be assigned to users or groups based on defined flow.
Self Service Module:
This module acts as a self-service module for Employees and Managers. All the employees have access to this module. Managers can define job openings and organise their team structure. Employees can submit information to the HR department using the forms defined by the HR team (like submitting an Expense Report or informing about a leave etc).
Roles and Permissions :
This module is used by admin to define fine grained access for different roles based on permissions - which drill down to field level, action level and form level.
See this video for a more detailed look
Zoho People from Raju Vegesna on Vimeo.
Zoho Writer gets an Update
February 27, 2008
Zoho Writer, the online word processor has today announced a few new features following up on the last batch of new stuff which included Pagination, Headers & Footers and Offline Support.
Some of the new features include
DocX Support:
Zoho Writer now supports exporting to DocX, the new Microsoft OOXML file format for Word. Ofcourse, we already support ODF Export/Import in Zoho Writer. Currently you can export any of your documents in Zoho Writer as a DocX file. This is added in addition to the already available export options - DOC, TXT, HTML, PDF, ODF, SXW and RTF. We will soon be supporting DocX import as well.
Thesaurus:
We now added Thesaurus option (in 10 languages). Right-click on a word, choose the ‘Thesaurus’ option from the contextual menu to view the synonyms and related words. The current version of Thesaurus is used more for lookup purposes. We plan to enhance this functionality further to replace the words with selected ones from thesaurus in the next version.
Languages supported in Thesaurus: English, Czech, German, Greek, French, Irish, Italian, Polish, Russian & Slovak. We will keep adding more language options in future updates.
Sharing with Groups:
You can now share documents with groups. This makes it a lot easier to share documents with multiple people avoiding entering of multiple email addresses each time you share a document. To share a document with a group, click on ‘Share’ and select the ‘Share with Groups’ tab. You can create new groups in your ‘My Account‘ section. These groups will be visible across all Zoho Applications.
Enhanced support for Endnotes/Footnotes:
As you may know, we recently added Endnotes & Footnotes capabilities in Zoho Writer. This updates enhances this functionality further. All your Zoho Writer documents when exported to DocX, ODF, SXW & RTF will retain the endnotes/footnotes correctly. We now also import endnotes/footnotes from DOC, ODF, SXW, RTF files.
Enhanced support for Headers/Footers:
Headers/Footers support is further enhanced in this latest update. Full support is available when you export documents to DocX, ODF, SXW & RTF.
[Via Zoho Blog]
Zoho app for the iPhone
January 10, 2008
Zoho have released a new web app for the iPhone. This app lets you view existing documents in your account as well ass regular Word processing and Spreadsheet Functions.
The app also gives you the ability to view and enter data in the database application.
This is now listed under Productivity Applications section on Apple’s iPhone website.
Zoho rolls out Notebook Updates
December 19, 2007
Today Zoho announced they were rolling out some updates for the Notebook web application. Here is a list of the new updates;
Enhanced Firefox Plug-in with Citations
Skins Support
Keyboard Shortcuts
Linking support
and more…
Citation Support in Firefox Plug-in
This is one of the most requested feature. Our new Firefox plug-in lets you easily aggregate content from the internet and it also links back to the original site with the title on the top. Here is how the aggregated content looks with the new plug-in.
You’ll notice the title on the top with a link back to the original site. You can change the title or the link using the ‘Edit Title’ icon (
).
Skins Support
If you don’t prefer the default color for the notebook, we now have two more options - Blue and Brown. You can change the Skin from the ‘Preferences’ section.
Keyboard Shortcuts
If you are used to keyboard shortcuts, some of them are supported now inside Zoho Notebook. Supported ones are - Save (CTRL + S), Copy (CTRL + C), Paste (CTRL + V), Undo (CTRL + Z) and Redo (CTRL + Y).
Linking Support
You’ll now see two new icons in the text object - 
. You can now link your content to any URL. Of course, linking between notebook pages is coming.
Other Enhancements…
Remove Sharing
If you have a shared notebook which you no longer need, you can use our new ‘Remove Sharing’ option now (
) on the menu. Now you have the control on what notebooks you want to view in your shared section.
Rename/Delete Notebook
There is a new way to rename or delete a notebook. Simply right click on the book name, you’ll see the new context menu appear.
