InLoox PM 7 items in the Outlook 2010/2013 Ribbon

InLoox PM 7 items in the Outlook 2010/2013 Ribbon

Click the InLoox PM tab in Outlook to display the InLoox PM Ribbon.The InLoox PM Ribbon is designed to help you to quickly find the commands and views you need to handle your projects. Commands are organized in a way that you can quickly switch between different views and features.

On the InLoox PM Ribbon you will find the following commands and views:

• Recent projects  displays a list of the projects you opened recently, organized by the project numbers. InLoox PM saves ten projects maximum in this view. Click one item to open a project.

• Add to project  Add Outlook elements such as emails. tasks or calendar entries to a project.

  More information can be found under Add Outlook elements to InLoox PM.

• Projectlist  switches to the project list overview in the InLoox PM folder. This folder is comparable with an email, calendar, or task folder of Outlook. The InLoox PM folder can be located on the network server or on your own hard disk, depending on the installed version.
  More information can be found under the category Project list.
• Dashboard The Dashboard view shows selected basic data all of your projects.
  More information can be found under the category Dashboard view.
• Timeline  During the planning of multiple projects that run parallely, InLoox PM supports you with the timeline view.
  You can also adjust the timeline view according to your individual requirements. More information can be found under the category Timeline view.
• Time tracking  This view shows an overview of all project working times system-wide which you are allowed to access.
  More information can be found under the Time tracking view.
• Resources  The visual resource overview displays the resource capability and work load. It integrates both project work packages from InLoox PM and appointments from the Microsoft Exchange free/busy service.
  More information can be found under the category Resources.
• Contacts  InLoox PM contacts contain information such as emails addresses, postal addresses or different telephone numbers of the team members even if they are not available as an Outlook or Exchange contacts.
  More information can be found under the category InLoox PM contacts.
• Archive  This overview shows you all archived projects.
  More information can be found under the category Project archive.
• More views  Here, you find a list of different views of the project list. You can also save new views or manage the existing ones. Choose whether you want to make it visible for all users or only for yourself.
  More information can be found under Search and find projects.
• Reports  With the push of a button, the report designer issues reports such as project summaries, budget lists, expense reports and plan/actual comparisons in a variety of file formats like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, HTML, PDF and many more. You can customize your personal report by data filtering.
  More information can be found under the category Reports.
• Stop watch  InLoox provides you with this feature to record simply all your working times that you spend on project workpackages. Start the stop watch when you start to work on a project-related task. When you are done, you can stop the stop watch and post the working time effort directly to the respective project.
  More information can be found under Record personal time efforts with the stop watch.
• Show workpackage list  displays your personal work package overview. All open workpackages are generated from the project plan.
  More information can be found under category Workpackages.
• Log on as  InLoox PM enables the external project partners, which don't have Windows user account in the corporate network, to logon to InLoox PM. As an InLoox PM user, you can choose between Windows and InLoox Authentication.
  More information can be found under Create an InLoox PM account and Log on as InLoox PM user.
• Recycle projects  The recycle bin contains an overview of the deleted projects. When you delete the projects from the project list, the projects are placed in the recycle bin.
  More information can be found under View, restore, or delete projects in the recycle projects view.
• Help  Click Help to get help information and find useful topics on how to manage and optimize InLoox PM. The InLoox PM help provides you with further information and tips on how to edit projects. You can either browse or search for help topics and index entries by using the InLoox PM help navigation pane.