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Jun 02, 2010
EfficientPIM 2.93 Released!
- Bug fix: the software sometimes can not minimize to the system tray in Windows 7.
- Added languages: Korean and French (Canadian).
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
May 12, 2010
EfficientPIM 2.92 Released!
- Added the feature of Paste Special.
- Improved the installation package (it will detect whether the program is running before start installing; added multilingual user interface).
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Mar 30, 2010
EfficientPIM 2.91 Released!
- Added languages: Dutch and Indonesian.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Mar 12, 2010
EfficientPIM 2.90 Released!
- Added languages: Hungarian and Thai.
- Added the feature of compacting data file.
- Added the option of 'Allow multiple instances'.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Jan 18, 2010
EfficientPIM 2.88 Released!
- The interface is more compatible with Windows 7 standards.
- In the Calendar module, the rows and columns displayed in Date Navigator are saved.
- Bug fix: In rare cases (such as when text is entered into an embedded table), contents modified in diary, notes or comments could not be saved correctly.
- Fixed a bug in version 2.85: some events and tasks cannot be snoozed.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Dec 28, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.85 Released!
- Added function of directly copying html page content to notes, diary entries and comments. Save pictures, hyper-links, tables, lists, and font style (bold, underline). etc.
- Added support for PNG format images.
- Improved support for GIF format images.
- Added the option to backup the data file automatically.
- Bug fix: Desktop notes' location and size may not be saved properly while power off but the software is still running.
- Bug fix: Click the check box on the left side of sticky note list may not switch the "Show On Desktop" status successfully.
- Improved Sticky Note: Only when sticky note's content changes, the last modification time of it will be updated, otherwise do not update the information.
- Bug fix: Can't dismiss some regular events successfully.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Dec 09, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.80 Released!
- Added languages: Farsi, Italian and Polish.
- Fully compatible with Windows 7 and Vista operating systems.
- Added the feature of filtering events by label type to the calendar views.
- Added the option of displaying start date or due date in Today module's task list.
- Added the Task Priority column to Today module's task list.
- Added the options of whether to remind an event and before how long to remind it by default.
- Added the option of using the home address or office address as the default address.
- Improved the software's display in low screen resolution.
- Fixed the bug that some special comma delimited files could not be imported.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Oct 14, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.79 Released!
- Added languages: Bulgarian, Swedish.
- Added a new application icon.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Sep 03, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.78 Released!
- Added languages: Czech, Finnish.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Aug 18, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.76 Released!
- Added a custom navigation panel: you can set the order of icons in the panel or hide some icons.
- Added languages: German, Portuguese (Brazilian), Russian.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Jul 26, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.75 Released!
- Import and export enhancement: Now comments can be imported and exported.
- Import and export enhancement for events and tasks: Now the product can import and export whether events/tasks can be reminded and the corresponding reminder times.
- Import and export enhancement for contacts: Now whether to remind birthdays and anniversaries can be imported and exported.
- Added the feature of fast copy of password information to the clipboard.
- Added the shortcut key to quickly open the Web page corresponding to interested information in a browser.
- Added the buttons "Previous Month" and "Next Month" on the toolbar in the Calendar module.
- Added language: French.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Jul 17, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.71 Released!
- Added language: Spanish.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Jul 08, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.70 Released!
- Added the feature of Spell Checker.
- Added the feature of selecting multiple records in the record list (such as selecting multiple records and then delete them together).
- Added the feature of selecting multiple attachments in the attachment list and operate on them together.
- Added languages: Traditional Chinese, Norwegian and Croatian.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Jun 12, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.62 Released!
- Solved the problem that the display locations of the main menu's drop-down submenus were incorrect in a multiple-monitor environment.
- The default location of desktop notes has been changed to the upper right corner of the desktop.
- More complete support for the "First Day of Week" option.
- Added the "Expand All" and "Collapse All" functions to the task panel of Today view.
- Added the "Expand All" and "Collapse All" functions to the TaskPad of Calendar view.
- Added the "Expand All" and "Collapse All" functions to the task display list.
- Added the "New Subgroup" command to the pop-up menu of the group list.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
May 09, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.61 Released!
- Bug fix: Tasks could not be properly marked as "completed" in the Today view.
- Added options to confirm actions (such as when a record is deleted, user confirmation is required).
- Added support for right-to-left reading order in the diary and note editors.
- Bug fix: If Today view is displayed in the main interface, when a new recurring event is added, the event list in Today view may not be able to update properly.
- Bug fix: The program still displayed a contact's birthday even after the contact to be reminded of birthday has been deleted and sent to the Recycle Bin.
Apr 29, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.60 Released!
- Users can now set separate passwords for the Diary module, the Notes module and the Password Manager module.
- Added the feature of global search: it allows you to search in information of various types.
- The main interface can now be switched between the Edit mode and the Browse mode.
- New feature: events and tasks can be displayed at the same time in the Calendar view.
- Added the functions Copy and Paste to the calendar views.
- New feature: data is saved automatically at minimization.
- New feature: Duration is added to the Edit Event window.
- Added the functions Expand All and Collapse All to the group list.
- The "Save As" operation is now supported for attachments.
- Damaged data files can be repaired automatically.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Mar 08, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.51 Released!
- The program can automatically detect whether a file opened is on a USB drive. If the answer is "Yes", it will take optimization measures to reduce write operations to files on the USB drive to improve performance.
- Enhanced the performance of the Portable version on USB drives.
- New feature: When a group tree list is displayed, the nodes for the first-level groups are now allowed to collapse and expand.
- Bug fix: Sometimes the custom configuration (e.g. sorting) for the Task list view cannot be properly saved.
- Bug fix: EfficientPIM 2.50 may not be able to restore the data from password-protected backup files saved by a previous version.
- Bug fix: For a recurring task set to remind in advance, after certain task is complete, the reminder times of following tasks may be wrong.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Feb 22, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.50 Released!
- Modified data file format, and enhanced data security and stability.
- The feature of Find and Replace was added to diary and note editors.
- Improved the export of diary entries or note list to the CSV file. Now you can export the plain text contents within the diary entries or notes.
- Improved the way diary entries or note list are printed. Now you can print the plain text contents within diary entries or notes.
- Improved the bulk import of diary entries or notes from the CSV file. Now you can import the plain text contents within the diary entries or notes.
- Enhanced compatibility with systems with different date formats.
- Added the feature of saving default backup folder.
- Added the feature of saving the last entered event location, so it is available to select in the future.
- Fixed the problem that some cities were not shown up in the City drop-down list when you enter the address of a contact.
- The State and City drop-down lists displayed when you enter a contact's address are now listed in alphabetical order, so you can search for and choose entries from them conveniently.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Feb 12, 2009
EfficientPIM 2.35 Released!
- Fixed the problem that diary, note and comments editors cannot properly edit hierarchical lists.
- Added the feature of importing comma separated values (CSV) files in UTF8 and Unicode formats.
- Added the feature of setting the location of the automatic backup data folder.
- Added the feature of automatic backup of the statuses at last 5 data file closures.
- In the portable edition, relative paths are used when the information on most recently opened files is saved, so that this USB drive version can avoid the situation that it may not be able to open a recent file properly when the USB drive is moved to a different computer.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Dec 31, 2008
EfficientPIM 2.31 Released!
- Added the feature of full-text search in the diary.
- Added the feature of full-text search in the note.
- Solved the problem that there might be unrecognizable characters when copying text from some other software and paste it to a diary entry or note in EfficientPIM.
- Fixed the problem that the input cursor may not display correctly in the editors for notes, diary entries and comments in some cases.
- Fixed the problem that tables cannot be properly operated on in the editors for notes, diary entries and comments in some cases.
- Fixed the problem that you may not be able to double-click an .eff file in the Windows Explorer to open it properly if its file name contains space(s).
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Nov 25, 2008
EfficientPIM 2.20 Released!
- Modified data file format, and enhanced data security.
- Added the option of 'Check for updates at startup'.
- A 'Save' button was added to the toolbar in the edit Diary Entry window.
- A 'Save' button was added to the toolbar in the edit Note window.
- Solved the problem that sometimes EfficientPIM cannot set its options on Windows Vista.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Oct 9, 2008
EfficientPIM 2.01 Released!
- The option of 'Always on Top' was added to Desktop Note.
- The option of 'Always on Top' was added to Reminders Window.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Sep 18, 2008
EfficientPIM 2.0 Released!
- Added the feature of switching interface styles (8 styles in total are available).
- Added the feature of switching between UI languages dynamically (more language packs will be released step by step).
- Added support for subtasks and for specifying task order.
- Attachments can be added to information entries such as contacts, notes or diary entries.
- Added custom fields support for contacts.
- You can now track and browse activities such as events and tasks related to a contact.
- Added the feature of showing information entries in Card View.
- Added the feature of adding contacts from the same company.
- Added two new levels - 'Highest' and 'Lowest' - to priority and importance. You can also assign importance to information entries such as contacts or notes.
- 'Work Week', 'Year' and 'Time Grid' views were added to calendar.
- The display of calendar was enhanced. Image IDs like 'Attachment', 'To be reminded' and 'Recurring' were added.
- New features like 'Import from File' and 'Export to File' were added to Diary and Notes.
- Added the feature of 'Content Brief' to Diary and Notes.
- Now you can browse Diary in 'Date View' and 'Group View'.
- Added the function of 'New Diary Entry for a Previous Day'.
- Added the features of Backup and Restore.
- The software now fully supports drag and drop.
- New option: Whether you need to enter the password when the software is restored from minimized state.
- New option: Whether the software is to be ended directly or to be minimized when the user clicks the Close button on the main window.
- New feature: When you drag the border of an event in the calendar, you can change the start time and end time of this event.
- New feature: If you right-click the time column at the left in Day view and Work Week view, you can change the unit of the scale for the time table to be 60 minutes, 15 minutes, etc.
- Some other improvements.
- Some bug fixes.
Jul 12, 2008
EfficientPIM 1.62 Released!
- Flickering problem under Vista is fixed.
- Support importing RTF files and text files.
- Starting speed improved.
- More user-friendly.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
May 6, 2008
EfficientPIM 1.61 Released!
- Cannot create new file on few computers is fixed.
Apr 21, 2008
EfficientPIM 1.60 Released!
- Password generator newly added.
- Better localization: default font of the "Record list", "Record Details", "Comment", "Diary" and "Note" are changed to the default font of the user's OS.
- Calendar display improved: "Day name" information is always included in the date of "Day View" and "Week View".
- Edit Note and edit Destop Note form layout disorder under certain OS is fixed.
- Other improvements are made and bugs are fixed.
Jan 20, 2008
EfficientPIM 1.50 Released!
New Features:
- Support printing the content of Note, Diary and Comment.
- Support customizing the fonts of Record List, Record Details or other interfaces.
- Support saving the location and size of forms such as editing information etc.
Improvements:
- Improved interface display on computer with multiple monitors.
- Other enhancement.
- Fixed some bugs.
Sep 12, 2007
EfficientPIM 1.02 Released!
- Minor enhanced and bugs fixed.
Aug 15, 2007
EfficientPIM 1.01 Released!
