5pm Academy

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#1 Right click for extra options

By using the mouse right click on projects/tasks you can quickly access different important features, like closing a task in a single click, or duplicating it.

#2 Cloning projects and tasks

Use any project or task as a template for a new one! You can even clone the whole project with all its tasks! This feature is accessed through the right mouse click.

Tips & Tricks

Automatic deadline reminders

Get regular emails with the list of all your tickets that are due on that day (or overdue) using our Deadlines Auto-reminder.

Replying to an email notification

When you are replying to a 5pm email notification, your message is automatically added into 5pm as a message on the respective project/task [read more].

Drag-and-drop

You can drag and drop tasks and projects in your main view. Also, you can drag messages from the right panel into the projects/tasks in the left one. Drag them into the trash can icon on the bottom for a quick deletion. You can also move around and resize projects and tasks in the Timeline.

Integration with Google™ tools

Did you know that you can synchronize your Google Calendar with 5pm, link to your Google Docs files and import your contacts from Gmail?

To speed up 5pm...

...hide the extra data - use the auto-archive, Group and other filters. If you are using Internet Explorer - try Chrome, Firefox or Safari for a better performance.

To Collapse (fold) all the projects...

in the main view - use the right click on the Group line (1st one).

To Add new columns to the main view or to Reports...

right click on the table column header.

To avoid switching between Info/Active tabs to check the task or project description...

use "Show Info" option (arrow-menu on the top right of the right panel).

#10

Users can open Google Doc links without logging into Google...

if you set its sharing level to "Let people view without signing in" [ read more ].

#11

To see who is working on what...

a) Add the "Team" column to the left panel of the main view ("Projects") using the right click on column headers
b) In the left panel use the users dropdown filter on the top to filter tasks by team members (works in "My Tasks" view as well).
c) Run General Report using the "Team member" filter

#12

To see change history and restore deleted items...

use User Logs or Administrator Logs.

#14

To fit more data on the screen...

Use the F11 button to switch your web browser into full screen mode.

#15

Project/Task Team selector - show only selected users...

by clicking on the "selected: X" link on the bottom left of the team selector popup.

#16

Highlight a team member...

by clicking on its name in the team input field [ read more ]