The month that was at Zoho Workplace | July 2021

The month that was at Zoho Workplace | July 2021

Dear community,

How have you all been? The Workplace team has added many updates to the product, and here's a round-up of that. Do check these out and let us know what you think.

Lively presentations with audio and video

Turn otherwise mundane presentations into interesting ones with a mix of audio and video to add value and variety! Tell me how.
 

More line spacing options

Your paragraphs need not always have words with uniform text size. This is why we introduced three new line spacing options in Writer— Multiple, At Least, and Exactly. Learn more.
 

New date fields and endless possibilities

Now generating due dates, past dates, and inserting dates dynamically during merge all becomes superbly simple. Learn more.

An out-of-the box inbox

From scheduling meetings contextually, accessing CRM data, to managing support tickets, you can do more than just emailing with your inbox! Tell me more.
 

Enhanced Quarantine section

The Quarantine section in Zoho Mail's Admin Console now includes a list of all delivered and denied emails, along with the exports that have been scheduled. Read more.
 

System level spam email rejection

Administrators can enable system level spam email rejection that keeps away all emails classified as spam according to system level spam checks.

Professional looking icons for crisp presentations

Zoho Show integrates with Feather Icons that opens up more than 250 open source vector icons for use in your presentations. Read more.

Do you have any feedback, feature suggestions, or questions? Feel free to ask them right here in this community.
 



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