MyInfo 4.01

MyInfo 4.01 offers an effective tool which helps you to collect, organize, edit, store, and later find personal-reference information like documents, random notes, and project-support materials. It is a valuable tool for everyone who uses GTD, serving as a reference-management system for electronic documents.

If you are looking for a way to organize all documents and information scattered all over your hard drive in a unified and easy to use system, MyInfo will offer you a complete solution. By separating the information in documents and topics, your reference-system will be easy to maintain and search in.

MyInfo has clean and intuitive user interface. It includes popular features like tabbed interface for easier browsing of your information, encryption for keeping your documents safe, and various ways for searching in your reference library. MyInfo is extensible application, supporting third-party import and export modules and templates.

Collect information from a variety of sources, including existing files, the Internet, drag and drop from other applications, and capturing ideas and thoughts on-the-fly.

Organize your personal-reference information in an easy way to browse and use. By separating information in topics and documents, you can easily rearrange and modify your library. Each document has user-defined attributes, which are easy to edit, using the multi-column tree editor.

Edit documents with the powerful, built-in text editor, featuring rich text formatting, tables, OLE objects, hyperlinks, pictures, and spelling.

Store your information securely with the help of MyInfo file encryption and automatic backup.

Find instantly the information you need. MyInfo indexes your information, so search results are instant! MyInfo exports to Microsoft Word compatible file format and you can print your data or save it as a web page.

Make a flying start learning MyInfo with the included tutorial and extensive help.

Major Features:

1. Capture
   • Collect Information Easily
   • • By using the AutoPaste and QuickPaste features, you can collect information into MyInfo, even when it is minimized and you are working with another application.
   • Microsoft Office® Integration
   • • MyInfo not only shares Microsoft Office® look & feel and shortcuts, but also tightly integrates with it. If you have Microsoft Word® installed, you can import Word documents into your topics and if you have Microsoft Excel® installed, you can paste tables from it, directly in the text editor.
     • MyInfo accepts Outlook hyperlinks, so you can open mail messages and other Outlook items, directly from MyInfo.
   • Capture Entire Web Pages
   • • You can save local copy of a web page, if you want to browse it offline using the builtin web browser.
   • Drag & Drop Everywhere
   • • You can drag text, pictures, links, files, and mail messages in the MyInfo tree editor, creating new documents on-the-fly. MyInfo will intelligently create document of the appropriate type and import the dragged data.
     • You can also quickly reorder documents in the tree and even move them between topics, using the drag & drop function.
   • File Embedding and Editing
   • • You can insert files from other applications into MyInfo, thus keeping all your information in one place. You can edit embedded files and the changes will be saved back in MyInfo.
2. Organize
   • Tabbed Interface
   • • MyInfo features a tabbed interface, which allows you to work with multiple files in the same application window and switch between them easily. You can rearrange the tabs using the new Organize Topics function and sort them alphabetically.
   • User Attributes in the Tree
   • • Another unique MyInfo feature is its multi-column tree. Each topic comes with a predefined set of built-in attributes, containing various information about the documents in the topic. You can create your own attributes if you want to assign additional metadata to the documents in the topic. You can filter for documents depending on the attributes they have.
   • Tasks
   • • MyInfo 4 allows you to easily insert tasks in the tree with priority and due dates. You can see a full list of your tasks with a single click in the Filter View.
   • Filter Documents
   • • You can filter documents in the tree on their attribute values and other information. Clicking on a document tag will show you all documents with the same tag in the tree.
     • Group results by attribute value for better navigation.
   • Document Tags
   • • Document tags (or keywords) are a handy tool for categorizing and finding related documents. They work exactly like tags in the popular social bookmarking web sites such as del.icio.us.
   • Instant Search Results
   • • MyInfo indexes your information, so when you search in your topics (even these that are not open in MyInfo) you get instant and accurate results.
   • Document Cloning
   • • If you want the same document to appear in different parts of the topic tree, you will find the MyInfo cloning feature indispensable.
   • Favorites
   • • Favorites allow you to bookmark your most frequently used documents, topic, and filters.
   • Calendar View
   • • MyInfo calendar view makes it easy to spot upcoming tasks and other important dates.
   • Sort Documents
   • • Sort documents by up to three document attributes.
3. Edit
   • Full-Featured Text Editor
   • • MyInfo text editor has a full range of word-processing features. It offers rich text formatting, hyperlinks, tables, pictures, and OLE objects support.
     • MyInfo unique feature are the text formatting styles, which are shared in the whole topic. So you can quickly change the topic look and achieve consistent, professional look of your topics without manual labor.
     • You can easily find and replace text within the document.
   • Spelling
   • • MyInfo 4 has a full-fledged spell checker. It offers spell-as-you-type spelling, additional dictionaries for all major languages and it actually learns from you, so if you make the same mistakes multiple times, it will make more intelligent suggestions.
   • Formatting in the Tree
   • • In MyInfo 4 you can format the appearance of any single document in the tree. You can change fonts, sizes, colors, font effects (bold, italic, underline), and even their background color.
     • In addition, the formatting is preserved when you export the topic to a Word file or just want to print it!
4. Share
   • Link to MyInfo from Anywhere
   • • MyInfo can create links to its topics and document and then you can place these links in any Windows applications or as shortcuts on your desktop. Then clicking on this links, opens MyInfo and the desired item.
   • Files and Folders Export
   • • Export all documents, web resources and embedded files to a folder, retaining the tree structure.
   • Export as a Web Page
   • • Export MyInfo topic as a web site and publish it on the Internet.
   • Print and Print Preview
   • • Export all documents and their attributes to a Microsoft Excel, where you can analyze them.
   • Open Architecture
   • • MyInfo does not lock your data. In fact, MyInfo has open import and export architecture, allowing third-party developers to create plugins for importing and exporting information between MyInfo and any third-party application.

Enhancements:

1. Spell Checking
   • MyInfo 4 has a full-fledged spell checker. It offers spell-as-you-type spelling, additional dictionaries for all major languages and it actually learns from you, so if you make the same mistakes multiple times, it will make more intelligent suggestions.
2. Formatting in the Tree
   • In MyInfo 4 you can format the appearance of any single document in the tree. You can change fonts, sizes, colors, font effects (bold, italic, underline), and even their background color.
   • In addition, the formatting is preserved when you export the topic to a Word file or just want to print it!
3. Revamped Interface
   • The new “tree views” give you a fast access to the "Filter" and "Tags" features. If you click for example on the Tags view, you will see a tag cloud of all available tags in the topic. Click on a tag and like in MyInfo 3, the program will display all documents containing that tag in the Filter view.
   • The other prominent change in the main window interface is the position of the topic tabs. Now they are above the tree, right below the toolbars. This does not only comply with all other Windows applications user interfaces, but also makes switching between topics significantly faster.
4. Improved Filters
   • MyInfo 4 has more powerful filters. You can now group the results by an attribute and select how to sort the results.
5. Your Own State Icons
   • MyInfo 4 will include over 40 new state icons. In addition, you can now add your own state icons and customize the state icons context menu.
6. Customize Keyboard Shortcuts
   • You can now assign custom shortcuts to any MyInfo command. This is very convenient, if some of the existing shortcuts are in conflict with some other applications on your computer or if you want to have a quick access to a command, which has no default shortcut.
7. Favorites
   • If you want to have a quick access to your favorite documents, topic and filter, you can easily bookmark them in MyInfo 4.
8. USB/flash Drive Install (Pro only)*
   • You can install MyInfo 4 on a portable drive like a flash or thumb drive.
   • This feature is available only in the Professional edition of MyInfo 4.
9. Delimited Text (CSV) Export (Pro only)
   • This plugin allows you to export all documents and their attributes to Microsoft Excel (c) compatible format, where you can analyze them.
10. Save Local Copy of a Web Page
    • Now in addition to embedding any type of files in your topics, you can embed whole web pages. This way, when a site containing important information is down or even worse – ceases to exist, you will have the information you ware interested in, right on your PC.
11. Other Improvements
    • Tasks - you can insert tasks in the tree, like in a todo list
    • Super fast document indexing (500% to 2500% improvement)
    • Edit attribute values in the filter view
    • Change color buttons like in Ms Office
    • Display multiline titles in the tree
    • Improved Auto Paste
    • Calendar view
    • Reorder tabs with the mouse
    • Insert horizontal line in the text editor
    • Miscellaneous usability and performance improvements
    • Bug fixes

Requirements:IE 6.0 or higher