Launching today is the Zoho Calendar Plugin for Microsoft Outlook. As more and more of the work gets done on the web, it becomes necessary for the mobile worker in you to access all the scheduled appointments and events from where ever you are. Having your Outlook calendar in sync with a web service like Zoho Calendar should make things easier for you. And that's what this plugin helps achieve.

The salient features include

  • Two-way sync between Microsoft Outlook and Zoho Calendar
  • Syncing multiple Outlook calendars with Zoho
  • SSL encrypted login and syncing of data
  • Quick import of a large number of events from your present Outlook calendar(s)
  • Support for Outlook 2000, 2003 and 2007
Check out the Installation Guide and User Guide pages for how to install and work with the plugin. We believe you'll find the plugin useful. Let us know your feedback in the comments below or contact us at support at zohocalendar dot com.

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Now it is easy for you to move your contacts between Zoho Invoice and your mail clients (address books) like Microsoft Outlook, Mac Address Book, GMail, Yahoo mail etc.  Yes, we are happy to announce the support for vCard import and export, the most commonly used standard to manage and transfer contact information.

How do I import the contacts from my mail client to Zoho Invoice?

  1. The first step will be to export the contacts from your mail client in vCard format.  The procedure to export contact information as vCard differs for each mail client.  Here I have explained the procedure for one of the most popular mailing service – GMail.  Shortly we will be publishing the procedure for other popular mail clients in our help docs.
    • Sign-in to your GMail account.
    • Click on the “Contacts” link and select the contacts you want to export.
    • Click on the "Export" link and select "vCard format" for exporting the data.
    • Click on the "Export" button and save the file.
  2. Now Sing-in to your Zoho Invoice account.
  3. Click on the “Customers” tab and click on the “Contacts” link on the left.
  4. Click on the “Import Contacts” link at the top right.
  5. Click on the “Import” link next to “vCard”.  Browse and give the file that you have saved from your mail client.
  6. All your contacts will be imported into Zoho Invoice.

Note: We will re-use the "last name" of the contact for Company/organization name if it is not specified for the contact.

How do I export the contacts from Zoho Invoice?

  1. Sign-in to your Zoho Invoice account.
  2. Click on the “Customers” tab and click on the “Contacts” link on the left.
  3. Now click on the “Export Contacts” link at the top right.
  4. In the export page that comes up, click on the “Download” link next to “vCard”.
  5. All your contacts will be exported as a single vCard file.

You also have to option to import or export your contacts individually from the contact's details page.

Hope you find this feature useful; don’t forget to share your comments with us, as it goes a long way in improving our service.

Regards
Siva