Attaching a File

One of the best features of JobTabs is its ability to pool information. If you have completed research on an industry, compiled new information on your professional area of expertise, or any facet of contracting/job searching it can easily be stored and retrieved in JobTabs. If you attach a file to an activity or resource in JobTabs, JobTabs will actually embed the document into JobTabs. This is a great way to stay focused and saves you time by eliminating file searches. JobTabs keeps information organized and exactly where it is supposed to be.

To attach an external file to an activity or email in JobTabs, click the Attach Filesicon on the toolbar. The window is the standard file select window provided by the operating system. Select the file and then close the dialog. The file will be placed in a list at the bottom of the edit area. Only when you click Save will the file actually be saved into JobTabs.

In JobTabs, when files are attached to activities or resources you are free to abandon traditional naming constraints dictated by the operating system. You are free to name files with many characters that the operating system would consider illegal. This is because JobTabs generates an array of its own internal indices to identify the file. Having uniquely identified the file it doesn't need the standard file naming conventions to continue to identify the file.

This only applies to non-email attachments. Email attachments are required to conform to traditional naming standards as they are being sent out to other people's computers which need to save the files under their operating system upon receipt.