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There is a format checkbox in at the bottom of the share fly-out. Checking this box helps to share files in native PI (PixitPix) file format which retains all the annotations along with the image intact. These files can be imported in into another Pixtel and annotations can be manipulated as required. This is very useful for collaborative work. 

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Easy, fast and secure way of sharing images with multiple cloud platforms. Pixtel has been integrated with widely used cloud platforms like Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, Dropbox, and cloud applications, OneNote and EverNote. A user account is authenticated to add account information in Pixtel. After authentication, all the folders on the cloud drive are displayed in an explorer view. Multiple accounts can be added and user accounts will be cached in Pixtel to avoid future login. User Users can remove their account anytime; this deletes the local user profile. All the files chosen for upload will be available and selection or deselection among files is also possible.  

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1. Click Add to log into Google Drive account and add it to the application. A separate browser window opens for a user to login to their account. Account authorization information is cached in the application until the account is removed. 
2. Choose an account from account selection combo box
3. Click Select to choose an account.
4. On clicking Refresh, folders will be refreshed (optional)
5. To remove any user account from application click Remove.
6. All the folders in the account will be displayed. Any folder can be selected for upload. If no folder is selected, files are uploaded to root folder.
7. Click Add Files to add any additional files from the local directory. They can be any documents.
8. Click Upload to complete image uploadthe file uploads. 

As the files are being uploaded, upload status is shown with a progress bar as shown below:

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OneDrive, Box, and Dropbox also follow a similar approach. They all open up IE browser for user authentication. If uploads are taking a long time, they can be canceled using the Cancel button.          

OneNote (Online)

OneNote online lets you take notes and organize note pages in a web browser. OneNote and EverNote are two most popular note-taking applications with millions of active users. Users can create new pages through Pixtel and attach images to that page. All sections and pages are listed under each division respectively. User can also provide a page description in the description field.

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 OneNote Window

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In addition to captured images, video and audio files can be uploaded as well. Large files take a while to upload. Depending on the bandwidth, users can consider uploading files directly using respective desktop clients. For example, you can install DropBox client on the desktop and drag and drop files into dropbox folders. These local clients help to upload the files in the background.

OneNote (Online)

OneNote Online lets you take notes and organize note pages in a web browser. OneNote and EverNote are the two most popular note-taking applications with millions of active users. Users can create new pages through Pixtel and attach images to that page. All sections and pages are listed under each division respectively. Users can also provide a page description in the description field.

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1. Click Add to log in to Microsoft account, if no user is logged in. A dialogue box opens where users can log in to their account.
2. If a user has previously logged on, choose an account from the drop-down.
3. Click Select to choose an account.
4. On clicking Refresh, sections and pages will be refreshed.
5. To remove any user account from the application, click Remove.
6. Under Notebook’s, choose the notebook associated with an account. All the sections and pages related to the selected notebook will be displayed.
7. To create a new page check the box adjacent to Create a New Page.
8. User can add a description to an image in Description box.
9. Selected Images the tab has all images chosen for upload.
10. Click Upload to complete image upload.
11. Cancel will cancel the active uploads and Close closes the window.

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Office Export helps to create professional-looking documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats exporting images, image titles, and descriptions.

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1. Choose Export option like Word or Powerpoint or Excel from the drop-down.
2. If there are no available documents then click Create New to create a new document
3. Provide document title
4. All the available documents opened in MS Word are displayed in Available Documents. Any of these documents can be selected for adding images to the document at a specified location.
5. In the settings tab, see the middle section in the above window, User can add/remove Name, Border and Image Scaling. 
6. Selected Images tab  section has all images chosen for export.
7. Page orientation can be selected for new documents. Location can be selected if an existing document is selected.
8. Click Export to generate a word document with all the images. See the sample word document.
9. The export window can be closed clicking on the close button.

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PowerPoint export provides exporting images into nice-looking presentations with out of the box powerpoint templates. When the PowerPoint share option is selected, the following dialog window opens.

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There are different providers for email integration. User Users can choose the desired provider and fill in the necessary credentials to log in to their account. Recipients' address can be entered or chosen from suggestions in drop down which comes from the saved contact list. By default, using a template, email subject and message gets generated along with a list of images to be attached. These templates can be edited in the User Preferences→ Integrations interface. 

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Email interface options are explained below:

1. Select an account from the drop-down and click Select button
2. Click Add button to log into in to an email account.
   1. Add New Account a window opens, shown below, a new Window for selecting Provider (e.g. Google, Yahoo, etc.), entering Display Name, Email Address, and Password.
   2. Click Test which validates the credentials or opens a separate browser for OAuth2 providers to authenticate.
   3. Click Save to save the details.
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3. Click Edit to modify previously saved email details
4. Click Remove to remove any user account
5. Enter recipient accounts in To, Cc and fill the Subject and Message                                                           
6. Click Add Files to add any additional files from the directory. They need not be image files.
7. Click Send to complete image upload.

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1.  to send email with the file attachements.

Note that some email providers reject large attachments. Please make sure the total size of attachments is less than the limit. Both Google and Office365 support OAuth and 2-step authentication. We are in the process of adding OAuth support for other providers.

FTP

FTP integration facilitates uploading files to an FTP server. All the folders that have permissions show up on the left. Choose a folder and share the images. FTP window is presented below:

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1. Click Add to open the FTP Connection window. Enter FTP server details and click "Connect" button. Click “Cancel” button to close the connection window.
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2. If the user has previously logged on, choose an account from drop downdropdown.
3. Click “Select” to choose an account.
4. On clicking “Refresh”, folders will be refreshed.
5. To remove a user account click “Remove”.
6. All the folders in the box will be displayed.
7. Click “Add Files” to add any additional files from the directory.
8. Click “Upload” to FTP images.

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Jira is used for issue tracking and project management. Images and captures in Pixtel can be used to create a Jira issue or update an existing issue. Jira accounts are authenticated and saved in the application for future login. With multiple accounts, user users can make one account as primary. Project names are filtered before creating or updating an issue. A link to the issue appears at the bottom which can be opened in the web browser. Jira integration significantly improves productivity especially for the users who use it for managing issues with image attachments. In order for Jira integration to work, Jira should be accessible and the Rest API should not be disabled. Integration supports two types of authentication: Basic authentication with user id/password and OAuth1a. Other custom forms of authentications are not supported. 

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1. In the Jira account settings form, a user has to fill Account Name or select from the drop-down if already saved. Enter Jira Server URL, Username, and Password. Click + button to add a new account.
2. Select Primary Account to make the account as primary in PixitPixtel.
3. Connect with OAuth1a for two factor authentication. A separate browser opens for authentication. Note that the Jira server needs to be configured with the OAuth1a setup. 
4. Click Test, it will check connection status & the message will be displayed. Loads Project Names where user can select any project from the drop-down.
5. After the connection is successful, click Save Metadata, it saves the user details and loads project metadata.
6. To remove any account details that are saved, Click Remove button.
7. Click Connect to load metadata, if not already loaded. It then opens the Jira issue form. 

Jira Issue form contains two tabs: Create Issue and Update Issue. The 'Create Issue' form helps to create a new issue and to attach all images. the 'Update Issue' form helps to search for an issue and attach images with commentcomments. All attachments are added to the issues in the background as the upload speeds vary with Jira server. Sometimes, it takes a long time to upload.

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Update Issue:

1. In the 'Update Issue' form, the user can Search for issues by Project, Status, Issue Type, Issue Id, Reporter and by any text present in the project.
2. Filters present in the project can be applied in Filters
3. From the search result, the user can select a particular issue from the Issues drop-down list  and click Select.
4. Click Update button to update the selected issue

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Jira integration provides a way to configure default values for the create form fields. In most of the projects, there are several fields which that tend to have common values for a project and an issue type. For example, component and environment field values. Sometimes, the user may need to fill-in 30-40 field values to create an issue. Most of them are repetitive and have common values across issues. By default value settingsettings, creating new issues becomes a lot easier. 

Default values can be configured by selecting Advanced Create Issue mode and selecting the Default Field Config check box checkbox in the bottom as shown below.

Identify the field value that needs to be saved as default after checking 'Default Field Config' checkbox. A set of default configuration buttons show up next to each of the fields. By selecting the type of setting from the drop down, shown above, click on the gear icon to save the default value. Next time, when an issue is created, those fields that have default values get prefilled. This greatly improves productivity, reducing the form filling time while creating an issue.

Social Media

Pixtel provides integrations to social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter. Similar to other integrations, these help to post messages with images, on Facebook and Twitter. 

Facebook

Facebook is one of the most popular social media applications. Millions of people post messages with images every day. Pixtel helps to make that task easier without requiring to switch between applications. Facebook integration window is very similar to other integration windows as shown below:

Identify the field value that needs to be saved as default after checking the 'Default Field Config' checkbox. A set of default configuration buttons show up next to each of the fields. By selecting the type of setting from the drop-down, shown above, click on the gear icon to save the default value. Next time, when an issue is created, those fields that have default values get prefilled. This greatly improves productivity, reducing the form of filling time while creating an issue.

Social Media

Pixtel provides integrations to social media applications such as Facebook and Twitter. Similar to other integrations, these help to post messages with images, on Facebook and Twitter. 

Facebook

Facebook is one of the most popular social media applications. Millions of people post messages with images every day. Pixtel helps to make that task easier without requiring to switch between applications. Facebook integration window is very similar to other integration windows as shown below:

1. If the user has previously logged on, choose an account from the drop-down account list and click “Select”.
2. Click “Add” to log in and add a Facebook account. A dialogue box opens to authenticate the user.
3. To remove any user account, select the account and click “Remove”.
4. Enter the message to be posted in the Message textbox
5. Click “Add Files” to add any additional files from a directory.
6. Click “Upload” to post the message with an image on Facebook

Note: Facebook integration is disabled. We are working with them to obtain the required permissions to enable it. You can use Drag Me to drag and drop the picture to Facebook message in the browser.

Twitter

Twitter is another popular social media application used by millions of users for posting tweets with images. The Twitter form is similar to Facebook form except that message is validated for the size to make sure tweet is acceptable.

1. If the user has previously logged on, choose an account from the drop-down account list and click “Select”.
2. Click “Add” to log in and add a Twitter account. A dialogue box opens to authenticate the user.
3. To remove any user account, select the account and click “Remove”.
4. Enter the tweet to be posted in the Message textbox. Character count down is displayed to indicate the number of remaining characters
5. Click “Add Files” to add any additional files from a directory.
6. Click “Upload” to post the message with an image on Facebook

YouTube

YouTube is a popular social media application used by millions of users for posting videos. This integration helps to upload the video content to a YouTube channel and make it available for public access. Recorded videos can be selected and seamlessly uploaded to your YouTube account. Please make sure you follow copyright laws for uploading video content. 

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1. If the user has previously logged on, choose an account from the drop-down account list and click “Select”.
2. Click “Add” to log in and add a Facebook account. A dialogue box opens to authenticate the userto log in and add a YouTube account. A dialogue box opens to authenticate the user. This is similar to Google Drive account selection. You need to give upload permissions to enable Video uploads to your YouTube account.
3. To remove any user account, select the account and click “Remove”.Enter the message to be posted in the Message textbox
4. Click “Add Files” to add any additional files from a directory.
5. Click “Upload” to post the message with an image on Facebook

Twitter

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1. to upload videos to your YouTube channel.

Please note that large files take time to upload. You may want to consider dragging and dropping files into your YouTube upload interface directly.

Vimeo

Vimeo is another popular social media application used by millions of users for posting tweets with images. The Twitter form is similar to Facebook form except that message is validated for the size to make sure tweet is acceptable.

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and publishing videos. This integration helps to upload the video content to a Vimeo channel and make it available for public access. Recorded videos can be selected and seamlessly uploaded to your Vimeo account. Please make sure you follow copyright laws for uploading video content. 

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1. If the user has previously logged on, choose an account from the drop-down account list and click “Select”.
2. Click “Add” to log in and add a Twitter Vimeo account. A dialogue box opens to authenticate the user. This is similar to Google Drive account selection. You need to give upload permissions to enable Video uploads to your YouTube account.
3. To remove any user account, select the account and click “Remove”.Enter the tweet to be posted in the Message textbox. Character count down is displayed to indicate the number of remaining charactersselect the account and click “Remove”.
4. Click “Add Files” to add any additional files from a directory.
5. Click “Upload” to post the message with an image on Facebookto upload videos to your Vimeo channel.

Please note that large files take time to upload. You may want to consider dragging and dropping files into your Vimeo upload interface directly.