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AI powered Gantt charts. Welcome to the future of project planning.
We have integrated Tom's Planner with ChatGPT by OpenAI for you. Our new AI assist will get you a complete and ready-to-use Gantt chart in under a minute. Just enter a short description of your project, click a button and it will create a detailed project plan for you. And the AI-assist will then help you further to expand and fine-tune the Gantt chart.
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New: add comments to the text fields on the left side of your chart
We have a new feature that allows you to add comments to text cells on the left side of a chart. Allowing for a much more information-rich Gantt chart.
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Easily see what tasks are planned for that specific date
We added a small new feature that allows you to quickly and easily see what is planned for a specific date by hovering your mouse over the timeline.
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Five shades of grey for your weekend days
You can now choose from five different shades of grey for the weekend days in your chart. Being able to choose a shade of gray is especially useful when you print a Gantt chart.
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Hide or highlight (vacation) days
As of today, you can hide/exclude days from your chart, or you can give specific date (ranges) a different background color.
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New: style the texts in your chart
As of today you can change the styling of the textfields in the left part of the chart.
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Import Outlook and/or Calendar(mac) files
As of today, you can import your Outlook Calendar, or when you work on a mac, your mac Calendars in Tom's Planner.
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Show/hide the columns with the start dates, end dates and durations
We added a little button right at the top of the columns area that will allow you to show or hide the three columns with the start dates, end dates, and duration of all activities .
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A 'mini map' of your chart to navigate it.
With the new 'Navigator' button in the top toolbar you will get a mini version of your chart in the right bottom corner of the tool, which will allow you to quickly scroll from one corner of the chart to the other with one mouse movement.
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Texts in time blocks
Previously, to add texts to your time blocks, you had to use the right-click menu. Now you can simply write the text directly in the time block itself. Easy as pie.
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Filter on group header colors, drag & drop panels, seamless updates and more.
As of today you can filter your chart on the color of group headers.
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Turn your Google Calendars into a Gantt chart with just a few mouse clicks.
A how to on importing Google Calendars into Tom's Planner.
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Custom colors
Introducing a new functionality: you can choose any color you like for the time blocks in the grid and the headers of the groups.
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Free 14 day trial
Today we are introducing a free 14 day trial period for everyone that signs up for our service. After sign up, you will be able to use the full version of Tom's Planner for 14 days. Free of charge, no strings attached. This allows you to give our software a solid and extensive try before you decide whether or not to purchase a paid subscription. All features will be included in the trial period.
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Code update and hiding your legend
We just updated Tom's Planner. The changes are mainly under the hood. We fixed some small bugs and made quite a few changes leading up to the ability to choose custom colors in Tom's Planner for your time blocks and group headers.
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More secure and dropping support for Internet Explorer 10
We have turned on HSTS for Tom's Planner. This is a technology that will improve online security while connected to a public wifi network, like in a hotel or restaurant for instance. Unfortunately though, Internet Explorer version 10 does not support HSTS. So we are forced to drop support for Internet Explorer 10 as of today.
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New feature: dependencies
As of today you can add automatically updating dependencies to your Gantt chart. In Tom’s Planner it’s pretty easy to keep your chart up to date with changes in your project manually. But when your project get’s larger and more complicated it might be a good idea to link tasks to each other so that if you move one task the dependent tasks will move automatically as well.
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We made it a bit easier to invite others to collaborate.
As of today you can share your chart with others by simply entering the the email addresses of the persons you would like to invite to collaborate on your chart. Tom's Planner does the rest for you. It will send the emails to the others and provide them with instructions on how to accept your invitation. You can invite up to 50 persons at a time.
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New icon set and color picker
We have freshened things up a bit. The icon set and color picker in the tool have both been updated. The icons are the same but they look much more current en fresh. The new color picker contains fewer colors but they are much clearer and distinctive.
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Where did my legend go?
It's fairly easy to hide a legend of a Gantt chart in Tom's Planner. Just right click the legend and then click on the 'hide legend' option in the menu that appeared. Getting the legend back is a lot harder. So what if you hid it by accident?
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Improved search & filtering
In Tom's Planner you can apply filters to your Gantt charts allowing you to, for instance, only see activities in a certain time period, with a certain color or with a specific name. This is super usefull if you, for instance, want to check which tasks are assigned to Pete or if you want to see all tasks that are scheduled for today.
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Set the first day of the week - you choose
Different countries have different 'first days of the week'. In Europe the first day of the week is considered to be Monday, in the US and Japan it's Sunday and in some middle eastern countries it's Saturday. And you can now set the first day of the week in your Gantt chart yourself. Just click the 'settings & plugins' button in the top toolbar and change the 'first day of the week' setting.
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New Feature: scroll to any activity in your chart
As of today you can scroll to any activity in your Gantt chart with just one simple mouse click. When a row in your chart contains a symbol or period and you hover, with your mouse, over the row a button will apear just left of the grid with two arrows on it. Click the double arrow button and your chart will automaticaly scroll to the period or symbol in the row.
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No more pop-ups and easier bookmarking!
Up until today, when you clicked the login button on the home page, the tool would open in a seperate pop-up window. We have changed that. From now on, when you click the log-in button, a new page will be loaded containing the tool. This is much more like you would expect it to work and allows you to much easier boomark your Gantt charts.
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Improved import of Excel and CSV files.
When you import data from Excel or a csv file you can now choose which days are weekend days in your gantt chart and if you want to include or exclude them in your timeline. We also improved the automatic detection of dates and made some improvements to the layout of the columns area when you create a new chart with your imported data.
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New Support Feature: Live Chat
We are introducing a Live Chat feature to Tom's Planner, which will allow you to communicate directly with us for support. If you run into a problem on your Gantt chart or just have a question, you can now get in touch with us in just one click.
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Tom's Planner available for Android
As of today Tom’s Planner is available for Android tablets and phones. The Android version of Tom’s Planner is not a dumbed down version of the tool. It’s the full experience. You get exactly the same Gantt chart functionalities as you would on any laptop or desktop computer.
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Tips and Additions for Filtering your Gantt Chart
Today we wanted to talk about our new additions to the filtering feature to help with your project planning, with tips on how to use them to help organize your Gantt chart better.
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New Feature - Scroll to a date
We have added a new addition to Tom's Planner today, you can now immediately jump to specific dates in your online gantt chart.
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New Feature: Filtering & Searching in your Gantt Charts
From today you can now use filters in our online Gantt charts. This gives you the ability to filter through your project in a variety of ways; including symbol searching and searching within a specific time period.
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Changes & Alterations: sharing and merging activities.
After receiving feedback from our users we have decided to make some changes and minor feature additions to our online Gantt chart tool. Including changes to the collaboration and sharing of your project charts, the merging of periods and additional options in import/export of your Gantt charts.
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New Feature: Gantt chart title
We have added the title of your Gantt chart to the interface of the tool. From now on the title is displayed in the top left corner. Very useful for example if you are working online on more than one project, you can instantly see which Gantt chart is which.
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New Feature: Email addresses are clickable
We already made it possible for you to add clickable web links in the column area, in the comments attached to periods and in the text boxes in the legend. Now you can also add clickable email addresses. This enables you to add contact information and access it directly from the tool.
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New Feature: scroll horizontally through the grid
From now on you can use your mouse to scroll through the grid from left to right and vice versa. You can use the mouse wheel to scroll horizontally or, if you don't have a left/right scroll function, hold down the space bar and drag your mouse to the left or right to navigate horizontally through the grid. This feature will help you move faster through your time line.
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New Feature: New Import Options
If you are importing data into Tom's Planner from Excel or other spreadsheets, you can now also assign colors, symbols and texts in periods. Every color and symbol has a code so you can choose the colors and symbols you prefer.
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New Feature: Sorting Columns
We got a lot of requests for this sorting feature so we've added it to the tool. Now you can sort by column content and sort by date. Just select a column and click at the top of the column on the little up/down arrows to select one or the other.
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Indentation & subgroups
As of Today you can indent rows. Just right click a row in your schedule and select the 'indent' option in the menu that appears. The application will automatically turn all indented rows into collapsable subgroups.
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New Feature: Shortcut to copy periods
From now on you can easily copy periods & symbols by holding down the ctrl-key while dragging them to a new location in the grid. This feature will help you save time & create and maintain projects even more efficiently!
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Log In Made Easy
From now on you can login or sign up with your Google or Facebook account. This will help you to limit the amount of accounts you have online. We want to emphasize that we only use your Google or Facebook account for identification and don't have access to your password, emails or posts.
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NEW FEATURE: Persistent Log In
As of today you can choose to stay logged in permanently in your Tom's Planner account. When logging in, choose to select the 'stay signed in' option.
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NEW FEATURE: Linux supported
As of today we also support the operating system Linux. Although Tom's Planner itself is not open source and from a business point of view it doesn't make a lot of sense to make the effort we still think it just a good thing to do.
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New Feature: Tool Tips for Periods
To help you plan your schedule better, we have created a tool tip that shows you dates and duration when changing the length of periods. This feature will make planning a project even more time efficient. The tool tip will automatically appear when you move a period or when you change the length.
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New Feature: Easy Zoom In & Out
We have added a much requested new feature to Tom's Planner! From now on you can very easily zoom in and out in your schedule. You can switch between any zoom level you like by clicking on the zoom option in the toolbar.
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New Feature: Team Members Can Print
From now on, if you have an Unlimited Account, collaborators on your projects can print. If you have a Professional Account and want your team members to be able to print out schedules, you need to upgrade.
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New Export & Import Options
We have expanded the Import and Export options in Tom's Planner. It is important for us that you have the flexibility to export a Tom's Planner Schedule when necessary and import files from other applications to help you be more time efficient.
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Improved Feature: Sharp PDF Output
It is now possible to get an amazingly sharp image of your schedule when exporting & printing to PDF. We have made a great step forward with this improved feature! Uptill now we always recommended exporting to an image (.png) if you wanted the sharpest output, but that is no longer the case. Exporting or printing to PDF will give you a great result!
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New Plugin: Collapse/Expand All Groups At Once
If you work with large schedules and you want to be able to collapse or expand all groups at once, this is the plugin for you. It allows you to get a quick overview of your project.
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New Special Column: Auto-Numbering
We have added a new special column to the tool: auto-numbering. With this column each row in your project schedule will be numbered. It can be very handy to use as a reference when discussing the schedule with your team or client.
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New Special Column: Traffic Lights
We have a new Special Column: Traffic Lights. Add them to your schedule if you want to indicate the status of a task or group.
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New Feature: Show Today's Date
From now on Tom's Planner automatically displays today’s date. If you hover over the grid, it will also show you a vertical line to help you keep up to date.
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New Feature: Create Groups from Existing Rows
This new feature will help you organize your thoughts even better then you could before! From now on you can select rows and use them to create a new group.
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New feature: Schedule Setting under One Button
The toolbar in Tom's Planner has been simplified. From now on you will find all the project settings (general, timeline and logo) under one button. This means the timeline and logo settings no longer have their own button in the toolbar.
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New Feature: Show and Hide Columns
If you want the hide columns, right-click at the top of the column area and choose 'hide column'. You can also right-click the column area and click on 'Columns' at the bottom of the menu list to show the columns options.
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New Feature: change the order of the columns
From now on you are able to change the order of the columns in Tom's Planner. Just right-click on the text of the columns and choose the option 'move column to right or left'.
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New Features in the My Schedules Window
While we are working on the next large feature on the list, we've also added some new functions to the My Schedules window.
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Change your own login email address
Until recently you had to send us an email to change your login email address. Although we were happy to help you with this, it is much more convenient when you can do this yourself! Click the 'settings' link in top right corner of the tool to make the adjustments.
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Start importing from Excel & MS Project
From now on you can import files from Excel and MS Project! No need to start from scratch in Tom's Planner when you've already built your project in Excel or MS Project, just open the tool, click on the import button in the toolbar and choose were you want to import files from.
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Gantt Charts on your iPad & iPhone
A few months ago we decided to poll our users on what they wanted us to built next and we have been working hard to grant the first two of these wishes!
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New Feature: Printing Full Color
From now on you have two options when printing Tom's Planner schedules: printer-friendly and full color. Click the print button in the toolbar and select the color settings of your choice. At Tom's Planner we try to think green and only print when really necessary and when possible use recycled paper.
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New Feature: Drag & Drop In The Legend
It's now possible to move colors and symbols around in the legend so you can customize the order in which they are displayed.
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New Features: Get More Out Of Your Time Line
The last few months we have been fine tuning the time line settings and have made some changes.
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New Feature: Drag & Drop From The Legend
A lot of users will be happy to learn that from now on it's possible to drag & drop colors and symbols from the legend in the grid. This way you can easily create periods and add symbols to your project schedule without having to go through the right click menu.
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New Symbols!
At the request of a lot of Tom's Planner users we have added a new symbol set which is a useful addition to helping you plan your projects and creating Gantt charts.
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New Feature: Change the Group Color
From now on it is possible to change the color of the group headers. It allows you to customize your project schedule and gives you a clearer distinction between the groups.
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Feature Update: Copy & Paste in the Grid
A much requested feature that will make the tool even more time efficient: from now on you can copy and paste periods and symbols.
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Working online through a secure channel.
Since the release of the Firefox plugin Firesheep it has become very easy for almost anyone to eavesdrop on your internet activities when working online through a public WiFi connection.
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Feature Update: links and comments
From now on links are clickable you can add links in the column area, in comments but also in the My Schedules menu when adding notes to project schedules. Another request was to ability to add comments to symbols and not only periods, this also has been added to the tool.
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New feature: writing in periods
A much asked for feature has been added to Tom's Planner! From now on, along with adding comments to periods you can also write in the periods themselves. You can add text by standing on a period bar and enter the text in the text field of the right click context menu.
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Sub tasks in Tom's Planner
A lot of users have asked for a feature with which you can create subtaks in the colums. This is not yet possible, but high on our ToDo list. In the meantime you can work with sub tasks by creatively filling in the colums. Here is an example to get you inspired!
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New Version Tom's Planner Live
The last couple of months we have been working on the top four most requested features from our beta users and we are very happy to announce that the new version of Tom's Planner has gone live!
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Tom's Planner Worldwide
A lot has been happening and we are days away from going live with a new version of Tom's Planner. So we thought it would be fun to summarize the events of the last six months in this (very) short movie!
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Improved: Printing
We have changed the way you print a schedule in Tom's Planner. From now on the printer friendly version is loaded in a PDF instead of a browser window. This will make printing a lot easier because there is no need anymore to adjust local printer settings.
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Tom's Planner & Google Chrome on the Mac
The beta version of Google Chrome on the Mac is just out. We have tested Tom's Planner on it and it seems to work perfectly. So we have included it as a supported browser from now on.
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