Use the Context Pane with Connect for Gmail

The Connect for Gmail Context Pane is your portal to Vantagepoint information while working in the Gmail application.

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After you install Vantagepoint Connect, you can open the Context Pane. While using Gmail, you can use the Context Pane to quickly access your Vantagepoint information, including related contacts, firms, projects, and activities.

The Context Pane includes an option that lets you log details from an email message as an activity in Vantagepoint, to record the subject, time/date, attendees, contacts, and related firm information. The body of the email message is added to the activity's notes. You can also associate a project with the email and select an option to open Vantagepoint directly from the Context Pane.

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Vantagepoint Connect for GMAIL: Introduction

Within this tutorial, watch short videos to learn about the key features of Vantagepoint Connect for Gmail.

The videos are:
  • Launch the Contextual Pane
  • Contextual Pane Options
  • Contextual Pane Search Feature
  • Display Records
  • Create an Activity from an Email
  • Create a Contact from an Email
  • Create a New Contact
  • Create a Firm
  • Sync the Calendar
  • Sync Contacts