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Version 4.10.13 (first distribution release of 4.1)
Release Date 9/8/2005

  • System Wide Changes:
    • UDF fields
    • Fields ordering
    • Improved Settings and Help Desk settings pages
    • New Styles added with the ability to utilize Graphic background images
    • Other minor changes
  • Knowledge Base
    • New Add/Edit Article Form

Version 4.00.12 (first official release of 4.0)

  • System Wide Changes:
    • Disable Account-Contacts Email requirement - In cases where email is never used
    • New Thesaurus Design
    • MSDE is now supported 
    • Page Setup - Hide columns of certain grid pages
    • Filter Departments and Categories on Public Side
    • Miscellaneous Public/Admin Active Directory changes
    • Miscellaneous performance enhancements
  • Knowledge Base
    • Portal Views - This adds the capability to show end-users only the content that pertains to them
    • Choose to display Author, Date/Time Stamp or Article ID on public site
    • Scanning/Index Network - Added ability to search an external network share for matching documents.  These documents need not be associated with articles.  
    • Save Articles as Drafts - This provides the ability to place articles in a holding area to edit while keeping the live, published article in it's original state
    • Public Department Filters - Now you can group most popular and most helpful articles by department
    • Miscellaneous Translation Work flow changes
    • Cleaner Search Results - no HTML found on searches
    • Re-Edit Content of a New Article does not lose edits
    • Enable Article for Searches
    • Export complete report to Excel
    • Select whether to display the title of included articles
    • Change Article Copy and Move Behavior
    • Print one Article


Version 3.41.0 (first official release of 3.4)

  • Knowledge Base and Help Desk System Wide Changes:
    • Completely Renovated Accounts and Contact Handling
      • Ability to Search for accounts/contacts
      • Ability to search for Active directory users not associated with accounts (requires the Novo Active Directory Module)
      • Ability to display contacts or accounts as a "flat" record 
    • Enhanced Active Directory Module
      • extended authentication methods to include LDAP authentication (requires the Novo Active Directory Module)
      • Connect to the public URL with Active Directory or LDAP
    • Improved Novo Software Update Process - update to the newest version of Novo Software with the auto installer
  • Novo Knowledge Base
    • Auto Email Author upon Article Edit - notifies original author of article revisions


Version 3.3
Release Date: 2004-07-31
  • Novo Knowledge Base
    • Unlimited Categories within the Knowledge Base are now possible
    • Added the ability to create and select Content Types
    • Enhanced Knowledge Base article to Help Desk ticket relation
    • Enhanced search features and added the ability to search through attachments with wildcards
    • Added the ability to configure session management
    • Added the ability for public users to login
    • Added the ability for new public users to register for login access