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How to Hightail
Automate repetitive tasks by connecting Hightail to your other favorite apps using Zapier
Why do busy work when you can get your favorite apps to work together and do it for you? Hightail Teams or Business accounts can now connect to Zapier to automate many tasks tied to other apps available in the Zapier marketplace. (There are currently more than 3,000 of them.)…
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Decide which emails to receive (and which to skip) with Hightail notification preferences
Are you the type of person who keeps every email that you send or receive? According to a Campaign Monitor article, that means you add on 121 emails a day—for a grand total of 44,165 each year. That’s a lot of email to sift through if you’re looking for feedback…
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Go beyond the folder structure: Everything you need to know to organize your content in Hightail
Traditional file and folder systems, like you’re used to working with on your computer desktop, can be a great way for you to store your content. But that kind of storage isn’t optimized for modern, collaborative workflows—which is important for the content creation review and approval process. To facilitate that…
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Hightail Business plan roles, now including new Space Manager role
There’s a brand new role in town. Hightail Business plans now feature four unique roles, including the new Space Manager role—created to provide managers, directors and others with visibility and management capabilities for all of the creative collaboration activities within their Hightail Business plans. In addition to being able to…
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Two new add-on features for Pro accounts: Uplink for receiving files and customized branding
If you have a Hightail Pro account or are considering upgrading to one, our two new Pro add-on features can enhance how you send and receive files in a way that previously was only available to Hightail’s Teams and Business subscription tiers. Hightail’s Uplink and Personal Branding can each now…
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Make the most of file previews – now including CAD
Did you know that anyone you share files with can now preview or stream those files—even if they don’t have a Hightail account? Now everyone that you share files with will see the same great full-size previews of those files, as shown below. There’s no more requirement to register for…
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Technology
It’s easy to get your entire team collaborating by adding seats to your Hightail plan
Do you have new team members or external collaborators you would like to add to your Hightail Teams or Business plan? If you are a Business customer working with the OpenText Hightail sales team, you only have to reach out to your account representative, and they will be happy to…
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Customer stories
OPERA America boosts client satisfaction, collaboration and teamwork with Hightail
OPERA America is a national service organization dedicated to supporting the creation, presentation and enjoyment of opera. The organization manages extensive digital media resources for marketing and education-based activities, as well as client needs, such as recording sessions and live streaming. OPERA America recognized the need for a robust digital…
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Now available: Two-factor authentication for added security
Hightail already offers you a number of ways to ensure your files are secure, including optional password protection, permission and expiration settings, recipient identity verification, file download prevention and notifications when someone has downloaded your files. But we’ll soon be offering another way to protect your entire account using two-factor…
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A Space for file storage and sharing
Sharing files is often a first step for a collaboration, to be followed by an action of either safekeeping content for future reference or having it available for discussion and co-creation with others. With this in mind, you can think of Hightail’s answer to file storage and collaboration, which we…
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Creativity
How to collaborate across individuals and teams
While Hightail makes it easy for teams to collaborate, there are certain permission levels for each user’s account, depending on their subscription tier. Can a Hightail Lite user upload even larger files if it’s to a Teams or Business plan user’s Space? Does a Pro plan user have more collaboration…
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New secure features for sharing files
Sending and receiving files with Hightail just became an even more secure, streamlined experience. In the latest release for Hightail, we’ve introduced new features to help ensure your content is shared only with the people you want to share it with, and in the way you would like them to…
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Send it from Spaces
Hightail offers you many ways to share files with anyone, anywhere. And we’ll keep the fresh ways to send, share and collaborate on work coming. This week, we’ve released a new feature for sending files directly from a Space. Sending files from a Space can be really handy if you’ve…
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Creativity
Provide even more precise feedback with freehand annotation
Leaving detailed and precise feedback directly on visual assets is one of the most critical steps in the creative review process. Whether you’re requesting a designer to crop out part of an image, or need to effortlessly leave timestamped feedback on video footage, Hightail’s commenting feature ensures there is no…
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4 quick tips for even more efficiency with Hightail
If you’re already using Hightail for fast and easy file sharing and team collaboration, great! Ready to take things to the next step? Try out some of these features designed to make everyday actions more efficient. 1. Keyboard and mouse shortcuts Over the years, I’ve become accustomed to using keyboard…
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