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Announcements, Product Updates | September 16, 2013

Product Updates | July 14, 2013
Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility
Thank you for your patience as we worked to update OpenApply for Internet Explorer 8 and above. Although OpenApply will work best on Firefox, Safari, or Chrome, all public pages have been optimized for parents and applicants who use IE8. Please see the below screenshots Public Site Applicant Profile

Product Updates | July 9, 2013
Feature Update: Customized Applicant Checklists
Schools often have one set of requirements for applicants (e. the application form, test scores, past record cards), and another set of forms and requirements once the student has been admitted (e. financial information, transportation, health waivers)

Product Updates | July 4, 2013
Feature Update: Smarter Applicant Imports
For schools that are starting OpenApply in the middle of an admissions cycle, or that want to import past applicants for our Re-enrollment feature, it's now easier than ever to import your applicant data Smarter matching Fields now automatically match based on your headers

Product Updates | July 2, 2013
Feature Update: Universal Date Formatting
We've been perfecting the export process over the last several months, and we believe the latest iteration of exports on OpenApply is the sleekest, prettiest, most sensible. However, we're still tweaking

Product Updates | June 23, 2013
Feature Update: Daily Applicant View, Bulk Messaging Records, and More
We've released new functions that we hope will reduce some of the daily work for admissions committees. A quick summary See which applicants applied on each day. Keep records of your bulk messages. Parents can review submitted forms. Lock or unlock all student forms, allowing applicants to edit

Product Updates | May 6, 2013
New Forms Editor
We are very pleased to release the new OpenApply forms editor after six weeks of hard work by our R D team. The new forms editor is faster, prettier and has a more robust foundation. A quick summary of the key changes All fields are automatically coded in line with the single-source of truth principle
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Announcements | April 18, 2013
OpenApply Lite
In order to avoid duplication with your existing school website, we have created a new layout style that you can choose in your Settings General, Logos Themes

Product Updates | April 11, 2013
Application Fee Payments: Support for 130+ currencies in 40 countries
We are pleased to announce support for Paypal and Braintree in addition to Stripe. To customize the payment methods you allow, please navigate to the Settings tab Payments. You can now accept credit card payment in over 130 currencies with settlement in 13 major currencies (e

Product Updates | April 4, 2013
Direct Email Messaging to Applicants
On the Applicant Profile, we have added a direct e-mail function, so you can e-mail an applicant family directly under the Post a Note section
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