UBitJournal Adds Missing Server Journaling to Office and Outlook 2007

UBitJournal will run from your startup folder and emulate the network file journaling capabilities that Microsoft has removed from Office 2007. UBitJournal will add open Microsoft Office 2007 files from your server (including those synchronised locally) to your Outlook journal.

If you have to account for your time working on documents you will love this little tool:

Gant type list of opened documents in Outlook lets you keep track of your work
See when a document was opened and how long you worked on it
Open journaled documents directly from Outlook
See when you received emails (you need to activate this feature in Outlook)

What UBitJournal does for you:

UBitJournal checks for open network files every 5 minutes
UBitJournal writes Office files to the journal after they have been closed
UBitJournal monitores Word, Excel and PowerPoint
UBitJournal will run with Office 2007 and Office 2010
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Using UBitJournal

When started UBitJournal will open a window and display the currently open files. To continue running please choose the button "Hide". Clicking on the UBitJournal icon in the system tray will show the application window again.

UBitJournal has to run for more than 15 minutes and you must have held files open for more than 5 minutes and closed them before you can see them in the journal. Just let UBitJournal run for a day or two and you will see the results in Outlook.

Installing UBitJournal

To run setup for UBitJournal please use the following link (it may take a minute to launch after completing setup). UBitJournal switches on the Microsoft system component for listing open files. This change will only take effect after a reboot of your computer. We have checked the setup for viruses. Your scanner will recheck the files during installation:

IMPORTANT: you must restart your computer after the installation
Download: UBitJournalSetup.exe

Prerequisites, uninstall and licencing:

UBitJournal requires Outlook 2007 and Office 2007 to be installed
UBitJournal will slow down your computer a bit while checking for open files
UBitJournal requires two processors
UBitJournal is currently in beta test, it is free for testing and there is no warranty
UBitJournal can be uninstalled like any other windows program.
The openfiles service will be stopped on uninstall

Please give us feedback and report any bugs by email. You would need it for other file types? Let us know...

How to Activate Local Office 2007 Journaling

Many users are not aware of the possibility to monitor open Office files and emails in Oulook. To activate the local journaling function of Office 2007 you will need to open the options dialog of Outlook. Check the boxes next to the Office Applications and Outlook contacts that you would like to see in your journal.

Unfortunately Office 2007 and Office 2010 no longer support journaling files opened from a server path or network drive. This is why you may need UBitJournal if you are working in a networked environment.