Email & Office Classifier

VERSION 3.16.3

RELEASE NOTE

Boldon James

October 2020

RN556870

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

FURTHER INFORMATION

DOCUMENTATION

COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS RELEASES

CONTACT US

1.   INTRODUCTION

Boldon James Classifier Client enhances the Microsoft Office suite of products to provide support for email and document protective marking. It supports the labelling of:

• Microsoft Outlook Emails, Meeting Requests and Tasks
• Microsoft Word Documents
• Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets
• Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations
• Microsoft Visio Documents
• Microsoft Project Documents

The label value may be applied as a combination of visual markings and/or metadata as defined by the Classifier configuration, which is managed by the Classifier Administration Console.

The Classifier Client is composed of two separate products:-

• Boldon James Email Classifier
• Boldon James Office Classifier

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2.   SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Hardware

• 32-bit or 64-bit PC

2.2 Operating System

• Microsoft Windows 8 or later*

2.3 Office

• Microsoft Office 2010 SP2 (32 and 64 bit)
• Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 (32 and 64 bit)
• Microsoft Office 2016 (32 and 64 bit)
• Microsoft Office 2019 (32 and 64 bit)

2.4 Pre-requisites

• .NET 4.7.1 framework*
• Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2017**
• 'Visual Basic for Applications' option listed under 'Office Shared Features' should be enabled
• Microsoft Rights Management SDK 2.1 (Optional, required for 'Track Document' feature)

* Early versions of Windows 10 may not support the required version of .NET framework, so Windows 10 version 1607 (Anniversary Update) or later is required. Please refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/on-windows-10 for further information.

** The installation will install the required x86 and x64 Visual C++ redistributables if they aren't currently installed.

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3.   INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

Before Installation

• Users must be logged on with administrator privileges.
• Ensure any installations of the Boldon James "SAFEoffice" product are uninstalled before installing this product.
• For existing installations of Classifier of version 3.4.1 or earlier, you must uninstall Classifier before installing this version
• For existing installations of Classifier of version 3.5 or later, you can either uninstall the existing installation or perform an in-place upgrade to this version.
• Close down all Microsoft Office applications
• Classifier installation will warn if it detects active office applications, but please note that in Terminal Server environments Classifier installation cannot detect office applications active within current user sessions.

Installation

• Run "setup.exe" from the installation media which will launch the Windows Installer and follow the on screen instructions.

Silent Installation

The software can be installed without displaying a user interface. This is possible using command line options. For example:-

msiexec /i EmailAndOfficeClassifier.msi /qn

Uninstallation

To uninstall follow these simple steps:

• Close down all Microsoft Office applications.
• Navigate to 'Control Panel' > 'Programs and Features'. The entry Boldon James Classifier appears in the list of installed programs. Select it and click 'uninstall'. Confirm this operation when prompted and the product will be removed.

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4.   FURTHER INFORMATION

Limitations

None.

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5.   DOCUMENTATION

The main product suite documentation is installed with the Classifier Administration Console.

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6.   COMPARISON WITH PREVIOUS RELEASES

6.1 Classifier 3.16.3

6.1.1 Email and Office Classifier Issues Addressed

• Issue when saving PowerPoint document in conjunction with Seclore software (009930)
• Issue with large attachments when working in conjunction with Seclore software (009645)
• When using the right to left language option, the visual markings are not right aligned (00010499)
• Classifier adding ATT files on emails when using Outlook signatures with embedded images (008296, 010275, 010463, 010592, 010637)
• PowerPoint footers may not be formatted as expected (0010622)

6.2 Classifier 3.16.2

6.2.1 Email and Office Classifier Issues Addressed

• Superflouous eventlog entry that referenced Office2003DocWrapper is no longer generated (006181)
• Resolved an issue that caused content in a Word document to become hidden (006315, 008429)
• Resolved an issue that caused the label of document to be incorrectly determined when an email label location referenced a custom document property on the document (007788, 009414)
• Opening an .eml file no longer generates a copy to be saved in the Inbox (008158)
• S/MIME rules are now processed when responding to messages in Outlooks reading pane (009901)
• Content check rules no longer cause unexpected Save As dialogs to appear when performing a save during the close of a modified PowerPoint presentation (009924)
• Improved performance when using content check conditions during suggested classification processing (009322)
• Improved detection of other language phrases in a content check (009430)
• Certain PowerPoint files no longer prompt to be repaired when opened (009555, 009651)
• Improved integration with Seclore (009585)

6.3 Classifier 3.16.1

6.3.1 Email and Office Classifier Issues Addressed

• Improved integration with SealPath (006513)
• Resolved an issue that prevented messages from being sent to FAX numbers (007748)
• Improved method of handling recipients chosen from the auto-complete suggestion list in Outlook (008007, 008639)
• Text of Headers/Footers are now inserted into Word at the correct font size for right-to-left languages (008296)
• Improved performance when opening Emails in Outlook that contain attachment types that do not support Classifier labels (008499)
• Resolved an issue when sending to nested distribution lists that contained overlapping distribution lists (008715)
• Messages sent with subject label suffixes are now grouped for Outlooks conversation view (009098)
• Resolved an issue with multiple label dialogs appearing when sending the cancellation of a meeting request when Classifier is configured to show the label dialog during a Send. (009122)
• Header/Footer markings in Word now correctly honour the 'prefix' option for rules created in Classifier Web Admin (009198)

6.4 Classifier 3.16.0

6.4.1 Email and Office Classifier New and Enhanced Features

• Support for new features introduced in Classifier Administration Server version 3.16
  • The amount of space that Classifier takes up on the Office Ribbon can be minimised using the configurable ribbon layout option  (002109)
  • Support for adding a watermark to Outlook messages (002616(
  • More customisable tooltip text options (004264)
  • Day of week condition (004732)
  • Ability to build up a label from multiple label locations (004908, 006120)
  • Shortcut keys can be used to apply a label (005184)
  • Locale condition (005906)
  • Support for display of richly formatted user-defined messages (005999, 026452)
• New audit event to detail version information (006680)

6.4.2 Email and Office Classifier Issues Addressed

• Mandatory selector checks can no longer be bypassed on Outlook Tasks by pressing 'Back' on the Policy Check Dialog (002187)
• Improved the behaviour of the label dialog when entering text into a free-text selector field (003246)
• The correct format is used for the label of attachments when written to the event viewer (004221)
• Improved control of the label dialog style (004525)
• Improved look and feel of the policy check dialog (004759)
• Label can be decoded for a free-text selector without the need for delimiters in the associated marking format (004908)
• Improvements in Outlook performance when reading emails with large numbers of recipients (005038)
• Using a '&' character in the Classifier UI tab name no longer results in a duplicate '&' character being displayed (005382)
• If checking of embedded office documents is enabled, Classifier will now detect the label of an document embedded as a 'link' (005549)
• The correct diagnostics registry settings are written for the Office 2003 shared plugin during installation (005981)
• Improved integration with SealPath (006513)
• Labels inserted into a TextBox in Word headers/footers via the context menu will now update correctly when a document is re-opened and the label modified (006757)
• Improved the accuracy of the 'content count condition' (006986, 007064)
• Resolved an issue when Classifier is using a web-based configuration and there is no network available (007005)
• Conditions trigger as expected if the condition contains a blank value (007127)
• Resolved a scrolling issue in Excel 2010 when saving a workbook when multiple workbooks are open (007194)
• Web configurations are now supported in a Turkish locale (007319)
• The correct application type is audited in the event viewer when a PowerPoint 'print' is initiated (007422)
• The label dialog gets the focus as expected when performing a Send in Outlook (007455)
• Improved integration with Seclore when a 'Send To' is initiated from Windows Explorer when Outlook is not running (007488)
• Resolved an issue that could cause spurious sub-folders to appear in a PST (007662)
• "Share as Attachment" feature works as expected in Powerpoint when content check rules are present (007926)

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7.   CONTACT US

All contact with Boldon James regarding this product should be directed to:

Electronic mail	Phone/Fax	Postal address
support@boldonjames.com (support desk) info@boldonjames.com (general enquiries) sales@boldonjames.com (sales team)	Support: +44(0) 1270 507810 Fax.: +44(0) 1270 507801 Tel.: +44(0) 1270 507800 (general and sales enquiries)	Boldon James Ltd, 1 Westmere Court, Westmere Drive, Crewe, Cheshire, England CW1 6ZE

The support services available are as defined in the current support agreement.

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