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title: Version 5.5 (Desdemona) Release Notes
description: MerusCase is constantly improving! Read about the latest updates made in our Version 5.5 (Desdemona) release.
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# [Version 5.5 (Desdemona) Release Notes](https://blog.meruscase.com/insider/meruscase-version-5.5-release-notes)

 Written by [David Glass](https://blog.meruscase.com/insider/author/david-glass) | Oct 5, 2018 3:55:27 PM

 

Highlights for this release are the new [File Folder View, Screen View options, and Intelligent Workflows](https://blog.meruscase.com/insider/version-5.5-is-coming-here-are-3-features-to-look-forward-to). Read about the many other changes we've made below!

 

Activities

- Added a notification to inform you when you are creating an activity that will trigger a [workflow](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/tools/automation-settings.html#workflow), including the name of the workflow(s) being triggered
- Previewing .ZIP files now shows a list of files contained in the .ZIP archive
- It is no longer possible to open the *Record Time Charges* interface without a case selected
- When [combining documents](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/cases/case-activities.html#combine-documents) into a single PDF, the documents are combined in the order they were added to the case
- Adding any activity tag after adding *Telephone Call* no longer removes the associated contact
- No longer possible to create an activity with no activity tags

### API

- Calls to *copyServiceOrders/index* now accept the following parameters 
    - *copy\_service\_order\_status\_id*
    - *record\_type\_id*
    - And, for [filtering](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/developers-guide/copy_service_orders.html#delimiter) on *date\_needed\_by, date\_submitted*, and *date\_completed*  
          - *gte* - greater than or equal to
          - *lte* - less than or equal to
          - *gt* - greater than
          - *lt* - less than

### Books

- Improved behavior for saving ledgers when the network connection is slow
- Removed increment/decrement arrows when entering *Expense - Item* ledgers to reduce data-entry errors
- Improved grouping of fees and expenses when exporting invoices in [LEDES formats](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/tips-and-tricks/ledes-invoice.html)
- Improved behavior when replacing rates using the *Recalc Rates* button
- **Invoices** 
    - Better handling of credit balances when applied to invoices with applied payments

### Calendar

- Improved behavior hiding event previews when moving away from the calendar

### Case Files

- *Search Case Documents* is now displayed in a [Folder Tree structure](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/cases/search-case-docs.html#searching-case-documents-folder-structure) where *Activity Tags* are considered folders
- Corrected messaging when attempting to create a *Document Archive* and there are no documents in the case
- [Deleting cases](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/cases/overview.html#deleting-a-case) is now limited to no more than 30 at once
- [Merging/Consolidating cases](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/cases/overview.html#combinemerge-cases) is now limited to no more than 10 at once
- No longer possible to delete a case if an associated *Settlement* has a linked *Invoice* or *Bill*
- Improved layout of *Related Cases* information on *Case Details*
- Improved interactions when entering a *Follow-up Date*

### Contacts

- New ability to unset a contact's *Demographic Races* selection

### Copy Service Orders

- Fulfilled order activities now include the contact name

### Documents

- **Recent Firm PDFs** 
    - Now able to add multiple tags when linking a document to a case
- Plain text files are now indexed and searchable
- Documents received as attachments and linked to a case no longer show up in document search after they are removed from the case
- More consistently displaying document name after renaming

### Messages

- Now able to add multiple tags when linking a message to a case
- Consolidated *Subject *column with *From* and *To* in *Inbox* and *Sent/Drafts/Outbox* tabs respectively
- Improved validation of the selected case when linking a message
- Deleting a message in the *Detail View* now opens the next message in the list, if there is one

### Preferences

- **User** 
    - Added *Detail View (Right Panel)* for setting the width of the *Detail View* 
          - Emphasize Detail View
          - Split Down the Middle
    - Show/Hide the Case Progress bar on the Case Details page

### Tasks

- Tasks generated by workflows now show the user who triggered the workflow as their creator
- No longer possible to delete the task being edited in the *Detail View* using the widgets in the list

### Third Party Apps

- *User* column in user lists now sorts properly

### Workflows

- Added ability to [trigger a workflow based on a text match](https://docs.meruscase.com/guides/tools/automation-settings.html#adding-a-new-workflow)
- Tasks created by workflows can no longer have an empty *Description*

### Miscellaneous

- Improved display of *Tools & Settings* menu on small screens
- Better display of button icons on Firefox
- Updated *Document Separator Titles* for CA DWC forms
- Updated body parts descriptors in forms injury selectors
- Tables that allow the selection of multiple items now display how many items are selected
- Improved interaction and display of table filters
- Improved display of tabs on small screens

Check out the updated [MerusCase KnowledgeBase documentation](https://docs.meruscase.com/) to read the details about these changes and more!

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