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auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">From today, Launchpad has
native support for blueprint work items.<br>
This means that, rather than tracking work items in a blueprint's
whiteboard, you can use a dedicated work items box.</p>
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normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Work items still work the
same that you're used to, except that soon we'll be adding tools
to make use of work item data right from within Launchpad.</p>
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normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><strong>What happens to
existing blueprints that have work items</strong></p>
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align:
-webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Tomorrow, we'll take
existing work items from blueprints' whiteboards and convert them
into native work items. If a blueprint's work items don't follow
the exact work item methods, they might not convert.</p>
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Roman', 'Bitstream Charter', Times, serif; font-size: 13px;
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letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 19px; orphans: 2; text-align:
-webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust:
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">If you have a blueprint
that was registered in the past six months, and it didn't convert,
we'll email you to let you know. If you have older blueprints that
still interest you, please check them.</p>
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widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">We'll announce work items on the
Launchpad blog [0] once they're fully released. In the mean time,
please do let us know how you get on. We'd love to hear from you
in #launchpad on Freenode or by email to<br>
<a href="mailto:feedback@launchpad.net"
data-mce-href="mailto:feedback@launchpad.net">feedback@launchpad.net</a>.
Please pass this onto your locoteams who may use blueprints for
their activities. <br>
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href="http://blog.launchpad.net/">http://blog.launchpad.net/</a><br>
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Laura <br>
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Laura Czajkowski
Launchpad Support Specialist</pre>
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