• Author:
  • Fredricks, Karen S.
• Subject:
  Business Applications
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  22/09/2006
• Price:
  $37.99
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Find out how to get the most from your ACT!



Manage your contacts, communicate, synchronize ACT! with Outlook, and more

You have a business or organization to run. ACT! is designed to make that easier, and this book helps you get your ACT! together. Here's how to set up ACT! 2007, enter and organize contact information, use ACT! to track activities, prioritize leads, and produce reports, and make it act exactly as you need it to.

Discover how to
* View details on a particular contact
* Generate faxes, e-mail, or snail mail to a list
* Add fields to customize ACT!
* Handle backups and eliminate duplications
* Group and sort contacts

Karen S. Fredricks is a self-described "fanACTic". She has written ACT! manuals, implemented ACT! for sole practitioners and Fortune 500 corporations, and established South Florida's ACT! User Group.

Introduction.

Part I: The Opening ACT!

Chapter 1: An Overview of ACT!

Chapter 2: The Various Faces of ACT!

Chapter 3: Getting Your ACT! Together.

Part II: Putting the ACT! Database to Work.

Chapter 4: Making Contact(s).

Chapter 5: A Few Good Tabs and Lists.

Chapter 6: The ACT! Lookup: Searching for Your Contacts.

Chapter 7: Stamping Out the Sticky Note.

Chapter 8: Playing the Dating Game.

Part III: Sharing Your Information with Others.

Chapter 9: Using the ACT! Reports.

Chapter 10: Merging Your Information into a Document.

Chapter 11: ACT! E-Mail.

Part IV: Advanced ACT!ing.

Chapter 12: Creating and Editing Contact Fields.

Chapter 13: Customizing Layouts.

Chapter 14: Zen and the Art of Database Maintenance.

Chapter 15: Calling in the Reinforcements.

Chapter 16: ACT!ing with Synchronizations.

Part V: Commonly Overlooked ACT! Features.

Chapter 17: Integrating ACT! with Microsoft.

Chapter 18: ACT!ing on Your Opportunities.

Chapter 19: Grouping Your Contacts.

Chapter 20: Joining a Company.

Chapter 21: Working with ACT! Premium for Web.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 22: Ten Cool Things Available Only in ACT! 2007 Premium for Workgroups.

Chapter 23: Ten Tips to Make ACT! Work Better.

Index.