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ACT! 6.03 free update - now available
The ACT! 6.03 free update is now available via download to current ACT! users. This release provides Eudora
support, performance improvements, and enhanced e-mail capabilities. For more details on this update, please visit
the ACT! Knowledgebase.
To download this free update, open your ACT! database, go to the Help menu and click on Check for Updates,
or visit the updates and documents page at www.act.com/update.
If you are not currently an ACT! 6.0 user, upgrade now to experience the new ACT! e-mail, enhanced Outlook
integration, Contact Activity Lookups and much more.
Upgrade to ACT! 6.0 now.
Download
ACT! 6.0 for $89.95 or buy the full boxed product for $99.95.
This special pricing ends May 27th, 2003.
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Introducing ACT! 6.0 online training
In response to many customer requests for online training on ACT! 6.0, Mastering ACT! 6.0 is the fastest,
easiest way for you to get up to speed on all the new features in ACT! 6.0. With over 22 online, interactive,
how-to lessons, you're sure to learn something new to help you be more productive with ACT!.
Take advantage of a special introductory offer on Mastering ACT! 6.0. It's just $19.95 for a limited time.
Please visit the ACT! Web site to learn more.
[http://www.act.com/community/training/enduser/elearning/]
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How to create labels in Microsoft Word
We've had many requests for tips on how to do ACT! mail merges using Microsoft Word as your word processor.
Here are the steps on how to print labels using Microsoft Word and ACT!:
- Launch Microsoft Word outside of ACT!
- Open the Word doc where you want to create your mail merge
- On the Tools menu, click Mail Merge
- Under the Main Document, click Create, then click Mailing Labels
- Click Active Window or New Document as appropriate
- Under Data Source, click Get Data, and then click Open Data Source
- Change the File Type to dBase Files (*.dbf)
- Change the Look in location to your ACT! database location
- Click and Open the desired ACT! database
- Click the dBase Files, then click OK
- Click Setup Main Document
- Click the Printer feed method and Label Product and Number
- Click Ok
- Click Insert Merge Field on Toolbar
- Click the desired merge fields (Name, Address, City, State, Zip)
- If you want to save this merge, on the file Menu, click Save As
To learn more about creating mail merges in Microsoft Word with your ACT! contacts, please visit the
ACT! Knowledgebase.
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How to print an address book from ACT!
Sometimes its necessary to print out your ACT! address book and take it on the road with you.
To do this, just follow these simple steps:
- Open the desired ACT! database
- Click on the File menu, and choose Print
- From the Printout type drop-down, select Address Book
- From the list of Address Book formats, select the desired format of the Address Book
- (Optional) From the Print dialog, click Options to customize the Address Book. Change the layout, sort order, fonts, etc. Click OK.
- From the Print dialog, click Print Setup to change the destination printer, paper size, and orientation. Click OK.
- Click Print.
To learn more about printing Address Book from ACT!, please visit the
ACT! Knowledgebase.
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How to perform advanced lookups
Often times a basic lookup in ACT! is just not good enough for the real details you are
looking for. To find this detailed information, you will want to perform an advanced query. To do this,
just follow these steps:
- Open your ACT! database
- Click Lookup, choose By Example
- Select an option from the ID/Status drop-down, or type in the item you wish to search on. For this example, we'll use "director"
- Click the Query menu and choose Convert to Advance Query. You will see a blank white screen with an entry similar to the following:((ID/Status = "Director"*))
- Highlight (only) the equals sign in the above text
- In the Operators section of the Query Helper dialog box, highlight the 'Contains' entry, and click the Insert option. Now, the query should look like this: ((ID/Status CONTAINS "Director"*))
- Close the Query Helper dialog box, then remove the asterisk (*) at the right end of the query
- Now it should look like this: ((ID/Status CONTAINS "Director"))
- Then, to run the query, click the Query menu and select the Run the Query option
- Click Yes to the question, "Do you want to save the query?"
- Select Replace lookup in the ACT! Run Query Options dialog box. You should now have all contacts in the current lookup that have the selected entry
Or, for even more advanced lookups, check out TurboLookup for ACT!.
With just a few clicks you can perform an advanced lookup and even save the lookup as a new group.
TurboLookup is just $44.95. To learn more, please visit the ACT! AddOns website.
[www.actaddons.com/products/turbolookup.asp]
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ACT! and Blackberry wireless solution - now available
Introducing Handheld Contact from Wires-End, the first ever contact management application for your Blackberry
handheld. Handheld Contact provides ACT! features on your BlackBerry and syncs wirelessly between ACT! and
BlackBerry. There's no cradle required!
With Handheld Contact, you can update or add data on your Blackberry or in ACT! and synchronize the
changes between your ACT! 6.0, 5.0 or 2000 database automatically and wirelessly!
"With Handheld Contact, when I return to the office, I know my ACT! database is already up-to-date,
so I can focus on selling, not data entry or remembering to cradle sync."
- Joe Louisell, VP sales, Edrich Products
As a special offer to the ACT! eNews readers, the folks at Wires-End are offering you a 10% discount on
Handheld Contact if purchase before June 30, 2003. Just click here
and enter the coupon code "ENEWS" at checkout.
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Users Choice Awards - vote today
Users Choice Awards voting is still open! If you're an ACT! fanatic and you've not yet voted, please help us
spread the word about ACT! to people around the world, we'd love to have your vote to help us win for best
contact manager.
Please visit the Users Choice Award's website
now to vote for ACT! as your favorite contact management solution! [http://www.userschoiceawards.com/vote.html]
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For customer service or technical questions regarding ACT!, ACT! for Palm OS, ACT!
WebAccess, ACT! Link for Peachtree, or ACT! Link for Quickbooks, please visit the
ACT! Service and Support page.
[http://support.act.com]
All the best,
The ACT! Team
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