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ACT! 2005 For Dummies
von Karen S. FredricksACT! 2005 will help you manage your business contacts andrelationships (not just with customers, but also with prospects, vendors, and suppliers) more efficiently and effectively. But thereis a catch--you have to ACTivate it. ACT! 2005 forDummies helps you get your ACT together with basic informationabout fields, records, files, and navigation, and step-by-stepguidelines for:
* Setting up and customizing databases
* Using the calendar to plan your schedule
* Using the alarm to alert you to things to ACT on, whetherit's checking on a huge order or remembering acustomer's birthday (so you'll get another hugeorder)
* Protecting your database by assigning specific security levelsto users or password-protecting it
* Creating reports and broadcast e-mails
Written by Karen S. Fredricks, an ACT! Certified Consultant, ACT! Premier Trainer, and self-professed ACT! FanACTic, ACT!2005 For Dummies covers both ACT! Standard Edition 2005 andACT! Premium Edition 2005. It shows and tells you how to:
* Use ACT! Notes and ACT! Histories to maintain records of allcommunications and activities
* Tag contacts (to designate whether they are interested in a newproduct, whether they like golf, whether they rate a glorious giftbasket at Christmas or get the automatic fruit cake, orwhatever)
* Integrate with Excel, Outlook, and other programs
* Use ACT! reporting and forecasting tools to manage and tracksales
Contacts and relationships are the key to any successfulbusiness. With ACT! 2005 helping you manage them, you can focus onbuilding your business. Wouldn't it be nice to have a lot ofnew customers to add to ACT! 2005?
* Setting up and customizing databases
* Using the calendar to plan your schedule
* Using the alarm to alert you to things to ACT on, whetherit's checking on a huge order or remembering acustomer's birthday (so you'll get another hugeorder)
* Protecting your database by assigning specific security levelsto users or password-protecting it
* Creating reports and broadcast e-mails
Written by Karen S. Fredricks, an ACT! Certified Consultant, ACT! Premier Trainer, and self-professed ACT! FanACTic, ACT!2005 For Dummies covers both ACT! Standard Edition 2005 andACT! Premium Edition 2005. It shows and tells you how to:
* Use ACT! Notes and ACT! Histories to maintain records of allcommunications and activities
* Tag contacts (to designate whether they are interested in a newproduct, whether they like golf, whether they rate a glorious giftbasket at Christmas or get the automatic fruit cake, orwhatever)
* Integrate with Excel, Outlook, and other programs
* Use ACT! reporting and forecasting tools to manage and tracksales
Contacts and relationships are the key to any successfulbusiness. With ACT! 2005 helping you manage them, you can focus onbuilding your business. Wouldn't it be nice to have a lot ofnew customers to add to ACT! 2005?