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This free newsletter is published to provide you with tips and tricks on
ACT! as well as news and other information about ACT!. As always, if you
have any feedback regarding this newsletter, please send it via e-mail to
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Featured This Month 

* Access Your ACT! Information on the Web
  http://www.act.com/webaccess

* Official ACT! QuickStudy Guide ? Coming Soon!
  http://www.act.com/quickstudy

* How to Make Your Calendar Display Upon Startup
  http://www.actnews.com

* How to Easily Create More E-mail Fields
  http://www.theactbuzz.com/act_quiktrix_0114.asp 

* How to Use ACT! WebAccess 
  http://www.actextra.com/webaccess.asp

* How to Preview Reports Automatically
  http://www.actnews.com 

* ACT! QuickSurvey ? Mailing Services
  https://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/7911/pmail.htm

* New ACT! Reporting Package - Special Offer
  http://www.pinpointtools.com/products/crystalball.htm


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Access Your ACT! Information on the Web
 
We have heard from so many ACT! customers that need access to their ACT!
information via the web.? In response, we?re happy to announce that your
workgroup can now do just that!? Through a partnership with WiredContact,
ACT! WebAccess is now available to every ACT! user and gives you and your
workgroup real-time access to your database through the web. The software
is loaded on your company?s web server so your team?s ACT! data is
protected inside your firewall but accessible from any web browser.? To
learn more or purchase ACT! WebAccess, please call 1-888-855-5222 or view
the interactive demo at: 

http://www.act.com/webaccess


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Official ACT! QuickStudy Guide ? Coming Soon!

As an ACT! eNews reader, we do our best to give you early notice of all
that is new with ACT!.  This month, we wanted to let you know about
something that so many of you have asked for ? an easy way to learn even
more about ACT!.  Now, with the new Official ACT! QuickStudy Guide, you can
master ACT! on your own time, at your own pace - without leaving your desk!
 The Official ACT! QuickStudy Guide includes more than 100 self-paced
lessons covering basic to advanced functions making it perfect for
individuals, small businesses, and corporate workgroups.  It?s guaranteed
to save you time and make you more productive with ACT! ? and with a
special early-bird, pre-order price of only $34.95 ($15 off) valid until
February 28, 2002, you?ll recover your investment with the first lesson.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.act.com/quickstudy


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How to Make Your Calendar Display upon ACT! Startup by Jeffrey Mayer

Have you ever wanted to view your daily calendar right when you start ACT!
instead of looking at your contacts first? You can do this easily by
writing a macro that opens the daily calendar, and then automatically
running the macro each time you start ACT!. This is how you do it:

1.  Press Alt+F5 to open the Record Macro dialog box.
2.  Name your macro and give it a description, i.e. Daily Calendar.
3.  In the Record Events field, select the Record Everything Except 
 Mouse Events option.
4.  Click Record to start recording your Macro.
5.  Press Shift+F5 to open the Daily Calendar.
6.  Press Alt+F5 to stop the recording of your macro.

To run your Daily Calendar macro when you start ACT!, do the following:

1.  Choose Preferences from the Edit menu, and click on the Startup 
 tab.
2.  Click the Browse button in the Run Macro On Startup section.
3.  Select Daily Calendar from the list of macros.  If you don't see 
 Daily Calendar in the list of macros, you may need to navigate to 
 it depending on where you installed ACT!.  For example, your macros 
 may be stored at c:/programfiles/act/macros.
4.  Click OK to save your new preferences.

When you restart ACT!, your daily calendar will now display automatically!

This tip was provided by ACT! guru Jeffrey Mayer, whose newest ACT! eBook
is "Growing Your Business With ACT!." Jeff's other ACT! & Business eBooks
include "Customizing Your ACT! Database," "Getting Organized With
SideACT!,""ACT! Power User Tips" and "Opening Doors with a Brilliant
Elevator Speech."

Click here to order and download, or subscribe to his free ACT! newsletter
at:

http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?AFID=19297


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How to Easily Create More E-mail fields from The ACT! buzz

How many e-mail addresses do you have? Based on the number of readers
telling us about their new e-mail addresses, we?d guess most of you and
your contacts have more than one. Now, ACT! does allow you to enter
multiple e-mail addresses for a contact in the e-mail field, but the
process to use an e-mail other than the default is cumbersome. Those of you
experienced with adding or defining fields in ACT! have noticed that there
is not a field type called e-mail that you can use to modify an existing
field or to create new. Fortunately there is a simple solution. It?s a
fairly long story so instead of including it all here, please view the
complete article at:

http://www.theactbuzz.com/act_quiktrix_0114.asp

If you?d like to read more tips or receive free e-newsletter tips from the
ACT! buzz, please visit:

http://www.theactbuzz.com


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How to Use ACT! WebAccess from ACT! Extra

One of the challenges that confronts ACT! as a product is distributing the
company database information to sales reps that are geographically distant.
ACT!?s answer has been synchronization and when properly configured and
maintained, it works. But, not every remote ACT! user needs
synchronization. That is, if the remote user does not need to have an ACT!
database saved on their hardware and does have a connection to the web,
ACT! WebAccess may be a better solution. Or, if you are a company that
needs a more detailed and robust level of security on a per user basis,
WebAccess? is the answer. Or, and this is the really cool part of this
product, if you have a web enabled phone, you can access your ACT! database
in real time, via your handset! 

To read the full article, please visit:
http://www.actextra.com/webaccess.asp 

ACT! Extra is a brand new web site designed specifically for ACT! users. 
ACT! Extra provides online tips, techniques, and product reviews, as well
as a printed monthly newsletter. For more information on ACT! Extra, please
visit:

http://www.actextra.com


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How to Preview ACT! Reports Automatically by Jeffrey Mayer

Many ACT! users like to preview their reports on-screen before they print
them to paper. However, by default, ACT! prints each report you create. As
an alternative to changing the Send Output To "Preview" each time you
create your report, you can go into the report itself and modify the
Default Output setting.

This is how you do it:
1.  Choose Edit Report Template from the Reports menu.
2.  Choose your report from the displayed list.
3.  Choose Define Filters from the Edit menu to display the Define 
 Filters dialog box.
4.  Select Preview from the Send output to drop-down list.
5.  Click OK.
6.  Then choose Close from the File menu, and Yes to save your changes.

Each time you run your report, you will be able to preview it prior to
printing.

This tip was provided by ACT! guru Jeffrey Mayer. To receive Jeff's FREE
ACT! newsletter, please visit:

http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?AFID=20389


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ACT! QuickSurvey ? Mailing Services

If you?re interested in sending postal mail with the ease and
personalization of e-mail ? integrated with ACT!, please take the survey
below to provide your feedback on a postal mailing service:

https://websurveyor.net/wsb.dll/7911/pmail.htm


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There's a great new product for reporting that we wanted you to know about.
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of $249, it is only $99.00 until February 28.  Get real business
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graphs to detail where your referrals and leads came from.  See clearly
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Completed, or Meetings were Held.  Find out the frequency of when new
contacts were entered, and much much more.  This package can start you on
the road to real "data mining" from your ACT! database.

To learn more or purchase Crystal Ball Reports for ACT!, please visit:

http://www.pinpointtools.com/products/crystalball.htm


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