ACT! by Sage For Dummies, 9th Edition

Introduction 1

Part I: The Opening ACT! 7

Chapter 1: An Overview of ACT! 9

Chapter 2: The Various Faces of ACT! 15

Chapter 3: Getting Your ACT! Together 29

Part II: Putting the ACT! Database to Work 45

Chapter 4: Making Contact(s) 47

Chapter 5: A Few Good Tabs and Lists 59

Chapter 6: The ACT! Lookup: Searching for Your Contacts 75

Chapter 7: Stamping Out the Sticky Note 93

Chapter 8: Playing the Dating Game 105

Chapter 9: Dashing Through the Dashboards 123

Part III: Sharing Your Information with Others 133

Chapter 10: Using the ACT! Reports and Labels 135

Chapter 11: Merging Your Information into a Document 149

Chapter 12: ACT! E-Mail 163

Part IV: Advanced ACT!ing 173

Chapter 13: Creating and Editing Contact Fields 175

Chapter 14: Customizing Layouts 197

Chapter 15: Zen and the Art of Database Maintenance 213

Chapter 16: Calling in the Reinforcements 231

Chapter 17: ACT!ing with Synchronization 253

Part V: Commonly Overlooked ACT! Features 267

Chapter 18: Integrating ACT! with Microsoft 269

Chapter 19: ACT!ing on Your Opportunities 289

Chapter 20: Grouping Your Contacts 305

Chapter 21: Joining a Company 319

Chapter 22: Working with ACT! Premium for Web 337

Part VI: The Part of Tens 353

Chapter 23: Ten Cool Things Available Only in ACT! Premium 2008 355

Chapter 24: Ten Tips to Make ACT! Work Better 361

Index 369