Create Custom E-mail Signatures in ACT!

  
Did you know that ACT! lets you create customized, even HTML based, E-mail signatures? Here's how you can create your's:

1.Select Tools >> Preferences from the ACT! menu.
   The Preferences dialog box opens.
2.Select E-mail and the E-mail Preferences dialog appears. Click on the Signatures button.
   ACT! opens a new template and the Mail Merge fields dialog box.
3.Click on Add. Enter a name for this signature in the Signature name field.
4.Type your signature in the Edit signature field, and click OK.

Note: You can similarly create a custom signature in ACT! premium for Web too, but it does not support HTML based signatures.

Source: eGrabber Newsletter

How to create folder shortcuts in ACT! Documents tab?

Did you know that you can create folder shortcuts for specific folders in ACT! Documents tab?

Try the following:
1.     Lookup the contact in ACT! which will hold the folder shortcut.
2.     Launch My Computer window or Windows Explorer.
3.     Browse and select the folder you want to add to Documents tab.
4.     Right-click on the selected folder and select Create shortcut.
      A shortcut file with the folder name along with the word “Shortcut” is created. If you have difficulty finding the file alphabetically, sort the list by date modified to locate the file you just created.
5.     Drag the newly created shortcut file to the contact’s Documents tab.
6.     Double-click on the shortcut file to view the contents of the folder.

Quickest way to Find & Merge ACT! Duplicates

I frequently import leads from various sources into my ACT! database. Every time, I have to manually check for duplicates before adding them. It is time-consuming and prone to a lot of errors, as I still see a lot of duplicates in my ACT!. Is there a better way to handle this?

Yes! eGrabber DupChecker helps you to accurately find all ACT! duplicates and merge them in no time.

After importing the lists into ACT!, run DupChecker on the database. The patent pending "fuzzy logic technology" built into DupChecker lists all potential duplicates in your ACT! at one go. It also allows you to do an auto merge of all the duplicates.

Now, you can start following up your leads immediately after importing the lists. Download your trial version of DupChecker today.

           

Easiest way to accurately capture contact details into your ACT!

I manually type or copy-paste contact details into my ACT! everyday. This takes up a lot of my valuable time. Is there a way by which I can automatically enter contacts into ACT!?

AddressGrabber is the quickest and easiest way to accurately capture contact details into your ACT!. All you have to do is just highlight any address and click on AddressGrabber. The contact information gets automatically added to ACT! within seconds.

AddressGrabber intelligently extracts name, address, email, phone and fax number from email signatures, web pages, documents, etc. and creates contacts in ACT!.

AddressGrabber cuts down your time spent on manual data entry by atleast 80%. It also eliminates inaccuracies and other hassles associated with manual data entry. Download your free 10-day trial version today or call our sales specialists at 866-299-7314 for a free 2-minute demo.

Speed-up the Most Frequent Activities in ACT! by using Contact capture

I often add new contacts to my ACT! database. I also frequently look-up contacts and schedule activities for them. Each activity takes at least 2-3 minutes which is very time consuming, considering that I work on at least 20 contacts every day. Is there an easy way to do this?

AddressGrabber Suite is a popular ACT! add-on that speeds-up the three most frequently performed activities in ACT! – entering contacts, looking up contacts and scheduling activities.

1.     AddressGrabber – Auto-extracts name, address, email, phone and other contact information from any source and enters them into ACT! in 5 seconds.

2.     Turbo Lookup – Brings up matching results even as your are typing in your request (To Lookup “Steven Johnson” just type “st jo”)

3.     Quick Scheduler – Understands instructions in simple English and schedules activities (Just type “call John Locke at 11 am next Monday” to schedule an activity for John)

With AddressGrabber Suite, you save time and increase your productivity with ACT! by 10X times. Download your free 10-day trial or call our sales specialists at 866-299-7314 for a free 10-minute demo.

Speed-up the Most Frequent Activities in ACT!

I often add new contacts to my ACT! database. I also frequently look-up contacts and schedule activities for them. Each activity takes at least 2-3 minutes which is very time consuming, considering that I work on at least 20 contacts every day. Is there an easy way to do this?

AddressGrabber Suite is a popular ACT! add-on that speeds-up the three most frequently performed activities in ACT! – entering contacts, looking up contacts and scheduling activities.

1. AddressGrabber – Auto-extracts name, address, email, phone and other contact information from any source and enters them into ACT! in 5 seconds.

2. Turbo Lookup – Brings up matching results even as your are typing in your request (To Lookup “Steven Johnson” just type “st jo”)

3. Quick Scheduler – Understands instructions in simple English and schedules activities (Just type “call John Locke at 11 am next Monday” to schedule an activity for John)

With AddressGrabber Suite, you save time and increase your productivity with ACT! by 10X times. Download your free 10-day trial or call our sales specialists at 866-299-7314 for a free 10-minute demo.

Source:eGrabber

Did you know that you can clear multiple ACT! activities, you no longer need, that have been created for different contacts in one process?

Here's how:
1.Select the View menu and click Task List

2.Select the first activity that you want to clear

3.If all the activities you want to clear are in the list in order, you can hold down the Shift key and select the last activity you want to clear

4.If the activities you want to clear are randomly scattered, hold down the Ctrl key and individually select each activity you want to clear

5.After you've selected the activities to be cleared, right-click one of the selected activities, and choose Clear Multiple Activities from the shortcut menu

This will clear all of the outdated activities that have been selected.