Did you know that you can use ACT! to create and send emails that look like web pages? You can include your company logo, a link to your website, and other graphical elements. Here's how:
| 1. | Select File >> New from the ACT! menu. Double click Graphical email template. |
| 2. | The ACT! Word processor opens with a list containing Mail Merge fields displayed. |
| 3. | Copy your company logo. Navigate to the ACT! Word processor and Left (mouse) click in the area where you would like your logo to appear. Right click and choose paste. |
| 4. | You can also customize the template with information from ACT!. From the menu, select Insert and choose Mail Merge Fields. Scroll down the list of ACT! fields and double click on the First Name field. |
| 5. | Press the Enter key to insert a blank line, and then type in the message. |
| 6. | To insert a link to your website, choose Hyperlink from the Insert menu and type the website URL. |
| 7. | Finally, save the file (File >> Save As) in the Template sub-folder of ACT!. |
Now, whenever you have an ACT! contact for which you would like to send this email, select Write >> Mail Merge >> Current Contact >> Email and select the email template you created.
