Heads up Sage ACT! 2011 customers, within 10 days of releasing the new version of the software, the first Hotfix has been released.

What is addressed in the hotfix? For those synching ACT! and Outlook activities, this hotfix is designed to address idiosyncrasies related to an error that occurs when opening an activity after it has been synchronized.

Where do I get the hotfix? The KB article for the hotfix can be found here.  It includes details and download instructions.

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*Update…this has been reposted, as unfortunately there was a glitch, and the previous post was removed (and the many comments it had…)

NOTE: This interview went longer than expected, and I couldn’t cutout certain sections since many of the questions were good (afterall they came from the subscribers of this blog), so I’ve made the first part available here. You can get the final segment of this interview by filling out the form below the video…

Detail: When filling out this form, be sure to pay attention to video instructions on the next page after clicking “Give me the Rest, Travis” button. Oh, and the Final Segment video is higher quality.

-Travis

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Recently Microsoft released .Net Framework 2.1.  It appears that the ACT! Database Software has issues with this latest update.  And ACT! is not alone, I’ve heard unconfirmed reports that QuickBooks software (and others) that use Microsoft’s .Net, are having issues with the latest release from the Redmond, WA giant.

I encourage anyone running ACT! 2007 or ACT! 2008 hold off on updating to this latest version of .net.  And please, is you have experienced issues with this, feel free share them in the comment box below.

-Travis

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For those who are using ACT 2008 Software Sage has made it’s latest update available from the ACT application…  You might notice this window popup in the lower right hand corner of your PC:

Here are some of the high-level items addressed in this patch release:

-Drag and drop rescheduling from the calendar to the mini-calendar.
-ACT Premium users: “Added functionality in ACT! Scheduler, that gives the user the ability to “keep only the last X backup files” for the selected database. Older backups are deleted on the preference setting. ”

-Performance and usability enhancements pertaining to ACT Outlook integration.
-Inline editing of opportunity cost and price fields is back.

-Pocket PC, “Vista OS and Windows Mobile 2003 device with Pocket PC Link no longer causes the ACT! PPC Link to crash during sync. ”
-Pocket PC, “Corrected an ACT! Link for Pocket PC Vista install issue that erroneously displayed the error “You must have Active Sync installed before installing ACT! Link for PPC.” This no longer occurs on the Vista OS and the install finishes appropriately.”

Details as to what was fixed in the ACT 10.01 update can be found here

If you want to know how to apply the patch, details can be found here.

As always, make sure to you have a good system backup and database backup before making any changes to your system, or contact your ACT consultant for assistance.

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Received an email from a customer who recently purchased the ACT by Sage 2008 software from me. I found her suggestion an interesting one:

Here’s a suggestion: why not be able to use colored fonts when using the user fields.

So I sent her a quick how to video….then she replied.

Thanks for the help on colorizing my fonts. It was great! It was so simple, but I have never seen it in any of the help menus or instructions in all the years I’ve been an act user…Thanks again.

Here’s the video I shared with her.

As always, please leave your comments below.

-Travis

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