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Update: Sage Insights Conference, ACT Software User Questions for Sage Executives


As per the video, the comments on last weeks blog post were numerous…and very educational. I’ve summarized them but want to make sure I’m not missing anything.

Obviously I cannot discuss all the questions that came in, some of which I’ve already answered, so I plan to have a conversation in categories of interest derived from
the post comments.

So if there is anything missing from these items. Please post your questions in the comments section below.

Discussion Points:
> User Interface Items (Calendar, and Sync)
> Handheld Sync
> Email (Outlook and ACT! Email)
> Web 2.0 and Social Networking
> Poor Market Perception
> Integration (accounting, faxing, exchange)

Am I missing anything? The way for you to be heard, and for me to make the most of my time with Sage Executives, is to submit your comments and questions below…do it now as time is running out (interview should happen in the next day or so).

Also, if you haven’t done so, feel free to subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog, but clicking the subscribe buttons to the right.

Speak soon,
Travis

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ACT Update: New Patch Released for ACT 2008 Users

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:

ACT software update
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.
(more…)

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How to Sync your iPhone with ACT and Other Contact Management Solutions

For those of you who were caught up in the recent Apple iPhone frenzy, good news. You can now sync information from ACT or your Contact Manager of choice to the iPhone. This is done with a little product by CompanionLink software.

If you order from CompanionLink, let them know I sent you by using the following promocode and save a few bucks in the process: BC6976 (more…)

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Daylight Savings Time Update for ACT! Software

As I read up more this weekend on the issue of Daylight Savings changes (found here) which go into effect in less than a week, I realized that the potential exists for many ACT! by Sage customers to have significant issues if they do not take action. I decided the best way to inform my clients, was to create a video.


BUT… then I realized how many people this would impact, and while it wasn’t an easy decision, ultimately felt it would be best to make it available on a LIMITED BASIS…to those who ACT QUICKLY (no pun intended :-) .

Claim access to this video I originally made for clients
only…
> > > http://www.ACTCoachingClub.com/dst2007

Warmest Regards,
Travis Campbell

P.S. – If you are someone who
doesn’t use the ACT! Calendar
(or other electronic calendars
like Outlook), you should be
fine.

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Why you could be an hour late in March…

Are you aware of the *NEW* Daylight Savings time changes going on in March?  For those of us in the US, the Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended Daylight Saving Time starting in 2007, and is arriving a bit earlier, and leaving us a bit later.

Why is this important?  Well, it impacts computers…for one, scheduling software. You may find your electronic calendars off by one hour.  That is, making you one hour late…

Here’s the skinny: There is a patch that Microsoft is issuing via Windows Update for computers to comply with this new Energy Policy, however it results in calendar items showing up an hour later than originally scheduled.

ACT! will be releasing a utility on their website March 4th designed to correct this issue in their products (more on that in a later post).  The reality is, it doesn’t matter
if you are using ACT! or another scheduling tool, all will have to deal with this issue (initial reports show even Outlook is incorrect after the patch is applied!  Microsoft
also has a patch (see links below).

I cannot say definitively what the impact will be to your system, but I felt I should let you all know what the potential impact is.  Don’t be passive with this information, apply the patch, and see what it does to your appointment times, and make corrections proactively.  Perhaps your IT department is already on the ball with this, touch bases with them, and find out what impact the patch will have to your applications, and the best way to prepare for it.

How bad would it be for a range of appointments to shift to an hour later than originally scheduled?  Imagine this for yourself, then imagine it for a whole workgroup or department!  The only saving grace is that those same appointments shifted on the calendars of those you are set to meet with…but let’s not bank on that :-)

So if you show up to an appointment and your party is late by say, one hour… think of me.  :-)

Can I ask you a favor?  Have  look at your calendar appointments for March 11, 2007-April 1, 2007, and see if some of them are one hour later than they should be.  Then post a comment to this blog (below), and let me know your findings.

Here are some resources to assist you…
CalConnect.org Explains this Pretty well (Thanks Pat Egen)
http://www.calconnect.org/dstlinks.html
DST 2007 Wizard
http://support.microsoft.com/gp/cp_dst
Office Products
http://www.microsoft.com/office/timezone.mspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667/en-us
Windows Operating Systems
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928388
Windows Mobile
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/daylightsaving/default.mspx

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