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Good software, bad support
The features of the software are great.For people who make extended use of Outlook categories and subfolders, being able to carry those into the Palm is invaluable.

Features

• CD-ROM
• New OCR technology for rapid and accurate information taken straight from your business cards
• Intelligent business card processing with automatic orientation, deskewing & cropping
• Powerful contact database for archiving, searching, selecting and exporting your contacts
• Define which fields you want to print as a list, or as labels -- all popular label formats are supported
• Synchronizes with your PDA or conatct database - Pocket PC, Outlook, ACT!, Lotus Notes, GoldMine & more

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cardiris3
This operates pretty simply, but for the price I would have expected more features.The OCR is fair with only 10-15% of the cards populating the fields all correctly.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Helps connect selling professionals with small businesses
• Easily access, organize, and manage contact details
• Time management tools; track sales opportunities
• Integrates with Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds
• Easily share and synchronize contacts and calendars

Reviews (6)

Disappointed Long Time Customer
I have used ACT since the first version in the 80's. I tried all the others thoroughly and had settled on Act for the last 5 years and was HAPPY. I decided to upgrade from 6.0 after assurances from the salesman online that my Act for Palm OS would work in the new version. It does not. I have been trying to figure out what the advantages are for ACT 2005. So far NONE. The ACT for Palm Link is terrible. You can't even read past a few letters of the record to know what you are looking at. They need to get their "act" together FAST.

ACT 2005 Disaster
Being a user of ACT since 1990, I thought I would continue to upgrade as I have in the past. What a mistake. 6.0 (was no IS) a good product.2005 has a long way to go.
Don't see the value
I just installed ACT! 2005 after using previous versions of ACT for 10 years.I was very disappointed.My custom layouts were not imported, system ran slow (hard drive ran for a very long time) and there just did not seem to be anything new or innovative.I don't think this version is a step up or sideways, but in fact a step down.
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I expect much more for $120
Maybe the GUI is great. Maybe the calendar-sharing features are great within the tiny enclave of NUDC users cloistered in various organizations. But when a groupware product can't do basic things like publishing iCalendar or Free/Busy files and querying LDAP servers for contact information (c'mon, even Microsoft's products can do that!), it's next to worthless in my book. Why even have the groupware features? The server daemons are nothing but flaky, hog the CPU, collapse under load. My advice? Stick with free/open source alternatives that are standards-based and won't leave you stranded on a calendaring island. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• DVD-ROM
• Contact Details
• Advanced Security
• Schedules
• Centralized Administration
• Sales Opportunities

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It works but...
Getting all my contacts into it from Outlook was difficult.Took a few tries using different file type imports.Had to manually enter a few names and addresses.Interface not what Windows users expect.But, so far it does what I want even if the settings are not where I'd expect them. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Create custom schedules quickly
• Ensure coverage and reduce overtime
• Rotate schedules and easily make changes
• Track time-off requests
• Print, publish or e-mail schedules and reports

Features

• CD-ROM
• View appointments by day, week, or month
• Find open appointment times quickly and schedule appointments in seconds
• Set appointment reminders and prevent double-bookings
• Increase staff utilization
• Track customer history

Features

• CD-ROM
• Create heirarchicial structures of main headings and subpoints helping you drill out ideas while you brainstorm
• Draft your own to-do lists, create agendas, manage tasks, througha simple step-by-step process
• Track your expenses, take notes, plan events -- even write screenplays
• Folded Editing saves time and makes ideas easier to manage
• Use the Clipping Service to select text you want to save and import it into your own work

Features

• CD-ROM

Editorial Review

If you are in a business where sales staff make sustained connections with prospects over any period of time, you need some way to track these profiles. Act! 2000 provides just such contact management.Read more

Reviews (13)

Ask their Support Staff Questions First
I asked sales at ACT if their software would be able transfer files from Maximizer to Act and they said Yes.But, in reality, ACT doesn't have a way to transfer "Notes" on each record into the ACT program.Next...

Disappointing - wait until another version is released
I am terribly disappointed in this software.Because it has been sold back and forth among several companies over the last few years, product development has lagged badly.Right now, the product isn't worth using.As one of their support technicians acknowledged to me on the phone, ACT's integration of email with other contact management functionality is practically nonexistent, leaving the program several years behind the realities of relationship management in the 21st century.ACT is so bad in its current state that I uninstalled it and am writing off the cost of the software.Perhaps if I do not find a better solution in the meantime, I may look into the next version whenever it is released.But for right now, NOT RECOMMENDED.

e-mail interface lacking
I've been using ACT for several years now and love it except for the e-mail interface to Outlook. It's clunky, slow, and does not support HTML so I keep finding myself reverting back to Outlook to send e-mail.This means that I'm not keeping track of e-mail through ACT which is a real problem.Even when I do go to the effort to send e-mail through ACT it doesn't keep a pop-up file like it does for letters.Too bad, this is really a great tool.I just wish it was even better. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. ACT2000    2. Computer software (programs)    3. Schedule Management (Scheduling)   

Editorial Review

Consultant is a full-featured personal information manager (PIM) that integrates time, contact, and communication management seamlessly in a multi-user package. In addition to PalmPilot synchronization, Consultant 2.5 adds many new features, such as Consultant Now, which lets users assign unlimited categories to appointments, to-dos, contacts, and memos. Users may now define hierarchical categories in which categories may have nested sub-categories. Additionally, three new variations to the weekly, monthly, and annually repeating types have been added for even greater scheduling flexibility. Consultant is quick and intuitive because it combines time, contact, and communication management into a single integrated application with incredible ease of use. The built-in word processor, English translation tool (type in "Call Albert tomorrow at 9," and Consultant will schedule the activity and automatically link Albert's contact record to the new activity), and Internet integration round out the list of powerful features. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

A Life Saver
This program is wonderful.It has really helped me keep organized, not just in my everyday life but for events like my upcoming wedding.It's a must have. ... Read more

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Book for beginners
When I ordered this book I was thinking to find something that you are not able to find in PDF software manual or online help.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Choose from 11 award-winning voices
• Hear your appointments; listen to your upcoming tasks
• Speaks any information you enter into the Microsoft Calendar or Tasks
• Listen to information while your hands or eyes are occupied
• Customize your alert message; adjust the amount of time between alert and appointment

Features

• Golf tips, tricks, jokes, and more from golf-celebrity Gary McCord
• Automatically delivered to your handheld daily
• Customize preferences to display when you want
• Easily save favorites and view missed days
• A great gift any time of year; 365 days can begin any time

Reviews (1)

An Essential Business Tool
If you are looking for a software solution to organize both your contacts and day-to-day operations, this is it.Shortly after the first version of Maximizer was released, I performed an in-depth comparison of an In-House developed system, Act, Goldmine, and Maximizer.Maximizer was the better product in terms of ease-of-use, flexibility, and capability.I recently repeated that same analysis and determined Maximizer clearly remains the best choice.Read more

Features

• Contact Details
• Advanced Security
• Schedules
• Centralized Administration
• Sales Opportunities