Customizing ACT Software Training Class – 800-475-1047 – Support – Training – Consultant – Reseller

Customizing ACT Software Training Class – 800-475-1047 – Support – Training – Consultant – Reseller

Customizing ACT Software Training Class

Businesses who participate in ACT CRM training have higher user adoption rates, more productive employees, and see increases in their closure rates.  Customizing ACT Software Training Class – Delivering advanced training so you can utilize all the power of your AC Software.

Would you really like to take ACT to the next level and set it up to help you work more efficiently for your business needs?  We can help you with customizing and optimizing ACT Software.  Get ACT Information the way you want it.

act-logoCourse Outline:

Database Design and Layouts

  • Creating a New Database
  • Customizing Fields
  • Field Attributes
  • Enter field name and type
  • Customize field and list behavior
  • Customize field behavior
  • Set field triggers
  • Manage Drop-Down Lists
  • Creating Drop-Down Lists for Importing
  • Importing the Drop-Down List
  • Minor changes to the Drop-Down List
  • Editing the Database Structure
  • Field Security
  • Creating New Fields for Other Entities
  • Defining and Modifying Layouts
  • Designing Layouts
  • Saving Layouts
  • The Tool Pallet / Formatting Toolbar
  • Modifying Layouts
  • Renaming the Field Labels
  • Moving and Aligning Objects
  • Adding New Fields to your Layout
  • Layout Tabs
  • Adding other Objects
  • Formatting
  • Changing Background Tab Color
  • Make same width or height
  • Testing your Layouts / Field Entry Order

Customized Templates

  • Choosing a Word Processor
  • ACT!’s Menu Item in Word
  • Creating a Mail Merge Template
  • The Email Body Template
  • Merging the Template with a Lookup
  • Envelopes and Mailing Labels
  • ACT! E-Marketing
  • Creating your first Swiftpage Template
  • What is [[SPE Personal Message]]?
  • Sending the Template
  • Creating a New Template Using Your Base
  • E-Marketing and Swiftpage Help
  • ACT! Word Processor
  • ACT! Toolbar, Ruler, Status Bar
  • Tables
  • Graphics

Designing Dashboards

  • Using and Displaying Dashboards
  • Creating Custom Dashboards
  • Custom Components

Feature Customizations

  • Customizing Menus and Toolbars
  • Editing a Custom Command
  • Resetting Toolbars, Menus, Keyboard
  • Customizing the Welcome Page
  • Modifying the Nav Bar
  • Creating Custom Web Info Links
  • Customizing Priorities
  • Creating New Activity Types
  • Creating and Scheduling Activity Series
  • Other Opportunity Customizations
  • Creating a Custom Process
  • Creating Defined Product Lists
  • Editing the Quote Template
  • Mapping ACT! Fields into Microsoft Excel
  • Preparing / Merging the Excel File

Running and Designing Reports

  • ACT! Reports
  • Favorite Reports
  • Report Templates
  • The Report Designer Screen
  • The Report and Page Header Sections
  • The Detail Section
  • The Report and Page Footer Sections
  • Adding Report Objects
  • Formatting
  • Fields and Labels
  • Sizing Sections Group By for Sorting or Subtotals
  • Section Behavior
  • Summary Fields
  • SubReports
  • Report Filters
  • Using Custom Reports
  • Using Scripting in your Reports
  • Removing Blank Space Between Fields
  • Printing Checkmarks for Yes/No Fields
  • Choose Home or Business on the Fly

Appendix

  • Layout and Report Properties

Questions and Answers

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Call Now to speak with a Master ACT! Consultant for Technical Support and Help 800-475-1047

The features taught in this class will cover ACT Standard and ACT Premium Software.  User Guide, Lunch and Certificate of Attendance are included.  Classes are small and hands on, 1 person per PC, max 6 students per class. All classes are CPE accredited.

Accounting Business Solutions by JCS is a Master Sage Solution Provider.  Payment is required to register for the class. Availability will be confirmed once your registration information is received and processed. Please do not make any travel arrangements prior to confirmation received from JCS. JCS is not responsible for any travel expenses made without confirmation. Course cancellation must be received in writing 5 days prior to the course date. Refunds are subject to a $50.00 administrative fee.  The class may be rescheduled with no administrative fee.

ACT! Training and Support at Your Place, Our Place or Online by Master ACT! Consultants

We know you have choices, Thank you for choosing Accounting Business Solutions by JCS. Your Success is Our Goal!

With over 25 years of accounting and business knowledge as well as proficient technical background you get the training and support your business needs and deserves working with a proficient expert consultant.   You can work with the same consultant to help you master your Sage Software and for those occasional questions you need help with so you can understand best practices and how to manage your company information and books.

Put our 25 years of experience to work for you!

“Your Success is Our Goal”

www.jcscomputer.com          800-475-1047          solutions@jcscomputer.com

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Customizing ACT Software Basics Training Class – 800-475-1047 – Training – Support – Consultant – Reseller

Customizing ACT Software Basics Training Class – 800-475-1047 – Training – Support – Consultant – Reseller

Customizing ACT Software Basics Training Class

ACT Is the most popular contact management software on the market and this course is designed to get users up and running fast.

act-logo Would you like to take your ACT Software to the next level and set it up to work for your business needs?  Do you need help getting started customizing and optimizing ACT Software?  In just 3 training sessions you can work with ACT Software on your own and get your information the way you want it.  Your Satisfaction Guaranteed! *

Course Outline:

Working with ACT! Software – The Basics

  • What is Contact Management Software?
  • Starting ACT! Software
  • Log On
  • Opening a Database
  • Setting Up for Class
  • Opening Other Databases
  • ACT! Screen Elements
  • Welcome Page
  • Changing Your Startup View
  • The Navigation Bar
  • View Toolbar
  • Layout Tabs
  • Layouts
  • Sizing the Contact Detail Window
  • Contact Record Basics
  • The “My Record” Contact Record
  • My Record
  • Our Practice Database
  • An Overview of Security Roles
  • Contact Fields
  • Inserting a New Contact Record
  • Drop-Down Fields
  • Duplicating Contacts
  • Assigning Security
  • Changing Some Preferences
  • Deleting Contacts

Working Your ACT! Software Contacts

  • Locating Contacts
  • Browsing Records
  • Detail View and List View
  • Sorting the Contact List
  • Related Task Pane
  • Adding and Removing Columns
  • Nav Bar Lookup Pane
  • Lookup
  • Lookup Variations
  • Adding to Lookups
  • Narrowing Lookups
  • Previous Lookups
  • Keyword Searches
  • Lookup Any Field
  • Lookup Annual Events
  • Working in List view
  • Edit Mode
  • Tag Mode
  • Lookup and Omit Tagged Records
  • Printing Lookups
  • Secondary Contacts
  • Lookups on Secondary Contact Fields
  • Promoting from Within
  • Attachments
  • Opening and Editing Fields
  • Removing Files from the Documents Tab
  • Relationships
  • Web Info
  • Web Info Tab
  • Website Links
  • Attaching Web Pages from IE

Working Your ACT! Software Schedule

  • Activities
  • Simple Scheduling
  • Scheduling Activities using the Calendar
  • Viewing the Calendar
  • Calendar Pop-Ups
  • Navigation Tips for the Calendar Views
  • The Today Button
  • Filtering the Calendar
  • Adding an Outlook Meeting to the Calendar
  • Sharing Microsoft Outlook and ACT!
  • Calendar vs Task List
  • The Task List
  • Filtering the Task List
  • Printing Your Task List
  •  Display the Mini-Calendar any time
  • Modifying Scheduled Activities
  • Clearing Activities
  • Recording History
  • Recording History to Multiple Contacts
  • Taking Notes
  • Viewing and Editing Notes
  • History vs Notes
  • Deleting a Note or History
  • Scheduling – General Tab
  • Scheduling for Multiple Contacts
  • Scheduling Availability Tab
  • Responding to an ACT! Invitation
  • Alarms
  • Responding to an Alarm
  • Scheduling Recurring Activities
  • Advanced Options
  • Attachments
  • Public vs Private Activities
  • Scheduling Activities for Other Users
  • Displaying Other Users’ Activities
  • Adding “Scheduled For” to Task List
  • Printing the Calendar
  • Roll Over
  • Events

Working with ACT! Software E-Mail and Letters

  • ACT! Can Help You Communicate
  • ACT!’s E-Mail Integration
  • Setting up your E-Mail in ACT!
  • ACT!’s Integration with Outlook
  • Sending an E-Mail from the Contact
  • Sending an E-Mail from Outlook
  • Choosing a Word Processor
  • New Menu Item in Word
  • Creating Correspondence
  • Creating a Mail Merge Template
  • Merging the E-Mail Template
  • Creating Letters, Memos and Faxes
  • Printing Documents
  • Editing the Attached Document
  • Envelopes and Mailing Labels
  • Dealing with Your Outlook Inbox
  • Adding and Outlook Meeting Request
  • Creating a Contact from an E-Mail
  • Attach and E-Mail to a Contact
  • Using the Quick Attach Feature
  • Setting your Quick Attach Preferences
  • Handling Unattached Messages
  • Using the Attach to ACT! Icon
  • Creating an Activity from an E-Mail
  • Sending Contact Information as a vCard
  • ACT! Reports
  • Favorite Reports

Working with ACT! Software Groups and Companies

  • Groups
  • Displaying as Group Lookup
  • Manually Adding a Contact to a Group
  • Companies
  • Creating / Populating a Group or Company
  • Adding Multiple Contacts
  • Using Criteria for Your Groups
  • Linking Contacts to Companies
  • Create a Company from a Contact
  • Difference between Link and Associate
  • Create a Contact from a Company
  • Disabling a Company Link
  • Pushing Changes back to Contacts
  • Pulling Changes from a Company
  • Record
  • Convert a Group to a Company
  • Divisions and Subgroups
  • Move or Promote a Division
  • Cumulative Views of Notes, History, etc.
  • Company Note or History
  • Sharing Items with a Company/Group
  • Changing Companies
  • Filtering Tabs
  • Lookup Companies or Groups

Working with ACT! Software Opportunities

  • Creating Opportunities
  • Updating an Opportunity
  • Creating a Quite
  • Closing the Deal
  • Opportunities: List View
  • Lookup Opportunities
  • Export to Microsoft Excel
  • Opportunity Reports
  • Opportunity Pipeline
  • Opportunity Graph
  • Working in List View
  • Edit Mode
  • Tag Mode
  • Lookup and Omit Tagged Records
  • Secondary Contacts
  • Lookups on Secondary Contact Fields
  • Promoting from Within
  • Attachments
  • Opening and Editing Fields
  • Removing Files from the Documents Tab
  • Relationships
  • Web Info
  • Web Info Tab
  • Website Links
  • Attaching Web Pages from IE

Working with ACT! Software Dashboards

  • Using Dashboards
  • Displaying Dashboard Views
  • Working in the Dashboard Views
  • Other Dashboards

Working with ACT! Software Synchronization

  • Synchronizing Your Remote Database
  • Synchronizing the Remote Database
  • Set Up Sync Schedule with Scheduler
  • Using the Subscription List

Appendix

  • Understanding Security Roles
  • ACT!’s E-Mail
  • Setting up Your E-Mail Signature
  • Understanding ACT!’s E-Mail
  • Sending E-Mail from ACT! E-Mail
  • Send/Receive Button
  • Automatic Update Notification

*100% Satisfaction Guaranteed or return to Customizing ACT Software Basics Training Class for FREE within 60 days!

Classes held from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm       Sign Up Here

Call Now to speak with a Master ACT! Consultant for Technical Support and Help 800-475-1047

User Guide, Lunch and Certificate of Attendance are included.  Classes are small and hands on, 1 person per PC, max 6 students per class. All classes are CPE accredited.

Accounting Business Solutions by JCS is a Master Sage Solution Provider.  Payment is required to register for the class. Availability will be confirmed once your registration information is received and processed. Please do not make any travel arrangements prior to confirmation received from JCS. JCS is not responsible for any travel expenses made without confirmation. Course cancellation must be received in writing 5 days prior to the course date. Refunds are subject to a $50.00 administrative fee.  The class may be rescheduled with no administrative fee.

ACT! Training and Support at Your Place, Our Place or Online by Master ACT! Consultants

We know you have choices, Thank you for choosing Accounting Business Solutions by JCS. 

With over 25 years of accounting and business knowledge as well as proficient technical background you get the training and support your business needs and deserves working with a proficient expert consultant.   You can work with the same consultant to help you master your Sage Software and for those occasional questions you need help with so you can understand best practices and how to manage your company information and books.

Put our 25 years of experience to work for you!

“Your Success is Our Goal”

www.jcscomputer.com          800-475-1047          solutions@jcscomputer.com

Like us on Facebook  and follow us on Twitter

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