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The #1 Selling Contact And Customer Manager For 20 Years, Act! By Sage 2008 (10.0) Improves Productivity By Helping You Organize Contact Information, Manage Daily Responsibilities, And Communicate More Effectively. With All Your Contact Details At Your Fingertips, You Can Focus On What's Important To Your Business--building Stronger Customer Relationships. Act! Is Easy To Learn And Use, And Can Be Used Out-of-the-box Or Customized To Suit Your Needs. It Also Integrates With Everyday Tools Like Microsoft Outlook, Excel, And Word. With More Than 2.7 Million Individual Users, Act! Continues To Lead The Industry In Helping Customers Like You Connect And Succeed. Seize The Day. Get A Quick View Of All Calls, Meetings, And To-dos For The Day, Including Activity Type And Time. Customize Your ""schedule-at-a-glance By Filtering Which Activity Types"" And Which Priorities Are Displayed So You See Precisely The Information That Is Important To You. Drill Down Into Any Activity For More Detail Or To Take Further Action. Allocate Your Time Wisely. ""my Activities"" Is A Complete, Graphical View Of All Activities, Including All Calls, Meetings, To-dos, And Custom Activities For A Given Date Range You Specify. Customize By Filtering By Activity Type And Priority, And By Private, Cleared, Timeless, And Even Microsoft Outlook Tasks. Make The Most Of Your Opportunities. The ""opportunities Pipeline By Stage"" Pie Or Bar Chart Shows You Where Each Of Your Opportunities Stands, And Is Usable Whether You're Using The Act! Sales Process Or One Customized To Suit Your Business. Includes The Total Associated With Each Stage For The Date Range And Status You Specify. Know Who Your Best Customers Are. ""my Opportunities"" Is A Graphical Representation Of All Your Sales Opportunities... By Total And Weighted Total. Customize To See Opportunities By Date Ranges Including 30 Days, 60 Days, Or 90 Days, Or View By Opportunities Open, ""closed And Won,"" ""closed And Lost,"" And Inactive To For A Deeper Analysis. Know Who Your Best Customers Are. ""top 10 Opportunities"" Is A Quick View Of Who They Are, By Total And Weighted Total. Customize To View By Date Range, Status, Or Sort Most Columns In The List By Name, Total, Company, And More. Drill Down And Take Further Action: Add More Detail To Any Opportunity, Move It Through The Sales Process, Or Schedule A Follow-up. Even Create, Edit, And Delete An Opportunity Directly From This View. Gauge Your Success. This Graphic Representation Of All ""closed Sales To Date"" Includes The Total And Weighted Total For All Closed Sales Opportunities. It Gives You A Better Sense Of How You're Tracking Towards Your Opportunity Goals ? And You Can Specify Targets To Easily See Your Progress. Customize By Date Range Or Status For Deeper Analysis. Make The Most Of Your Time. Make The Most Of Your Opportunities Multiple Contacts Per Opportunity Associate Multiple Contacts To A Single Opportunity To Ensure You Are Aware Of Every Contact Within An Organization That Could Impact The Closing Of A Deal, Whether They Are An Influencer, Decision Maker, Or Play Another Role. Multiple Contacts Per Opportunity Allows You To Track More Than One Contact Associated With An Opportunity Without Having To Create Separate Opportunities For Each Contact, And Allows For A More Comprehensive View Of All The Contacts That Are Involved With An Opportunity. Introducing The All-new, Interactive Dashboard Your Critical Information, All In One Place. The All-new Interactive Act! Dashboard Gives You A Comprehensive Glance At Your Key Information In A Visual Easy-to-use Format. Roll-up Key Activity And Opportunity Information All In The Single Dashboard View With The Information You Need To Tackle Your Day And Be More Productive. Act! Functions You Use Every Day Are Streamlined For Greater Efficiency. Save Space In Your Database By Adding Document Shortcuts To Activity And History Items You Can Now Add Document Shortcuts To Activity And History Items Without Having To Attach The Full Document. You Save Space And Allow Other Non-act! Users To Edit The Same Document--ensuring You Have The Most Updated Document In The Database. Keep Your Database Clean And Accurate With An Automatic Check For Duplicates By First And Last Name You Can Automatically Check For Duplicate First And Last Names Contained Within Act! When Entering A New Contact Record. When A Duplicate Record Is Found, A Prompt Will Inform You That You Are Creating A Duplicate Contact And Will Provide You With The Option To Continue Or Cancel The Entry. You Also Have The Option To Set And Define Checking Criteria For Up To Three Fields So You Only Get The Duplicate Prompt When It Matters To You. Works With Other Software Act! 2008 Works With Multiple Operating Systems (including Microsoft Windows Xp And The New Windows Vista? Operating System), And Is Compatible With The Most Popular Releases Of Office And Internet Explorer, Including Office 2007 And Internet Explorer 7.0. Faster Access To More Comprehensive Opportunity Information. Know All The Decision Makers By Tracking Multiple Contacts In One Opportunity Make Sure You're Aware Of All Contacts Within An Organization That Could Impact The Closing Of Your Deal, Whether They Are Influencers, Decision Makers, Or In Other Positions. Multiple Contacts Per Opportunity Allows You To Track More Than One Contact Associated With An Opportunity Without Having To Create Separate Opportunities For Each Contact, And Allows For A More Comprehensive View Of All The Contacts That Are Involved With An Opportunity. View The Complete Details Of An Opportunity From A List View With Opportunity List Details View All Contacts Or Products Associated With An Opportunity From The Opportunity List View Without Having To Open The Opportunity. Save Time By Simply Mousing Over The Opportunity In The List View To Quickly Identify Additional Information For That Opportunity In Seconds. Easier Ways To Search And Organize Groups And Compaines. Automatically Check For Duplicate Group And Company Records To Ensure Your Database Remains Clean And Accurate When A Duplicate Record Is Found, A Prompt Will Inform You That You Are Creating A Duplicate Group Or Company And Will Provide You With The Option To Continue Or Cancel The Entry. You Also Have The Option To Set And Define Duplicate Record Checking Criteria For Up To Three Fields So You Are Only Prompted When Required By Your Pre-determined Conditions. Maintain More Consistent Groups And Companies Record Structures By Using The Label Subgroups And Divisions For Example, Many Companies In Your Database May Have Divisions Or Departments With The Same Names, Like ""sales"" Or ""marketing."" With Act! 2008, You Can Utilize ""sales"" And ""marketing"" As Division Names For As Many Company Records As You Wish. This Improvement Lets You Maintain More Consistent Group And Company Record Structures For Improved Organization And Data Accuracy. Enhance Your Search And Reporting Needs By Performing Advanced Queries For Groups And Companies This Will Allow You To Find Group And Company Information More Easily. Create New Queries Identifying All Groups And Companies Listed As Prospects Or Located In The Same Territory. You Can Save The Advanced Query For Later Searching And Easily Re-define The Search Criteria, Reducing Time Spent On Future Searches. This Enables You To Better Leverage Your Customer Information Based On The Query Results. Easily Determine Group And Company Hierarchy--including Subgroups And Divisions--by Viewing In Dialog Boxes This Not Only Allows For Easier Navigation, It Also Allows You To More Clearly See Relationships. With This Hierarchy You Can Easily Decipher Which Subgroup And Division Is Associated With Parent Group And Company Records.