ACT!2010 v12 Update

Good morning! I hope everyone had a great week and you are enjoying your fall so far. The weather here in Minnesota has been extraordinary so far and I hope it has been for you as well.

Today, I want to start a new series of blog posts aimed specifically for the ACT! users. As many of you know, I’ve been an ACT! Certified Consultant for several years, and an ACT! user for many more (since 1988 actually). As an ACT! consultant and trainer, I try and stay up to date and plugged in to the ACT! community and as a result will provide to you, the ACT! user, the latest updates and highlights that ACT! has to offer. The best way I can think of to accomplish this is through weekly blog posts to my site as ACT! Tips. My intent is to provide you with content that you will find valuable and if implemented, save you time, increase your productivity and perhaps even save you money. I would encourage you to respond to my blog posts with your comments and even suggestions on additional topics you would find helpful.

Today’s topic is a general overview of the newest ACT! release, ACT!2010 (version 12).

If you’re already an ACT! user, I’m sure you’ve received several marketing pieces from Sage over the last several weeks encouraging you to upgrade to ACT!2010. Some of you may have already taken the plunge and upgraded, while others are on the fence, waiting to see or waiting to hear if the buzz about the new version is all that it’s cracked up to be. In my humble opinion, it is.

The look and feel of ACT! has had a major overhaul with many new features introduced. I won’t go into all the details here, but will instead refer you to the ACT! page on my website where you can actually view “mini-demo’s” (called demoettes) of the primary new features. Go here, to take a look for yourself. Right now, the link to check out a free 30-day trial of ACT!2010 hasn’t been enabled, but I hope to have that available in the next few days. When the link is enabled, you will be able to request a CD from me that will include the full version of ACT!2010 Premium, in trial mode, that you can install on your system and see for yourself if it’s something you want to take advantage of. Please just bear in mind that before you install the latest version of ACT!, there are a few things you will need to be aware of, so your current production ACT! system doesn’t become compromised. All of this will be spelled out for you in great detail in the supporting documentation that accompanies the CD. I had considered offering the free trial version as a download from my site, however, the file size is in excess of 350MB’s and for a lot of folks, their internet bandwidth just isn’t robust enough for that size of download. I also wanted to make sure that anyone interested in checking out the newest version had made adequate preperations to insure the new version would run on their existing system and they didn’t run any risk of jeopardizing their current installation. That’s why I am including pre-printed supporting documentation.

So, in the mean time, check out the mini-demo’s (available here) and as soon as I have all the pieces put together, I will let you know how to request your CD. If you have specific questions about the new version, post them as a response to this article, and check back frequently (or subscribe to my RSS feed here) for updates.

Have an amazing day!

Ken

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