Durkin Computing - Plugins for ACT!  
 


Contact List Plus for ACT! 2005 features:

      Sum/Count/Total values in a column
  Save/Restore The Contact List
  Tag Mode
  Design and Save Column Layouts
  Save/Restore Lookups
  Edit Data in Any Column
  One Click To Apply Color
  Printing in Color
  Export to Excel
  Colorize Your Lists
  Contact List Plus Replaces ACT! View

Sum/Count/Total values in a column
Contact List Plus has math functions built into each column and row like displaying the group count on each group row State: NY ( 11 contacts). Contact List Plus can add totals and counts at the bottom of each column using Aggregate Function that include : Count, Sum, Average, Min, Max, StdDeviation, ValueCount.

Displayed here CLP is totaling the value of the $Promos column to the value of $1,657.00

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Save/Restore the List
Contact List Plus allows you to save the contact list. This is extremely useful when using the tag mode and you have selected contacts based on your own independent criteria. The name of the saved list will appear in the 'Lookups' list for easy restoring. You can even restore multiple lists at the same time!

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Tag Mode
You can tag and un-tag contacts to create a lookup manually. Occasionally you may want to send an email to contacts that do not share common lookup criteria, using the tag mode you can create a lists of contacts.

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Edit data in any column. 
Contact List Plus has several “built-in” editors like: Textbox, CheckBox, Calendar DropDown, Combo* and DropDown Controls. The dropdown controls are prefilled with user defined list values from ACT!.  Never go back to the details window to make changes to a contact. Edit any value with one click. The list will go into edit mode and display an editing object like a calender or dropdown list depending on the type of data.

 

 

 
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Design and Save Column Layouts.
You can customize the order of the columns in the contact list by adding a new "Column Layout." Once created, simply change the layout by selecting a different "Column Layout". You can quickly switch between multiple "Column Layouts" by a simple popup list. Below is an example of five different layouts that are installed by default.


 

 
 
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One Click To Apply Color.
Add color to any contact in the list. Simply select any contact and right click exposing the "Color Picker". Select the desired color and the contact row will always appears as that color.

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Contact List Plus replaces ACT! 2005 contact list view.
Contact List Plus replaces the existing contact list view with a robust data and color driven view. This new view allows the users to create as many data and color rules as you desire. View only the contacts that match your rules like contacts in a specific city or contacts in a group.

    
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Save/Restore Lookups
Turn on/off lookups with a quick click of the mouse. View only the contacts you want. Easily add the current lookup to the list with a simple "Save" button.  Save multiple Lookups using basic find features or the more Advanced Query dialog.

 

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Colorize your list
Add color to your list with simple rules. Color rules are automatically applied to all the contacts matching any lookup. Colorize contacts like 'Prospects to be called'. Extract hidden information like 'Decision Maker(s)' in New York. 

 

 

Printing in Color
Contact List Plus for ACT! also includes a print function to easily achieve WYSIWYG (What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get) printing of the data presented by the control including color.



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Export: One button export to Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, HTML or XML formats. Simple click the 'Export' button and give your export file a name.  The new export file will auto-open in the program of your selected format. (XLS, DOC, HTM or XML)
 

Settings at the tip of your finger.
All the setting like the master "Edit mode" switch and Data and Color Rules builders are easily accessible from this settings list.. 

Edit mode switch. Activates the one click edit mode.
Tag mode switch. Activates the list's tag mode option.
Layouts - UserFields ...
Opens the Layout selector.
Lookup Rules... Opens the Lookup builder.
Color Rules...
Opens the color rules builder.
Export... Opens the save dialog box to export your list.
Select columns... Opens a window to select the columns.
Print... Opens the preview window with the current list.
Filter.. Opens a filter window to add filter conditions.
Sort.. Opens the sort window.
Group By... Opens the Group by window to group like contacts together visually.
Header switch. Turns on or off the list header box. When this is on you can drag columns into the box for quick grouping.

 

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