Contact management database software updated

The latest version of Contacts!, Cruse Control's contact management database software, is now available.

New features in Contacts! Version 3.1 features include the following.

* New email settings area allows the flexibility of sending and receiving from different email accounts.

* Emails and attachments stored within the database, not hard drive folders.

* Easier access, when sharing emails and attachments with other users in your workgroup.

* Improvements on how you interact with attachments; open them and save them to other locations.

* Much simpler set up and ease of use.

* Other users no longer need to be connected to your machine in order to view email attachments.

* Preview attachments that you have linked to your email, prior to sending them.

* Number of database files further reduced.

* Apple Mac users can now use Intel Processor Macs natively.

* Latest version of the Mac OS X operating system, 10.5, Leopard, now supported.

Send HTML emails directly from your database.

* A simple yet powerful way to manage your contacts.

* Fully customisable - use it as it is, integrate it with your existing systems or customise it to suit your needs, either by yourself, your preferred developer or with Cruse Control.

* Help screens give on-screen advice from within the database to help you get up and running quickly.

* All information is searchable and reportable.

* User definable categories enable marketing information to be tracked and stored.

* Keep records of all letters, emails, faxes and phone calls, and even do mail merges.

* Email directly from the database.

* Notes pages are searchable too.

Other features include the following.

* Send HTML emails directly from the database.

* Choose to receive some or all emails directly into the database.

* View contact history by company as well as by individuals.

* Multiple categories for companies as well as individuals.

* Send single or multiple SMS texts directly from your desktop.

* Schedule/Diary facility - view your appointments/phone calls etc by day/week/month.

* Meeting Maker - invite others to a meeting, email them direct from the database, and they can confirm their attendance too.

* Direct links to websites - store multiple websites for any company and open these directly from the database.

* In addition to the "mail merge to letters" facility there is also a 'mail merge to emails' facility, allowing you to create individual emails to selected groups in your database.

A record of each email or letter is kept with the individual contact details so you can see who has received which mailing.

* Link any document (pdf, word etc) to a contact on the system for quick reference.

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