Sage ACT and MS Outlook
Sage ACT! 2011 E-Mail will work through Microsoft Outlook versions 2002 (XP), 2003, 2007, or 2010. It is important to note that in order for Sage ACT! and Microsoft Outlook to properly integrate, ACT! must have been installed after Outlook was installed. Therefore if you installed or upgraded Outlook after you installed ACT!, you will need to uninstall and reinstall ACT! prior to setting up Outlook as your email client for ACT!
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Microsoft Outlook and Sage ACT
To set up Microsoft Outlook as your e-mail client within Sage ACT!, please use these following steps:
1. Select the Tools menu, and then select Preferences. The Preferences dialog box will appear.
2. Click on the E-mail & Outlook Sync tab and select the E-mail System Setup button.
3. The following E-mail Setup Wizard will appear. Please select the Next button at the Welcome to the E-mail setup Wizard dialog box (if necessary).
4. The E-mail dialog box will now appear:
5. Make sure to select to enable the MS Outlook e-mail system check box, and then select Next. The following E-mail – Outlook Address Books dialog box will appear:
This next page of this wizard will allow users to add up to three Sage ACT! databases as address books to Outlook.
6. After selecting Next, the E-mail Editor dialog box appears:
7. For the Select an e-mail editor option, 2 options are now available to choose from: ACT! Email Editor or Microsoft Outlook (recommended). Here are your choices.
(a) The ACT! Email Editor: When you select the E-mail option from the side toolbar the ACT! E-mail program will launch with your Outlook folders displayed. If you click either the Write menu, and then click E-mail message, or click the contacts e-mail address hyperlink from the E-mail field, the ACT! E-mail program will launch with your Outlook folders displayed (if not already open) and the default ACT! e-mail template will appear properly addressed.
(b) Microsoft Outlook: When you select the E-mail option from the side toolbar, click the Write menu, and then click E-mail message, or click the contacts e-mail address hyperlink from the E-mail field the default Outlook e-mail template appears properly addressed. You must open Outlook to view your folder when using this option.
Please Note: If you choose the Microsoft Outlook option, you must setup an ACT! address book to enable history and attachments controls. You must also disable Microsoft Office Word as the editor for Outlook e-mail messages. For help on how to do this, please use the following three steps:
a. In Outlook, click the Tools menu, and then click Options. The Options dialog box appears.
b. Under the Mail Format tab, clear the Use Microsoft Office Word <version> to edit e-mail messages check box.
c. Click Apply and OK.
Please Note: If you choose the Microsoft Outlook option you will not be allowed to add any other e-mail programs to the ACT! E-mail client such as Outlook Express or Lotus Notes®. It is recommended that you select the ACT! Email Editor option if you would like to setup more then one E-mail client in ACT!.
- Note: Edit Signatures: This option is available only when using the ACT! e-mail program option. You may select your default signature that will appear in a new message from the drop-down. For detailed information on how to create an e-mail signature in ACT!, please refer to the following Knowledgebase Answer:
Tip: How to Create a E-mail Signature in ACT! (ACT Knowledge Base ID: 22073)
8. Click Next to advance the E-mail Setup Wizard. The E-mail – Record History dialog box appears:
On this next screen, you are empowered to select the type of history recording option when you send e-mail to ACT! contacts. Selecting Make History Private will create private Histories when using the selected recording option. The Record History options available are:
- • None
- • E-mail Subject Only
- • E-mail Subject and Message (Recommended)
- • E-mail Subject, Message and all Attachments
9. Click Next to advance to the next page in the wizard. The Email – Attach to ACT! Contacts dialog box appears:
From this page of the wizard, you are able to select how ACT! should attach messages as history records. The same options from the previous page in the wizard for history recording are available from list. In addition, you can choose the options for the Quick Attach function. Click Next and the E-mail – Activity page appears.
10. From the Select the application that displays the activity alarm list, select ACT!, Outlook, or both applications to be used with the iCalendar feature.
You can also select an option for creating an ACT! activity when accepting an Outlook meeting invitation:
- • Edit and create activity: This is the default and this setting means you can edit the activity in either calendar
- • Automatically create activity: This setting means you will not receive a confirmation of the activity being scheduled on your ACT! calendar.
To have ACT! create contacts when it cannot match addresses, select Create contacts if they are not found.
11. Click Next to proceed and the Finishing E-mail Setup dialog box appears:
12. Select Finish to close the Finishing E-mail Setup dialog box.
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