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Karl Burrows
I had all thoughts of using Business Contact Manager with MS Small Business
Accounting and went through all the setup to move my business contacts to
the Business Contacts Folder and create Accounts, etc. In theory, I can see
how this would work on the accounting side, but in the practical world, I
lose a lot of functionality for everyday things I use. Here are the issues:
1. I always put "FAX" in front of the fax number so the fax is not listed
in the address book or email options in the email address fields. This
doesn't appear to work in the Business folder.
2. Sync with a Pocket PC PDA is awful. I have to have a separate add-in to
get them to sync and they are in a different program and have very basic
info. Option is to copy all of the contacts back into the address book and
keep up with duplicates in two folders.
3. Add-in's like MapPoint do not function in the Business folder.
4. Unless I change the Business folder to the default contact folder for
address checking, email addresses do not appear in the address fields
(almost like a global address list and personal contacts folder issue with
Exchange).
5. Can't add a new contact record for just a company. It refuses to allow
an entry without a personal name in the name fields.
Anyone else figured out how to get this program to play well with Outlook
and its add-ins?
Thanks!
Accounting and went through all the setup to move my business contacts to
the Business Contacts Folder and create Accounts, etc. In theory, I can see
how this would work on the accounting side, but in the practical world, I
lose a lot of functionality for everyday things I use. Here are the issues:
1. I always put "FAX" in front of the fax number so the fax is not listed
in the address book or email options in the email address fields. This
doesn't appear to work in the Business folder.
2. Sync with a Pocket PC PDA is awful. I have to have a separate add-in to
get them to sync and they are in a different program and have very basic
info. Option is to copy all of the contacts back into the address book and
keep up with duplicates in two folders.
3. Add-in's like MapPoint do not function in the Business folder.
4. Unless I change the Business folder to the default contact folder for
address checking, email addresses do not appear in the address fields
(almost like a global address list and personal contacts folder issue with
Exchange).
5. Can't add a new contact record for just a company. It refuses to allow
an entry without a personal name in the name fields.
Anyone else figured out how to get this program to play well with Outlook
and its add-ins?
Thanks!