Features

• Send personalized emails; send up to 1,000 emails per hour
• Easily manage mail list and address book
• Select from over 20 mailing templates
• Import data from popular databases; intuitive data-entry screen
• Customize mailings with easy-to-use design tools

Features

• Send personalized emails; new mail-design wizard
• Organizes names, addresses, and other contact information
• Print labels, envelopes, address books, and post cards
• Import database files; easy data entry; sort and filter
• Keep contact records; eliminate duplicate records

Product Description

PocketMirror Professional is the Outlook synchronization solution for you if you use more than just the main Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and Notes folders to organize personal and business information. PocketMirror Professional helps you make better use of the personal information management (PIM) applications that came with your Palm OS handheld by synchronizing this built-in handheld software with multiple Outlook folders. Keeping more of your data accurate and up-to-date. And keeping Outlook information organized on your PC just how you like itin separate folders. ... Read more

Features

• Synchronize multiple Outlook folders, including public folders and subfolders. Carry business and personal information anywhere. Select any public folders and any subfolders to sync with your handheld. Each Outlook folder on your PC becomes a category on the handheld. Palm OS software allows up to 15 categories per application, so you can synchronize up to 15 public folders or subfolders.
• Change default folders: Treat your preferred folders as the default folders, so you automatically synchronize your most important information with your handheld every time.
• Multiple PCs: Synchronize your handheld with multiple PCs connected to the same Exchange server.
• Multiple calendars - FREE Chapura Calendar application lets you keep multiple peoples calendars in one application on your handheld. Synchronize and sort by calendar category.
• Easy to use: Simple and quick one-button synchronization helps keep information accurate and updated.

Features

• For business, small office, and home users
• Improve productivity by organizing calendars, schedules, to-do lists, and contacts
• Simply enter appointments, events, to-do items & contacts, and the program arranges everything
• Perfect low-cost way to organize and print your personal, business, and travel information
• Includes day planner, to-do list, address book, notebook, calendar designer, and bonus calendars

Features

• Accepts postal codes from other countries and provinces
• The perfect tool for organizing the names, addresses, and other contact information with just a click
• Adjust the fonts, colors, logos of your mailing labels and homemade postcards in just a few steps
• Choose from hundreds of label sizes you can print with a click
• Thousands of clip art images included

Features

• Manage personal and professional planning in one application
• Options to print and synchronize data with handhelds
• Daily and weekly productivity tools
• PowerNotes for integrating note-taking into Microsoft Outlook
• Built-in training from FranklinCovey's productivity workshops

Reviews (16)

Trashes Outlook 2003 Install
I installed the trial version, downloaded from the franklincovey website.It crashed twice during install, and now MS Outlook takes several minutes (yes MINUTES) to launch.I tried to uninstall this piece of crap, but it will not uninstall.

Do not pay money for this product!

Do NOT Buy FranklinCovey PlanPlus
I have never written a review of a software product before. I felt compelled to write one about FranklinCovey's PlanPlus For Microsoft Outlook 2.0 because I hope to that it will dissuade people from wasting money on this product.

Until I bought this product, I had no beef with the company FranklinCovey. I have been using their paper planner for the last 6 years. I had hoped that PlanPlus would simplify my life by allowing me to use planning tools while in Outlook. In reality, I have had nothing but trouble with the nearly impossible installation, the buggy product, and the infuriating tech support.

It started when I tried to install the product on my laptop. I worked with their tech support online (they charge if you want to actually speak with someone). I went through quite a few tech support people, many of whom seemed to repeat the same mantra of "uninstall/reinstall" which I did countless times. I really had to push them to get them to help me. When they were stumped and they said they would research the issue and get back to me and of course they never did. EventuallyI got someone online and I would not let them go until we resolved the installation problem. After 5 days of working at this, it was finally installed. To my horror, it slowed down outlook so significantly that I decided to uninstall it.

Around the same time I was dealing with problems with the install on my laptop, I was trying to also install this on my desktop PC. I worked with tech support for about 3 weeks off and on. Again, they were stumped. They kept repeating the phrase, "We will get back to you at the earliest." I never heard back from them. Now I wonder what they meant. Was it the earliest ice age? The earliest millenium? They kind of left it open for interpretation. It's been several months now and I have wasted so much time on this. I was never able to install the product, I kept getting an error message and the installation would stop.

I can't return the product because they don't accept returns on software if it has been opened. All I can do at this point is vow never to buy another FranklinCovey product again and encourage others to reconsider their plans to purchase this product. If you are a diehard Franklin Planner user, like I was, I would recommend that you stick with the paper planner - it's far less buggy and you won't have to deal with an indifferent tech support that will "get back to you at the earliest."

Perhaps 2.0 is better
I wouldn't risk it based on the reviews here. The first version ruined my Exchange profile - now I can't have tasks in Outlook -EVER. FC Support is worthless. So ironic that a company that puts so much emphasis on integrity and excellence put out such an incredibly shoddy product. I'm sorry - I can't trust a company that would release such an incredibly bad product.

Slow, Crashes, but nice idea...
I'd wait to buy this until they come out with version five or so. By then, the bugs might be gone. As it is now, I'm using Outlook 2002 on a Windows XP 3ghz machine with 1gb of RAM, and it takes me 34 seconds to load Outlook (time for the splash screen to go away). Occasionally it will tell me it had to disable PlanPlus on startup as well. The memory usage (if you leave it open all the time like I do) is high as well, although I don't notice it much, having such a leet box (translation: fast computer).

I do give them 2 stars instead of 1 because it's pretty. I decided to use it based on screenshots alone. Outlook 2002 on its own is really dull, especially after you've looked at it daily for years. The extras (like the Compass, Mission/Values, and Goals) are very similar to their planner kits' first few pages. So if you liked those, I'm sure you'll enjoy the extras on PlanPlus.

Nice interface, but really slow
I am running PlanPlus on a 10 month old Gateway 450 laptop. XP is my operating system. Accordingly, I think my computer, while not brand new, ought to be able to accomodate the general office tasks I ask it to perform.

Plun Plus has a nice interface-- I like having all the outlook features in front of me and it's relatively easy to use the FranklinCovey tools. That said, it takes forever to load Outlook now and probably every third time I open an email box, I get 90 seconds of the hourglass. The irony is stark: this tool that promises increased productivity has become a barrier to that objective. I wish I had paid attention to the 30-day try-out period, because I would have sent it back. Wish I had bought it on Amazon, too, because I would have payed considerably less. ... Read more

Product Description

KeySuite goes beyond the built-in handheld applications for personal information management and is the convenient companion to Microsoft Outlook for your Palm Powered handheld.Using KeySuite Applications on your handheld instead of the built-in applications allows you to carry more of your important Outlook information with you. Be more productive on the road. ... Read more

Features

• More fields: Synchronize key details stored on your desktop with your handheld, including all 19 phone numbers, all 3 email addresses, all 3 street addresses and more!
• Any folders: Find and update information wherever you are. Outlook folders become handheld folders, not categories. Including public folders and subfolders.
• Multiple categories: Keep categories consistent between both places to quickly organize, sort and find information on your handhled. Use over 250 categories per handheld folder and multiple categories per item.
• Multiple PC's: Synchronizing multiple PCs (like your office and home PCs) with KeySuite helps you keep business and personal information together on the handheld but neatly organized in separate folders.
• Easy to use: KeySuite software combines the comprehesiveness of Outlook with the uncluttered, intuitive interface of the Palm OS. Access data with minimal taps. Use of navigator and tap dialing is simple.

Product Description

Best Software Act! 2005 - Upgrade - Organizer - PCFrom the #1 selling contact and customer manager, more powerful, easy-to-use ACT! 2005 helps selling professionals and small businesses make contact, build relationships and get results.ACT! 2005 allows you to instantly access key customer information, better manage your time, easily prioritize tasks and build stronger, more productive business relationships. Nice electronics is your source for everyday low prices on theBest Soft ACTS2005UP - UPG ACT! 2005and all other Best Soft Software - Office ... Read more

Features

• Easily share and synchronize contacts and calendars
• Helps connect selling professionals with small businesses
• Easily access, organize, and manage contact details
• Time management tools; track sales opportunities
• Integrates with Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds

Reviews (5)

ACT 2005 Disaster
Being a user of ACT since 1990, I thought I would continue to upgrade as I have in the past. What a mistake. 6.0 (was no IS) a good product.2005 has a long way to go.
I would like everyone to know when you transfer your 6.0 database to 2005 there is no way to revert back to 6.0 and bring your notes with.
What a joke.

Don't see the value
I just installed ACT! 2005 after using previous versions of ACT for 10 years.I was very disappointed.My custom layouts were not imported, system ran slow (hard drive ran for a very long time) and there just did not seem to be anything new or innovative.I don't think this version is a step up or sideways, but in fact a step down.

I think users on ACT 6.0 should stay on it.I have read other reviews and found nobody who thinks it works well.

Best software needs to go back to the drawing board, start with version 6.0 (which is very good) and only upgrade when they have something new and better.

Integration Problems
I am an avid fan and user of ACT! 6.0. My database is integrated with ACT! for Palm and WinFax Pro and worked nicely since June 2003. Then, I upgraded to ACT! 2005. First, the software simply ran like it was on a 4 year old system with 64 megs of ram. Luckily, Best Software provided an update the 2nd week of Feb. Then, my ACT! for Palm stopped working. Best Software promises that fix is on its way. But, the real kicker was the refusal by both Symantec and Best Software to provide some solution for WinFax's inability to integrate with ACT! 2005. I contacted ACT! first and was told that because Microsoft is updating to the Longhorn OS, Best Software had to stop integrating with WinFax Pro. Right. They then sugested I call Symantec and ask if they planned to offer an upgraded link to ACT! 2005. After speaking with 2 represenatives who's names I can not spelll nor pronounce, I was directed to call ACT!. I explained I had already called ACT! and she assurred me it was Symantec's division that dealt with ACT!. She lied. The third represenative told me to revert back to ACT! 6.0 and at that point I asked for a refund. WinFax Pro advertises its product as an integration solution for ACT!. I was then handed to a fourth person who said they would call back in 2 days. Right. The real hardship of this situation is now ACT! 2005 only integrates with Faxrush (...). Or, you can continue using WinFax Pro by purchasing an additional piece of software from yet another company (...) which will integrate ACT! 2005 with WinFax Pro. I will be doing the same as the above reviewer and adding this to my 2005 tax write off and looking into Microsoft's contact manager.

Buggiest program I have ever used
I wrote an earlier lukeware review of this product, but after using this now for a month, I'm growing so dissillusioned with this software I'm inclined to uninstall it and write it off as a loss. I've used ACT in various versions since it first came out. I still have ACT 3 which I'm thinking of trying to see if it runs on WinXP because it was tons more stable and less buggy than this release. In fact, as far as I can see there has been little by way of feature enhancement between the two, so all this company has done is introduce massive amounts of bugs into the software. There are too many examples to list but here's one that really annoys me. When I import a text file with my contact names into this product, by default the program puts a country code of +256 in front of every number, which is the country code of Uganda!

You won't see this though until you sync the database to a handheld device. I use a PocketPC phone. When I open a contact on the phone, low and behold every number starts with Country Code +256! So, to fix the problem, you need to go back through each and every record in ACT and specifically define it as US Country +1, now how fun is that???

Another littel gem happens when you use the product in conjunction with Outlook, which the company says is its strong point. Hmmm. Here's what happens. Lets say you use Outlook calendaring to schedule internal or external meetings. It works great. But, at the same time, you want to use ACT calendar to schedule tasks, to-dos an make note of the fact that you have a meeting or call scheduled with one of your contacts. You do this to keep a record in the history database. Now, when you sync, ACT is too stupid to simply merge the two meeting types onto your handheld or into Outlook - no, it completely wipes out your outlook calendar, replacing it which your ACT calendar. So you have to choose between using one calendar vs antother. Seems to me they should give me an option to merge the two together.

I could go on, the list of bugs is almost endless but you get the point. I've ordered an upgrade to Office that includes Contacts Manager. I'll check it out and if it works better - I will indeed remove this program from my machine, write off the expense from my taxes and forget about it!

Good Software, HORRIBLE SUPPORT FROM COMPANY
I purchased this software as a longtime user of ACT.I used ACT 2000, Act 6.0 and now have upgraded.Not only did I have a ton of problems with installing the software but the first update Best Software released, completely annihilated my machine and erased my existing database.I had to wait for over 2 hours for support.Thank goodness this problem happened within 30 of originally installing the program with otherwise they would have charge me $300 to by a support package so they could help me to fix a mistake of THEIR update.The program is good once it is up and running however my customer database is the lifeblood of my business.I will not trust this company and their apparent gross negligence to quality control, as well as their disregard for supporting the very products they release for general sale.If your business depends on a solid customer database program, don't look at this company to fit the bill! ... Read more

Product Description

Keep your PC synchronized with precision, timing, scheduling, countdowns and alarms! Enhanced productivity, scheduling, display, and printing features will keep you on schedule and fully informed. Keeping your PC synchronized will be easier than ever! ... Read more

Product Description

Manage your mail list and save on postage.If you are a user of bulk mailing then My Deluxe MailList & AddressBook is a must have program.You can add graphics to the labels, print addresses directly on envelopes and postcards, import and directly open data from popular databases, use the built-in templates, and so much more! ... Read more

Reviews (3)

Overuses CPU
It's a great program with a lot of flexibility but it overtaxes the CPU.After loading the program, try CTRL-ALT-DEL. You'll find it's utilizing most of the CPU.It overheats the CPU if you have more than a program or two running. When I use the program, I have to load it, look up or do what I want and then close it or I get warning messages about the CPU overheating.

terrible technical support & false claims
Having used sequential versions of MyDeluxeMailList & Address Book over more than ten years, I continue to use it, but not without misgivings.
The bulk-mail presort feature is essential and few other affordable software options exist.
Despite excellent reviews, My Software fails to live up to many of their product claims.
I've installed version 6.000 on two computers, XP and Win98 platforms. The "Quick Zip+4 Lookup" Key Feature doesn't work.
On the packaging is a statement "If you have purchased this CD within the last 90 cays call for a free update" (to the address database USPS yearly update). The caller is given no option to request this update when calling that number. Nor is there any option available on the website for requesting this update, or even sending a message to technical support about it.
Test every function you need when you install this product and if those functions don't work, return the product immediately.

My Deluxe Mail List
This is one of the most flexabile and user friendly list management programs in the market place.We use it to import telemarketing call lists and to sort for "do not call's".New customers are tracked from the intial prospecting call to the installation of service.Each account has a separate service history.I tried three other programs and this was rated number one in our opinion. ... Read more

Product Description

Your passwords, credit cards and more, secure, convenient and portable ... Read more

Amazon.com Product Description

Outlook version 2002 makes working with e-mail, tasks, contacts, and appointments more intuitive without requiring users to learn new ways of accomplishing their tasks or spend time searching for the right tools. A variety of security enhancements have been included in Outlook version 2002 to help users feel more secure when working with e-mail. Setup and configuration have been made simpler with such enhancements as single-integrated e-mail mode, customization enhancements in the Custom Installation Wizard, and a simplified interface for setting up e-mail accounts.

New features include AutoComplete Addressing: As a user enters an e-mail address, Outlook automatically recognizes it and completes the name based on previously sent e-mail to the recipient. Users can also now access e-mail from their Hotmail accounts (or other Internet mail providers) directly from within Outlook. Users with multiple e-mail accounts can choose on a per-message basis what account to use to send their message. With Word as the default e-mail editor, users can take advantage of the smart tags that are available in Word (including AutoCorrect, paste options, address, name, date, or customizable smart tags). Smart tags are context-sensitive buttons that give users the options and information they need at the time they need them.

Users can now easily change between different mail formats on the fly and on a per-message basis. By giving users the option to switch between HTML, rich text, or plain text, they can more easily format their message so that the recipient can have the best viewing experience. Mailbox Cleanup allows users to view the size of their mailbox, search for files by size or by age, and then delete, move, or archive those files to clear up space. Exchange users can also automatically be notified when they are approaching their mailbox size limit and choose from the above options for cleaning up their mailbox. And Outlook can now automatically clean up plain text e-mail formatting that often contains extra line breaks that make the message difficult to read. Outlook automatically removes the extra line breaks (an option exists to turn this off as well) when a user opens an e-mail message, previews the message in the preview pane, or prints the message so that it is easier to read. ... Read more

Reviews (12)

MIcrosoft Outlook
Probably the worst program known to mankind. Will destroy your computer. Consistently crashes and renders other programs inoperable. Don't know why Gates isn't in jail for this one.

Outlook 2002 slower than Outlook 2000
Besides Hotmail support, there really is no difference between Outlook 2000 and Outlook 2002 except for speed.If you already have Outlook 2000, DO NOT UPGRADE!Why?Because it is slower than Outlook 2000 (at least on my machine).In Outlook 2000, I used to be able to click on a message and it would instantly pop up.In Outlook 2003, it takes a good 2-3 seconds.As the saying goes, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Much Slower than Outlook 2000 an not much different.
Wow, this is an upgrade,NOT!! You've got to be kidding me. New features are mostly worthless and it runs much slower than 2000 on my Pentium 1.4 ghz with 512 MB RAM.

Not only will you be disappointed, but you will have wasted your money. I enjoy MS Office, but their upgrades are no longer worth paying for. To boot, we now have to activate our product through Microsoft...what a joke!

If your new to computing, be smart and look for Office Suite alternatives.

Rating Questions
Although you state this is Outlook 2002, I received Outlook 2000 [the box clearly states it is Outlook 2000 -- with an exclamation point after 2000 -- i.e. 2000!).I have an XP and requested the latest version of Outlook (2002) not 2000.Also, I filled out the form for a rebate and never received it.I have been charged your (then) full price for the item. How can I rate version 2002 when I received 2000 (which I already had)?

Microsoft Outlook: Worth It?
I have been using Microsoft Outlook for almost three years now, and to tell you the truth I like it a lot! Recently, I upgraded to version 2002 and was impressed by the features in the application. The integration of Hotmail is not a new feature but an easier approach to setting-up accounts with the e-mail service. Other features such as organizing e-mail whether its junk or something important is also good, but I think users will find more features when it comes to integration with other Office applications such as Word. Say for example, your typing a letter and you insert a person's name, through the use of Smart Tags Word will ask you if you would like to add it to your contacts or schedule a meeting in Outlook, a handy feature, but for me it's not really necessary. This version, I think is worth the upgrade it's much improved compared to Outlook 97, 98 and "2000" in some ways, users will some how find other useful and interesting features in this application. Remember, Outlook 2000 was always known as a virus harbor, and it was always difficult to set-up accounts with hotmail, so if there is at least one program out of the core Office XP applications, I suggest Outlook 2002. Like I said, there are some new cool features I have not yet discovered. ... Read more

Features

• Thousands of clip art and photo images; personalized email feature
• Import popular database files; find, categorize, filter, and index your list
• Accepts international postal codes, countries, and provinces
• Design your own printouts; create custom labels--hundreds of sizes
• Print U.S. Postal Service certified POSTNET barcodes

Reviews (5)

There are better alternatives out there!
Have suffered with this program for two years. Much too complicated.Frustration is off the scale. Too many shortcomings

Cost vs benefit?
When the cost of a technical support phone call costs more than the program, it should tell you something. Lockups, error messages - what is your time worth?Spend a little more for something that works.

Just What I Looking For
This software isn't perfect but it certainly served my purposes for getting holiday cards out this year. The database was easy to use. The help menus were good but sometimes did not match what was contained in the pulldown menus. I loved the label and envelope templates but they all omittedthe salutation field (Mr. Ms. etc.) and I had to make my own which tooksome practice and know how. For what I paid for this software it was justfine.

User UNfriendly
Very difficult to use.We tried using this to help us print our Christmas cards but it was unable to do it.It insisted on printing blank fields and didn't let us customize the output at all.A big thumbs down!

EASY AS PIE
THIS IS GREAT WAY TO SAVE LOADS OF TIME IF YOU DO ALOT OF MAILING, FOR PERSONAL OR SMALL BUSINESS USERS THIS ADDRESS DATABASE IS SIMPLE TO USE, FLEXIBLE AND ALLOWS YOU TO NOT ONLY MAINTAIN YOUR ADDRESS KNOWLEDGE BASEBUT IT IS SIMPLE TO IMPORT DATA IN NEARLY ANY COMPUTER INFORMATION FORMAT,PERFECT FOR THOSE WHO ARE DOING MASS MAILING TO GET A BUSINESS GOING. IHAVE USED IT FOR REAL ESTATE MAILING AND I'M SURE I HAVE SAVED HUNDREDS OFHOURS,( IF IT WOULD ONLY LIKE THE ENVELOPES, IT WOULD BE PERFECT SOFTWARE) ... Read more

Product Description

From the #1 selling contact and customer manager, ACT! 2005 Premium for Workgroups helps sales teams and corporate workgroups make contact, build relationships and get results. It helps teams gain greater customer insights by accessing, organizing and managing contact details; improve the bottom line with tools for forecasting, tracking and reporting on sales opportunities; increase team efficiency with centralized data, robust scalability, group scheduling and advanced security for up to 50 users; manage time more efficiently by tracking and completing calls, meetings and to-do items; and take important contact information along by working with Palm OS® and Pocket PC handhelds.Choosing ACT! 2005 Premium for Workgroups makes you a part of the Best Software family. Best Software has led the way in developing and supporting automated business management solutions. With a wide range of front office and back office solutions—including accounting, human resources, payroll, fixed asset management, contact management, customer relationship management and e-commerce—Best Software offers award-winning products and services that have revolutionized the way small and medium-sized companies do business. So you can rely on outstanding service and a commitment to providing your business with the technology it needs to succeed, today and into the future. ... Read more

Features

• Includes Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
• Contact and customer-manager software for up to 5 users
• Access, organize, and manage contact details
• Stay on top of schedule 24/7; share customer info securely
• Enhanced group scheduling; link to Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds

Reviews (1)

Terrible product
Be sure you read the reviews for the single user version before you plunk down any money for this dog. ... Read more

Product Description

ACT! 2005 ACT! 2005® organize your data for quick and easy access, manage and grow your business relationships, stay on top of your schedule 24/7, forecast and track sales opportunities, and share customer information securely. ACT! 2005 program code has been rewritten. ACT! now is using Structured Query Language (SQL), which provides a relational database (instead of dBase code which provides a flat database). This will give ACT! the ability to accommodate many more records in both a single and multiple user settings with more flexibility and stability. In addition, less frequent database maintenance is required with this new relational database structure.Create new Company and Division records to get a more complete picture of the entire relationship with any company, including all Notes, Histories and Opportunities. Link contacts to companies so that when core company information changes, the changes push to each contact for easier updating. Easily convert Groups into Companies. And create Companies from Contacts (or vice versa). ... Read more

Features

• Forecast, track, and report on sales opportunities
• Contact and customer-manager software for 5 users
• Access, organize, and manage contact details
• Stay on top of schedule 24/7; share customer info securely
• Link to Palm OS and Pocket PC handhelds

Features

• Automated tools for staying in control of a busy schedule
• Easy to learn and use; looks and works like a manual day planner
• Schedule daily, weekly, and monthly appointments; keep track of contacts
• Auto-dial phone numbers; create to-do lists; make notes; sort information
• Log on to favorite Web sites; share calendars; set up meetings over the Internet

Product Description

MyMailList & AddressBook is perfect for organizing your names, addresses and other contact information. Easily import and directly open your data from popular databases. Make mailing a breeze! Quickly print out labels, postcards, and envelopes. Use fonts, colors, logos and thousands of clip art images included. Features: Print labels, envelopes, postcards, address books and more Works with Avery, NEBS, PaperDirect and custom label sizes Ideal for home, business and web projects Import most popular database files New! Personalized email feature Quick start data entry screen Import popular database files Accepts international postal codes, countries & provinces Keeps contact records Find, categorize, filter and index your list Eliminate duplicate records Design your own printouts Hundreds of label sizes Multiple envelope and postcard sizes Create custom labels Print U.S. Postal Service certified POSTNET barcodes Automatically align data on labels Thousands of clip art and photo images Shrink-to-fit font sizing New! Personalized email feature ... Read more

Reviews (2)

This is a good program that has aged poorly.
Now Up To Date & Contact (NUTD) is a contact manager and calendering program written for Mac users. First written for Mac OS 9, it was the best choice when there were few options. Windows users had Act! but Mac users did not yet have iCal or Entourage. NUTD is simple enough to start using quickly. It is has a number of options to let you customise the data fields, create your own templates for letters and faxes and it can be net worked with other members of your company or organization. It can be used with Palm devices but NUTD conduits conflict with iCal and Entourage conduits. The NUTD support site lists the other conduits with which it conflits.

Because of all the ways you can customise reports, it is a great way to maintain and print an address book or customer list. It is easy to insert a contact`s name and address in the program`s word processor. The word processor is very basic and lacks most of the features a Word user might expect. But it does link the saved document to a contact's file. If you use Word, you will have to link manually. NUTD has templates to print envelopes and labels as well. There is a telephone dialer built into NUTD. Clicking on the telephone icon in a contact's record will dial the number, open a new dialogue box for notes, date and time and when closed, link the data to the contact record.

NUTD has not had a major upgrade in years. InMAC OS X it is quirky and unreliable. The servers that allow users to share files crash and corrupt their data base. The NUTD site has extensive help files to show users how to re-install and restore the servers. There is a reason for all those help files, you will be using them. The NUTD support site use to have a user discussion board. Before it was taken down, some users expressed a lot of dissatisfaction. I have lost my calendar server so many times I gave up trying to use it and went with iCal because it is reliable. In using the contact manager, I am frustrated by the programs tendency to generate error messages when making calls or writing letters. Some letters are corrupted when saved. The technical support staff does respond to email inquires within a day or two. However, they can not do anything about the program's limitations. If your data is gone or corrupted, you have to start over.

John Wallace, President of NUTD, said in a email (February 2005) that version 5 of the program is in beta testing and should ship in the next couple of months. It would be worth looking at the update. But there is a new player, DayLite by Marketcircle. DayLite seems to have more momentum with frequent updates, enhancements, new add-on programs and even a Yahoo user group. NUTD is in damage control mode and vapor ware - sort of like the Windows ware that drove me to Macs in the first place.

Excellent enterprise calendar
The interface is easy to work with and is clear and straight forward. Except for a few glitches when upgrading from version 3.0 this has been a stable program. Palm sync feature is nice, overall the software is almost as good as Entourage from Microsoft, but this app allows for network calendaring over the internet and within your LAN, Entourage does not. ... Read more

Features

• Create personalized calendars with your family photos through the Year 2100
• Over 40 sample calendars are included or create your own by adding personal photographs, clip art and special text effects
• Graphics and text may be rotated and scaled as desired
• Over 1500 quality clip art images and 140 fonts are included
• Clip art for all holidays and occasions plus hundreds of borders and backgrounds will make your calendars stand out with style

Reviews (1)

Spyware alert!
Do not buy this or any Cosmi or Starshine software.It installs Spyware on your computer and it will take an expert to get rid of it.Don't make the same mistake I did! ... Read more