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Introduction |
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QuickReference |
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Basics |
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Concepts |
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Contact |
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ContactListWindow |
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Quote |
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Invoice-Order |
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PriceList |
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Product |
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Catalogue |
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Bundle |
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PrintTemplate |
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TimeManagerCalendar |
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CustomVariables |
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ImportingData |
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ExportingData |
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Finding |
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Report |
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MailMerging |
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LabelTemplate |
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SZTemplate |
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MultiUsers |
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Synchronization |
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Leaving the office/ Back in the office/ Update remotely with office |
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Preferences |
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| Introduction |
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About SaleSmartz Pro |
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SaleSmartz Pro-The Complete Sales Solution. SaleSmartz has proven that information can be moved and viewed graphically
and yet still maintain the functionality and power of an advanced database. Quotes can be easily and quickly created for a Customer, allowing you to respond instantly to their requests. You can choose to show a Customer your Products in their own environment, using a portable computer, or your own environment, perhaps in a network. Quotes can be presented in printed form to a Customer directly, saving time spent on typing and travel. A Customer can see what they want to purchase without waiting for days. A delay gives them the chance to look elsewhere. You are automatically reminded by a To Do Memo to call a Customer about Quotes you create. Important meetings and phone calls can also be scheduled in the Time Manager, to be brought to your attention later with alerts. Phone calls and other messages can be jotted down on simple memos, to be examined and enhanced later when you have more time. Price Lists and Catalogues are managed and updated to show Customers your complete
range of Products quickly and graphically. |
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This manual |
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SaleSmartz has been designed with many features but most importantly, to be easy to use. When you first start using SaleSmartz you probably will not want to use all of its features. The application is designed so that new features can be used when you need them, you don't have to read the whole manual before you start. Chapters and sections describing advanced features are labelled "Advanced". These areas may be read later when you feel more confident with the application. If you wish to quickly get an overview of the use of SaleSmartz, read the chapter "Quick Reference". It describes some of the commonly used steps
in this application.. SaleSmartz is available for both Macintosh and Windows. There are only very small differences in the functionality of SaleSmartz between these two platforms, these differences are described in the related sections of this manual. Some of the picture examples in this manual may not appear exactly as on your computer but the layout and content of each window is the same for both Macintosh and Windows. |
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| QuickReference |
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General |
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About |
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This chapter describes various quick steps to help you perform common tasks.
It can be used as a quick and easy way to learn how the application works or
as a reminder of commonly used actions. |
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Make a Price List |
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About |
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A Price List is used to store your Product information and pricing. Several Price Lists (perhaps for each supplier) can be used by SaleSmartz at the same time. |
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Process |
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Make a Catalogue |
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About |
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Catalogues are used if you wish to group and show your products graphically. Only copies of products appear in a Catalogue. Price Lists are needed to store the original Products. |
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Process |
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Make a Print Template |
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About |
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Print Templates are used to define the printed appearance of Quotes/Invoices and Catalogues. |
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Process |
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(See chapter "Print Template") |
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Make a Contact (Customer) |
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About |
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Contacts are files which store information about a Company and/or People. Contact information and history can be recorded in each file. |
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Process |
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(See chapter"Contact") |
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Make a Quote |
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About |
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Use a Quote to provide a Customer with details of pricing for selected products. |
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Process |
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Make a To Do Memo |
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About |
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A To Do Memo is a quick note which can be used simply as a reminder or for more advanced scheduling. |
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Process |
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General |
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About |
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This chapter describes some of the basic principles used in SaleSmartz. Reading this chapter will prepare you with many of the common tools for using the functionality in each part of the application. |
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Documents |
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Most new documents are created by selecting "New.." in the "File" menu. A dialogue will appear allowing you to choose the type of document you require. |
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Window menu |
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This menu contains a list of all document windows. If any document windows
are open, the current (front) window is marked with a "¯". The
abbreviated window type is also shown in brackets, after the windows name. |
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Edit menu |
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Addition or removal of objects (e.g. Quotes or Contacts ) contained in windows is performed with this menu. There are three main actions. 1) New object. Adds an object of the type currently being worked on. 2) Edit/Open/Select object. Allow the current object(s) to be changed. The "Return" or "Enter" keys also perform this action once an object is selected. 3) Clear object. Deletes the currently selected object. The "Delete" key also performs this action. |
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Other menus |
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Most document windows will have their own menu. These will only appear when that document window is selected and contain items relating to its window. |
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Access level |
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There are two access levels for the application, customer view and full access. The access level is changed by selecting "Full access" in the "Edit" menu. A tick, "¯", beside this menu item indicates that you are currently using the full access level.
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Table of user level access |
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A password can be used to restrict access to the "Full access" level if you wish (See section "General", chapter"Preferences"). |
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Limits |
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The limit to the number of Contacts and Products used in SaleSmartz is not
fixed. A Price List can conceivably contain tens of thousands of Products. Factors
such as available memory and network speed will determine what are reasonable
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Date/Time |
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Date and time formats used by this application are taken from your computers
system software (See your computers operating manual for more information). |
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Currency and numbers |
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The currency symbol and number format used by this application is taken from
your computers system software (See your computers operating manual
for more information). In most computers changing the numbering system is done
in the "Control Panel". |
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Margin |
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Many areas of SaleSmartz use a Margin in its calculations. Margin is used as
a percentage to indicate the profit made when selling Products and making Quotes. |
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All choices button |
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In some windows you may see this icon |
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Display columns |
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In some windows (e.g. Contact List, Print Template and Price List) columns
and headers are used to display information. |
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Clicking on the heading text will sort the list in ascending order by that
column. Clicking again will sort in descending order, and again will stop sorting.
The current sort key column is shown underlined. In the figure above, the "Product
code" is the sort column. |
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Resizing columns |
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Resizing the columns is performed by clicking in the grey bar at the right edge of each column popup menu. A grey line appears, showing the new column size. If the size of the column is very small, the pop up menu will be hidden, and/or the column heading text will be truncated to fit. Resizing a column width to nothing will remove that column from display. Additional columns can be added (up to a maximum of ten columns) by clicking on the button to the right of the last column. |
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List buttons |
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Additional buttons will appear in the top right of a list. These will delete, add, or view info for an object that is selected. |
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Keyboard shortcuts |
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To speed up actions, parts of SaleSmartz have keyboard shortcuts. The "delete" key is a short cut for "Clear" in the "Edit"
menu. First select an object and then press "delete" to remove it. The "return" and "enter" keys are shortcuts for the Edit/Open/Choose
object menu item in the "edit" menu. Select an object in a window
and press "return" or "enter" to perform the editing action,
e.g. opening a window or showing more information. This has the same effect
as double clicking on an object. Rows in various lists (Price List, Contact List and To Do List) can be quickly
shown by typing the letter of the first character of the content of the sort
column. For example, in the Price List, pressing "C" will scroll and
select the first Product whose name begins with "C" (assuming the
list has been sorted by product name). Pressing the "Tab" key will
jump to the next item beginning with that character. In this example, it would
select the next Product whose name begins with "C". Dialogues also have keyboard shortcuts. Buttons and check boxes in a dialogue
have shortcuts based on the name of each item. Holding the (Mac)/Ctrl(PC) key
and a character activates these shortcuts. The character to be typed is determined
by the name of the button, e.g. typing (Mac)/Ctrl(PC)-C will activate a button
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Catalogue/Quote |
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Both the Catalogue and Quote documents use a similar book-like format. They consist of a Contents and one or more Sections (Pages). |
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Pages |
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Sections contain a list of items (Products or Bundles) in a graphical form.
Each section has a name, which is edited in the field next to the Page Switcher.
Adding or removing sections is performed by menu items. |
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Contents |
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The contents page shows a list of all sections. |
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Contents page |
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The triangle pointing to the right, on the left of each section name can be
used to show a list of the sections items. Click on the triangle, it will
change to a downward pointing arrow and show the sections items. To hide
the list of items, click on the triangle again, to close it. |
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Page switcher |
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Switching between sections is performed by the page switcher. |
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Page Switcher |
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Click on the page symbols at the top of the page switcher to move to the next
or previous section . The label below this displays the current section number
and total number of sections. |
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Installing items |
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New items are placed into Catalogues/Quotes from Price Lists and Catalogues in one of the following ways: 1) Copy/Paste items, using the "Edit" menu. 2) Selecting and dragging items from other documents. 3) Selecting "Find..." in the "Edit" menu, do a find, then "Add" items. 4) Products can also be added to Quotes by clicking on the "Add" popup menu below the page switcher. This will show a popup menu with the contents of the default Catalogue/Price List file (set in the preferences). |
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Locating source files |
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Entries in Quotes and Catalogues have links to source files such as Price Lists and Catalogues. These source files may be moved or deleted on the disk. You may also just want to change all document references to another. When this happens follow this procedure: 1) Select the "Locate source documents" menu item in the "Quote"
or "Catalogue" menus to open the dialogue. 2) The list of all source documents used in the Catalogue/Quote will appear on the left hand side of the field. To locate or change the file, double click on the line or select and click "Choose file". 3) The file selection dialogue will open to allow you to choose a replacement file. 4) Once chosen, the new file name will appear on the right hand side of the field. 5) Click "OK" to close the dialogue and put the changes into effect. |
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Dialling |
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SaleSmartz has several shortcuts to automatically dial phone numbers for you. This feature is available in Contact file windows, the Contact list window and To Do Memos. Clicking on the button in these windows will open the "Telephone" dialogue. |
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Telephone dialogue |
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Dial The dial button in the telephone dialogue dials the number displayed. Timer The timer field will start automatically when you dial a number. You can also click on the green start button to manually start the timer. This time can then be recorded in contact memos by clicking the "Contact memo" button. Prefix The prefix field is set in the "Settings" dialogue and can be used for example for overseas or outside line prefix numbers. Telephone number This field contains the number that will be dialled when you click the "Dial"
button. The popup menu to the right of this field allows you to choose other
numbers if they are available e.g. this popup menu can contain the list of phone
numbers for a contact, gathered from a Contact file or To Do Memo. Conversation notes When you are talking to a person, you can write notes in this field. These notes can then be converted into a Contact Memo or a To Do Memo by clicking on the buttons below this field. Contact Memo If the "Telephone" dialogue was opened from a contact window, or a To Do Memo with a Contact hotlink on it, then the "Contact Memo" button is visible. Clicking on this button will take the text content of the conversation notes field and make a new Contact Memo in the associated Contact. To Do Memo Clicking on this button will create a new To Do Memo with the text content of the conversation notes field. Try Later This button creates a new To Do Memo with a "Dial" hotlink. Opening the "Dial" hotlink will open this "Telephone" dialogue again, allowing you to try ringing the number again. Settings... The method of dialling can be set by clicking on the settings button, which opens the "Phone" section of the preferences (See section "Phone/Fax", chapter "Preferences"). |
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Multi-user files |
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Most of the files used in SaleSmartz can be used in a network as a multi-user system. No additional software is required to do this, just a multi user version of SaleSmatz. To use the multi-user facilities, place the required file on a networked shared disk which is available to all those who wish to use it (See chapter "Multi Users"). |
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Quote |
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One of the main functions of this application is to supply Quotes to Customers. This process is summarised here: |
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Quote flow chart |
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The window on the left represents a Contact/Customer containing Quotes and Invoices.
Arrows represent the flow of information, i.e.Products can be moved from Price
Lists and Catalogues into Quotes. |
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Price List |
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About |
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Price Lists contain the Products shown in Catalogues and Quotes. You are able
to use multiple Price Lists in SaleSmartz at the same time. |
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Catalogue |
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A Catalogue is a collection of Products from one or more Price Lists. These Products
may be grouped together and placed on different pages of the Catalogue. Catalogues
are used to graphically group and show Products for quick access and most importantly,
show to Customers. |
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Print Template |
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About |
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Once a Quote or Invoice is ready, it can then be printed using a Print Template. |
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Contact (Customer) |
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Contact files contain information relating to a specific Person or Organisation
such as Address and Call history. Links to Document files such as faxes and
letters can also be stored with a Contact. |
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Quote |
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Quotes are created for Customers. They use a similar principle to Catalogues,
with pages and contents, but prices are not changed automatically in a Quote. |
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Invoice/Order |
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Invoices and orders are treated as the same object in SaleSmartz. |
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To Do Memo |
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To Do Memos are text windows which can be used when you wish to have reminder
notes, make appointments or link information together. |
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Contacts are people or organisations and may be customers or suppliers. Each Contact can be stored as a separate file or in a Contact Group. The "Contact List" collects Contact files and displays them as a single list (See chapter "Contact List Window"). Separate files have several advantages. One of which is to be able to take some Contact files on a portable computer out in the field, edit them and replace them back in the office once finished. Sales staff can also swap customers amongst themselves by simply swapping files. In order for these files to appear unique on the disk, they are renamed automatically
when the Contact company name is changed and saved. If you have many contacts (more than 500) then Contact groups are recommended
for Contact storage. Contacts can also be classified in your own way by using the variables mode. |
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Menu |
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When the Contact file window is selected its menu will appear. |
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Contact file menu |
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Show Person/Address This allows you to display one of the people (addresses) within the contact file. Set as default This will set the currently viewed person, as the default for the contact file. Set as delivery This will set the currently viewed address as the delivery address for quotes and invoices. Don't link eMails This setting will prevent eMails from being linked to this contact automatically. Copy person and address When you select the icon of the person in the contact window (above the first name field), this item will allow tou to copy the whol person and address, and then paste it again, or in another contact. New Person/Address This creates a new empty person and address. Clone Person/Address This creates a copy of the currently viewed person and address Delete Person/Address This deletes the currently viewed Person and Address Copy all details This menu item copies the name, address and phone numbers of a Contact person in the address mode, to the clipboard. Copy merge field names The mail merge field names can be copied to the clipboard by selecting this menu item. These fields can then be used to create mail merge templates by pasting them into a document in a word processor application (See chapter "Mail Merging"). Move contact to... This action will move a contact to another contact group. Delete whole contact This will delete this contact from the file. Post code after town/state The position of the post code in an address can vary for different countries.
If you have Contacts in countries where the post code position is different,
then you can change the position for this Contact by selecting this menu item.
Select it once to change, and again to change back. The position of the town
(state) and post code fields in the address mode will change accordingly. Has "State" If a contact has addresses that include a State, this menu item should be checked. This adds a state field to the address fields. If you have purchased SaleSmartz in a country that has states then this option will automatically be marked on for all new contacts. File label The file label (colour) can be changed by selecting a colour from the "File label" menu. On a Macintosh, each contacts disk file can be given a label colour. This colour is shown for each contact in the contact list and in the contact files icon on disk. |
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Creating |
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Select "New" from the "File" menu and then choose the Contact document type. Alternatively select "New Contact" in the "Edit" menu, from the "Contact List" window. |
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Deleting |
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Deleting a Contact involves deleting its file on disk or from its Contact Group. A Contact can also be deleted from the Contact List, by selecting a Contact and then selecting "Clear Contact" in the "Edit" menu. |
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Opening |
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Contact file windows can be opened by double clicking on a Contact file or
alternately from the Contact List by selecting a Contact, and selecting "Open
contact" in the "Edit" menu. The Contact window consists of four
different data display modes. Each of these is represented by an icon on the
left of the window. Clicking on the icon will show the appropriate mode. |
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View options |
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The contact window can be viewed in several ways depending on the size of your
computer screen. To change the view settings, open the "Preferences"
from the "Windows" menu and select the "Contact" preferences
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Contact window, using the show profile/history in address mode preferences |
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Address |
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General information about a Contact is shown and edited in the address mode.
More than one person or address type (e.g. postal, street or visiting address)
can be added to a single Contact file. |
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Contact address mode |
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Save and close Save changes and close the window. X - close Close the window without saving. Contact file - menu Menu containg the Contact address mode actions. Company Name This is the name of a Contact's compan | ||