SaleSmartz Manual

Introduction

 

1. About SaleSmartz Pro

 

2. This manual

QuickReference

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. Make a Price List

   

About

   

Process

 

3. Make a Catalogue

   

About

   

Process

 

4. Make a Print Template

   

About

   

Process

 

5. Make a Contact (Customer)

   

About

   

Process

 

6. Make a Quote

   

About

   

Process

 

7. Make a To Do Memo

   

About

   

Process

Basics

 

1. General

   

About

   

Documents

   

Window menu

   

Edit menu

   

Other menus

   

Access level

   

Limits

   

Date/Time

   

Currency and numbers

   

Margin

   

All choices button

 

2. Display columns

   

Keyboard shortcuts

 

3. Catalogue/Quote

   

About

   

Pages

   

Contents

   

Page switcher

   

Installing items

   

Locating source files

 

4. Dialling

   

About

 

5. Multi-user files

   

About

Concepts

 

1. Quote

   

About

 

2. Price List

   

About

 

3. Catalogue

   

About

 

4. Print Template

   

About

 

5. Contact (Customer)

   

About

 

6. Quote

   

About

 

7. Invoice/Order

   

About

 

8. To Do Memo

   

About

Contact

 

1. General

   

About

   

Menu

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Opening

   

View options

 

2. Address

   

About

 

3. History

   

About

   

Quote

   

Invoice

   

Memo/Sheet

   

EMail

   

Doc

   

Creating entries

   

Deleting entries

   

Editing entries

   

Quote panel

   

Invoice panel

   

EMail panel

   

Memo panel

   

Docs panel

 

4. Variables

   

About

   

Creating variables (classifications)

   

Deleting variables

 

5. Relationships

   

About

 

6. Multi-user

   

About

ContactListWindow

 

1. General

   

About

   

Window

   

Menu

   

"Contact Summary" File

   

Opening

 

2. Importing

 

3. Exporting

Quote

 

1. General

   

About

   

Creating

   

Fixed quoted prices

   

Parts

   

Menu

 

2. Quote editing panel

 

3. Goods mode

   

About

 

4. Costs mode

   

About

   

Whole Discount

   

Editing Costs

 

5. Profit mode

   

About

 

6. Quote entry object

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Quote entry information dialogue

   

Generous

   

Pricing

   

Adding miscellaneous Quote entries

   

Copying a Picture

 

7. Printing

 

8. Exporting

Invoice-Order

 

1. General

   

About

   

Creating

   

Parts

 

2. Invoice editing panel

   

About

 

3. Goods mode

   

About

 

4. Supply

   

About

 

5. Costs, Finance and Profit

 

6. Printing

 

7. Exporting

EMail

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. Hints

   

EMail templates

   

EMail quote/invoice templates

   

Private eMail accounts

   

Auto address completion

   

Out of office reply

 

3. EMail

   

Creating

   

New eMail window

   

Spell checker

   

Incoming eMail

   

EMail menu

 

4. EMail templates

   

About

 

5. Mail Centre

   

About

   

Opening

   

Attachments

 

6. EMail Rules

   

About

PriceList

 

1. General

   

About

   

Window

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Opening

   

Menu

   

Set defaults

 

2. Product Icons

   

About

   

Creating

   

Pictures

   

Deleting

   

Editing

   

Making changes

 

3. Product Groups

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Editing

 

4. Stock adjustments

   

About

 

5. Importing

   

About

Product

 

1. General

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Editing

 

2. Product Info window

   

About

   

Menu

   

Pictures

 

3. Pricing

   

About

 

4. Specs

   

About

 

5. Price breaks

   

About

 

6. Supply

   

About

 

7. Extras

   

About

 

8. Docs

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Opening

Catalogue

 

1. General

   

About

   

Window

   

Menu

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Opening

 

2. Catalogue entry

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Copying a Picture

 

3. Printing

   

About

Bundle

 

1. General

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Editing

 

2. Bundle Info window

   

About

 

3. Menu

 

4. Items

   

About

 

5. Specs

 

6. Pricing

   

About

 

7. Docs

   

About

PrintTemplate

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. Hints

   

EMail quotes/invoices

 

3. Print templates

   

Creating

   

Opening

   

Editing

   

Creating Blocks

   

Deleting blocks

   

"Block info" dialogue

   

Appearance

 

4. Column block

   

Column Block Info

 

5. Text block

 

6. Picture block

 

7. Printing a Quote/Invoice or Catalogue

TimeManagerCalendar

 

1. General

   

About

   

Menu

   

Remote access

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Opening

 

2. To Do Memo (manual)

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Editing

   

Detailed information

   

Notification

 

3. To Do Memo (automatic)

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

 

4. Hot Links

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Opening

   

Quick Quote

   

Adding Entries

   

Deleting Entries

   

Editing Entries

 

5. Banner

   

About

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Editing

 

6. To Do List window

   

About

 

7. To Do Month window

   

About

   

Scheduling

   

Days

   

Weeks

 

8. To Do Week window

   

About

   

Scheduling

 

9. To Do Day window

   

About

   

Scheduling

 

10. Remote access

   

About

   

Access

   

Opening remote To Do Lists

   

Sending To Do Memos

   

Message Centres

CustomVariables

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. Hints

   

Setting a variable for multiple contacts

   

Removing a variable from all contacts

   

My custom variables appear in italics in a contact

 

3. Custom variables

   

Window

   

Creating

   

Opening

   

Deleting

   

"Standard" Custom Variables

 

4. Editing

   

About

   

Adding

   

Deleting

   

Editing

ImportingData

 

1. General

   

About

   

Preparation

   

Process

   

Importing (Custom translator)

 

2. Importing from Act!

   

Versions older than Act! 7.0

   

Importing Act! Contacts

   

Importing Act! Notes/History

ExportingData

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. Translators

   

About

   

User Parameters

 

3. Custom translator

   

About

   

Process

Finding

 

1. General

   

About

   

Process

Report

 

1. General

   

About

   

Window

   

Creating

   

Deleting

   

Opening

   

Editing

   

Search for

   

...find where

   

Build

 

2. Report

   

About

   

Editing

   

Exporting

MailMerging

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. Preparing

   

About

 

3. Merging

LabelTemplate

 

1. General

   

About

   

Template

   

Creating

   

Opening

 

2. Layout mode

   

About

   

Editing

 

3. Labels mode

   

About

   

Reuse labels

   

Deleting

   

Editing

 

4. Printing

   

About

SZTemplate

 

1. General

   

About

   

Window

   

Creating

   

Opening

   

Editing

 

2. Using

   

Mail/EMail/Fax merging

   

Quote/Invoice/Order templates

 

3. Structure

   

Attributes

   

Output formats

   

Quotes/Invoices

   

Examples

MultiUsers

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. Technical

   

About

Synchronization

 

1. General

   

About

   

Leaving the office/ Back in the office/ Update remotely with office

   

Advanced

   

Direct synchronization

   

Unresolved actions

   

Auto synchronization

   

Modem synchronization

   

TCP synchronization

 

2. Palm Sync

   

About

   

Installation

   

Synchronization

   

Contacts

   

Date Events

 

3. iCal Sync

   

About

   

iCal Server

   

iCal export file

Preferences

 

1. General

   

About

 

2. General mode

 

3. Layout mode

 

4. Myself

 

5. Contact

 

6. EMail

 

7. EMail accounts

   

Incoming mail

   

Outgoing mail

 

8. EMail rules

 

9. Phone/Fax

 

10. Quote

 

11. Invoice

 

12. Catalogue

 

13. Price List

 

14. To Do

 

15. Notify

 

16. Finance

 

17. Folders

 

18. Palm

 

19. Admin (Administrator only)

 

20. Users (Administrator only)

   Introduction 
 


 


About SaleSmartz Pro

 

SaleSmartz Pro-The Complete Sales Solution.
SaleSmartz Pro is created for Salespeople and consists of five powerful packages in one. It is a Quotation/Invoicing Tool, a Product Manager, a Contact Database,EMail and a Time Manager.
SaleSmartz is built using the proven concepts of the people who sell. We don't want to change the way you think. SaleSmartz has been given the look and feel of familiar objects, e.g. a Catalogue looks like a Catalogue. If you use yellow bits of paper as your current Time Manager, then you have the basis of ours (with better glue...).

SaleSmartz has proven that information can be moved and viewed graphically and yet still maintain the functionality and power of an advanced database.
This application is a tool for people who wish to keep track of Contacts and Customers and use these resources efficiently. It is much easier to keep existing Customers than to find new ones. SaleSmartz allows you to quickly add new Customers while managing those already included.

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.
Reports can be made giving you up to date information about aspects of sales, profit and even future sales projections.

 


This manual

 

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..
The chapter "Basics" describes common components of SaleSmartz. Reading this chapter prepares you for navigating and understanding the 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.

 
   QuickReference 
 


 


General

About

 
 

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.
The chapter "Concepts", describes most of the terms used in the following examples. Refer to the chapters listed at the end of each section to get more detailed descriptions and also to see the other features available in SaleSmartz.

 


Make a Price List

About

 
 

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.

 

Process

 
 

1) Select "New..." in the "File" menu to show the "New document" dialogue.

2) Choose the "Price List" option and click "OK".

3) Name and save the new Price List.

4) Install Products in a Price List by doing one of the following:

a) Selecting the "Import..." menu item to import Products from a text file, e.g. export of your Price List from a spreadsheet program (see chapter 17 "Importing Data").

b) Selecting "New Product" in the "Edit" menu, type the new Product’s code in the dialogue window and click "OK". Enter the Product's information in the fields in the new Product window and save.

(See chapter "Price List")

 


Make a Catalogue

About

 
 

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.

 

Process

 
 

1) Select "New..." in the "File" menu to show the "New document" dialogue.

2) Choose the "Catalogue" option and click "OK" to open the new Catalogue window.

3) The first page of the Catalogue is the contents. Pages can be added by selecting "New section" in the "Edit" menu and then viewed using the page switcher in the top left of the window. If "New section" is not visible, deselect any icons which you may have selected first.

4) Drag (or Copy/Paste) items from a Price List on to pages in the Catalogue.

5) Name and save the new Catalogue.

(See Chapter "Catalogue")

 


Make a Print Template

About

 
 

Print Templates are used to define the printed appearance of Quotes/Invoices and Catalogues.

 

Process

 
 

1) Select "New..." in the "File" menu to show the "New document" dialogue.

2) Choose the "Print Template" option and click "OK" to open the new Print Template window. A Print Template consists of one or many "blocks". A default block is made automatically for the Quote/Invoice or Catalogue columns near the middle of the window. The size, border, content and font attributes can be changed for each block using menus.

3) Add new blocks of customised text to the Print Template by selecting "New template block" in the "Edit" menu, e.g. these could be the address or phone number of the Contact.
Preset text (enclosed in «») will be replaced at the time of printing with the related information from the Contact/Quote or Invoice.

4) Change the content of these new blocks by double clicking on the block and defining it using the dialogue.

5) Resize blocks by first clicking to select them, then dragging the black corners to the required size.

6) Name and save the new Print Template.

(See chapter "Print Template")
 


Make a Contact (Customer)

About

 
 

Contacts are files which store information about a Company and/or People. Contact information and history can be recorded in each file.

 

Process

 
 

1) Select "New..." in the "File" menu to show the "New document" dialogue.

2) The dialogue will open with the Contact option already chosen, so click "OK" and the new Contact window will open.

3) Additional people can be added to a Contact by selecting "New address" in the popup menu to the right of the "Last name" field.

4) Enter data into the Address fields, and save.

5) The new contact can be saved by selecting "Save" in the "File" menu. You will be presented with a dialogue which will allow you to save the new contact as a single file, or a Contact Group (many Contacts in a single file). The latter is recommended if you have a large number of Contacts i.e. more than 500.

(See chapter"Contact")
Contacts can also be imported from other applications (see chapter "Importing Data").

 


Make a Quote

About

 
 

Use a Quote to provide a Customer with details of pricing for selected products.

 

Process

 
 

1) To make a Quote, select a Contact and open its window by doing one of the following:

a) Selecting "Show Contacts" in the "Windows" menu to show the Contact List and double click on a Contact line.

b) Opening one of the Contact files on the disk.

c) Creating a Contact if necessary (See Make a Contact (Customer) section in this chapter).

2) Once the Contact file is open, click on the "History" icon to the left of its window to show the "History" mode.

3) If not already selected, select the Contact History field by clicking in it. It will then appear with an extra line around it.

4) Select "New object" in the "Edit" menu.
If a dialogue appears for the new object, click on the Quote icon. A new Quote will be created and selected in the Contact History field.

5) Products can be installed in the Quote by dragging (or Copying/Pasting) items from a Price List or a Catalogue.

6) If there is no Print Template selected, one can be chosen (or changed later) by selecting from the list of templates beside the "Choose template" menu item in the "File" menu.

7) Choose "Print..." in the "File" menu to print out the new Quote, or "Print preview" to see the quote before printing.
(See chapter "Quote", chapter "Price List" and chapter "Catalogue")

 


Make a To Do Memo

About

 
 

A To Do Memo is a quick note which can be used simply as a reminder or for more advanced scheduling.

 

Process

 
 

1) Type -T(Mac)/Ctrl-T(PC) or select "New To Do Memo" in the "To Do" menu.

2) Type a message into the new To Do window.

3) Click on the lever at the top right of the window to show more function buttons.

4) Click on the info button to change the due date and other related information.

5) "Hot links" to other information such as Contacts and Products can be created on a memo by dragging icons of these items onto the memo.

6) View To Do memos in the To Do List, Month, Week or Day windows, opened from the "To Do" menu.

(See chapter "Time Manager (Calendar)")

 
   Basics 
 


 


General

About

 
 

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.

 

Documents

 
 

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.

 

Window menu

 
 

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 window’s name.
If you are working with a large number of windows, you may wish to hide some of them. The menu item "Hide Window name" performs this action. To show a window again, select it in the Window menu or select the menu item "Show all windows" in the Window menu.
The "Show Contacts" menu item allows you to view contact lists. "Show all contacts" will show the Contact List window containing all Contacts installed in the SaleSmartz application. If you are using contact groups, then the list of contact group files will appear in the "Show Contacts" menu. Selecting one of these groups will show the window containing the selected contact group.
"Show Catalogue/Price List" will open the application’s default Catalogue or Price List if it has been installed in the preferences. Other price list and catalogue files will also appear in a sub menu to the right of the "Show Catalogue/Price List" menu item. Selecting one of these files from the sub menu will open each of the Price List or Catalogue files.
"Show contact properties" will show the list of contact properties in the "Shared resources" document.

 

Edit menu

 
 

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.

 

Other menus

 
 

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.

 

Access level

 
 

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.


"Full access" is used by the Salesperson to prepare and evaluate information. The customer level could be used to show the customer your Catalogue of Products and prepare a Quote for them.
The customer level restricts the type of information shown. Costs and supplier etc. are hidden with the customer level. See the preferences for additional options for the customer view level.

 



Table of user level access

 

A password can be used to restrict access to the "Full access" level if you wish (See section "General", chapter"Preferences").

 

Limits

 
 

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 limits.
Generally text fields in SaleSmartz have no length limitations. In reality fields can contain a little more than 30000 characters. This means that text such as product codes and names have no fixed length, allowing much more flexibility.

 

Date/Time

 
 

Date and time formats used by this application are taken from your computer’s system software (See your computer’s operating manual for more information).
Date and time fields are used to change time settings. These fields can be edited by clicking in the section of the date or time you wish to edit and typing the new setting. The field will "add" each keystroke to the field section to set the date. Only valid date or time settings are shown when they are being edited.
Some date and time fields have this button to the left. This button is the "Now" button and sets the value of the associated date/time field to the current date or time.

 

Currency and numbers

 
 

The currency symbol and number format used by this application is taken from your computer’s system software (See your computer’s operating manual for more information). In most computers changing the numbering system is done in the "Control Panel".

 

Margin

 
 

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.
The formula used to calculate margin percentage is:

Margin = (Sell price - Cost price ) / Sell price x 100

Or if you are converting from Markup
Margin = Markup% x Cost price / Sell price

The allowable limits for Margin percentage in SaleSmartz are from -1000% to 99.99%.

 

All choices button

 
 

In some windows you may see this icon on a button. This is the "All choices" button. Clicking this button will set the appropriate settings to show all information available. This is used in the To Do List window and Contact History.

 


Display columns

 

In some windows (e.g. Contact List, Print Template and Price List) columns and headers are used to display information.
The type of data shown in each column is changed by clicking on the popup menus (triangles) in the right of each column heading. A list of options will appear, choosing one will change that column’s data type.

 



Selecting column content

 

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.

 


 

 


Resizing columns

 

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.

 



List buttons

 

Additional buttons will appear in the top right of a list. These will delete, add, or view info for an object that is selected.

 

Keyboard shortcuts

 
 

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 called "Cancel".
Note: If there is more than one button whose name begins with the letter you type, then the second letter of the name is used as a shortcut, i.e. in the example with a button called "Cancel", if there was a second button called "Choose file", you would type (Mac)/Ctrl(PC)-H to activate "Choose file".

 


Catalogue/Quote

About

 
 

Both the Catalogue and Quote documents use a similar book-like format. They consist of a Contents and one or more Sections (Pages).

 

Pages

 
 

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.

 

Contents

 
 

The contents page shows a list of all sections.

 



Contents page

 

The triangle pointing to the right, on the left of each section name can be used to show a list of the section’s items. Click on the triangle, it will change to a downward pointing arrow and show the section’s items. To hide the list of items, click on the triangle again, to close it.
Items can be moved within or between sections by selecting and dragging them.

 

Page switcher

 
 

Switching between sections is performed by the page switcher.

 



Page Switcher

 

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.
Dragging the knob below the label scans through all of the pages. Clicking in the drag bar will jump to the page in that position.
The name of the current section is shown and edited in the text box next to the page switcher.

 

Installing items

 
 

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).

 

Locating source files

 
 

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.
"Locate source documents" 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.

 


Dialling

About

 
 

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.

 



Telephone dialogue

 

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.
Note: When the "Telephone" dialogue is opened from a To Do Memo, the memo is searched for phone numbers, both in the content of the memo and in the hotlinks on the 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").

 


Multi-user files

About

 
 

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").

 
   Concepts 
 


 


Quote

About

 
 

One of the main functions of this application is to supply Quotes to Customers. This process is summarised here:

 



Quote flow chart

 

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.
A Quote is first created in a Contact file.
Products/Bundles can then be added from Price Lists and Catalogues.
When complete, a Quote is printed in a format according to the chosen Print Template.
Accepted Quotes are then converted to Invoices with the menu item "Convert to Order/Invoice".

 


Price List

About

 
 

Price Lists contain the Products shown in Catalogues and Quotes. You are able to use multiple Price Lists in SaleSmartz at the same time.
The Products in each list have various attributes, e.g. product code, name and sell price. Catalogues, Quotes and Invoices use stored product codes to retrieve and display Product attributes from Price Lists.
Products can be modified or imported from text files, such as exports from spreadsheets.

 


Catalogue

About

 
 

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.
The Product images (catalogue entries) in a Catalogue are referenced to a Product in a Price List by product code. When the Product or price changes, so too does the Catalogue's entry.
Bundles of Products can also be created in the Catalogue. These are treated as single items, with a single price but may consist of multiple Products. They can be used to provide a "Special deal" or to simplify repetitive actions.

 


Print Template

About

 
 

Once a Quote or Invoice is ready, it can then be printed using a Print Template.
The Print Template defines the printed appearance of the Quote or Invoice. "Blocks" can be placed on the template from various sources, e.g. Contact Address, Contact Name, current date, logos and pictures.

 


Contact (Customer)

About

 
 

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.
Contacts can be Customers, Suppliers and even personal contacts.
A list of Quotes and Invoices can be included in Contact files.

 


Quote

About

 
 

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.
Products and Bundles can be moved into a Quote from Price Lists or Catalogues. When items are moved to the Quote, the current price and other information is copied from the Price List or Catalogue. This and other information can be updated or modified later.

 


Invoice/Order

About

 
 

Invoices and orders are treated as the same object in SaleSmartz.
Invoices are fixed records of a Customer’s purchases, created by converting Quotes to Invoices in the Contact window.

 


To Do Memo

About

 
 

To Do Memos are text windows which can be used when you wish to have reminder notes, make appointments or link information together.
They can be used to store simple text or links to Contact icons or even Products.
To Do Memos can be created without closing any documents you are currently working on so interruptions can be handled easily.

 
   Contact 
 


 


General

About

 
 

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.
Contact groups can also be used to store Contacts. These groups can contain many Contacts and also be used to classify Contacts, such as a "Supplier" group and a "Customer" group.

If you have many contacts (more than 500) then Contact groups are recommended for Contact storage.
In the Macintosh version of SaleSmartz, each Contact is aware of its file’s folder and label colour. The Windows version also has label colours in SaleSmartz, but disk file colours are not available on a Windows system.

Contacts can also be classified in your own way by using the variables mode.
Contact files can be shared across a network allowing multiple user access to the same file (See chapter "Multi Users").

 

Menu

 
 

When the Contact file window is selected its menu will appear.

 



Contact file menu

 

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.
The default post code position is set in the preferences (See section "Contact", chapter "Preferences").

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 contact’s disk file can be given a label colour. This colour is shown for each contact in the contact list and in the contact file’s icon on disk.

 

Creating

 
 

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.

 

Deleting

 
 

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.

 

Opening

 
 

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.
Quotes/Invoices/Products and To Do Memos can also be dragged onto a Contact in the Contact list window to open this Contact.
To Do Memo Hot Links can also open a Contact file when double clicked (See section "Hot Links", chapter "Time Manager (Calendar)").

 

View options

 
 

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 (see section "Contact", chapter "Preferences").
You can view all contact details at the same time, or only view sections at a time by clicking on the icons in the left of the contact window.

 



Contact window, using the “show profile/history in address mode” preferences



Address

About

 
 

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.
One of these people or addresses can be marked as the default. This default address will be shown in the Contact List window in the columns containing address details. The currently shown address can be selected with the popup menu to the right of the Person last name field. This popup can also be used to add or remove Person/Address types. There must however be at least one Person/Address type for each Contact file.

 



Contact address mode

 

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