Written by Ken Quigley

January 01 2023

It's been just over a year, 13 months to be exact, since Keystroke acquired all the addon products from ASDS Computer, and we couldn't be happier with these additions to our portfolio. Funny enough, updating all of them for Act! v24 was easy for us since the original developer, Duane Anderson (our December Employee of the month) has worked for us...

Written by Carlos

December 30 2022

What a year 2022 has been! In December of 2022 Keystroke decided to partner with Second harvest in a campaign to raise 10,000 meals to feed those suffering food insecurity in our local community. Now that this goal has been accomplished (Yeah!), we wanted to share some information below on why we picked Second Harvest - Canada's largest food...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 29 2022

When we set out to raise 10,000 meals this month, it seemed ambitious. The goal was inspired by the record number of people turning to local food banks as inflation, high-interest rates, skyrocketing rents, and the cost of fuel forced many families to make some tough choices over the holidays. Many for the first time, and many more with...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 29 2022

The ACC AdminPack has always been an excellent resource for Act! Consultants and Administrators, and is a must have for anyone managing more than one database. In 2017 we acquired this toolset from DesignR1, and we were quickly required to update it to support SA Encryption and then later Act! v24. Along the way, we bundled them into a handy...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 28 2022

We've been selling Act! for a while. In fact, Keystroke has sold more Act! than any other company in history, outside of Act! themselves. So when we say we know what works with purchasing Act!, it's not a bold statement. And the one thing we've learned over the years is having a support plan improves the user experience immeasurably, and the...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 20 2022

Over the years, many QuickBooks users have used their accounting program for quoting, and it's easy to understand why. The Estimate feature is built into the program, and accepted quotes can be converted to invoices with a single click. I know this because I used to use this feature once myself, and it seemed convenient at the time. The problem is...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 19 2022

On December 19th we hosted the 3rd Annual Keystroke Virtual Christmas Party, and while it was fun, we certainly hope this is the last year we're apart. From a staffing perspective, 2022 certainly was a year of change as we saw the departure of team members like James Young, Erik Smetana, Courtney Pelletier, Billy Clark, and Lilly, as well as...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 14 2022

In a recent blog, we mentioned the progress we're making in updating our products to support OAuth 2.0. For those unfamiliar with this issue, there has been a slow deprecation of Office365 and Gmail services using Basic Authentication, which has impacted the use of many of our products. This has forced us to accelerate the OAuth upgrades of all...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 13 2022

When we entered 2022, many of us in business thought the worst was behind us. The pandemic had seemingly loosened its stranglehold on our everyday life, business was slowly returning to normal, and we all seemed more positive about the year ahead. Unfortunately, that optimism gave way to the reality of inflation, severe supply shortages caused by...

Written by Ken Quigley

December 01 2022

Normally at the beginning of each month, we offer some discounted product(s) as our featured "Product of the month, and reduce the price by 20-25% on average. This month our focus is different because of our "Act! to end Hunger" campaign that donates 5% of all new sales to Second Harvest. Needless to say, discounting prices would reduce the size...