Written by Ken Quigley

March 27 2021

Link2calendar has new, more modern look, and it’s mobile responsive too. In response to our customers requesting a calendar layout that can support their customers booking appointments with them on their mobile devices, we setout to redesign a layout that would do precisely that, and we think you’ll love the results. The screen is now designed...

Written by Ken Quigley

February 18 2021

We are pleased to announce the release of version 7.6 of Reporting4Act!. The new installer is available HERE, and the updated zip file containing all the help file for this release are available HERE. Here are the new features included with this update: You can add a new data source to report on, such as another database or a...

Written by Ken Quigley

February 12 2021

Act! users are by nature Task Masters. Whether they’re managing their activities in Act! for Windows or Cloud, or from their Calendar or the Task List, we love to manage activities in Act!. The only problem with this is that creating tasks in Act! takes time. Activities require a lot of information, namely date, time, duration, contact...

Written by Ken Quigley

November 23 2020

Back in early 2019 when we originally brought Book2act to market, the first and only appointment setting program for Act! users, we did not envision that it would inspire an entire family of online products. As we approach the end of 2020, that is precisely what has happened as Book2act was renamed Book2calendar, and then Book2Events came in...

Written by Ken Quigley

October 28 2020

Are you a business professional that hosts group meetings with your customers? Perhaps you’re a financial planner, or insurance, mortgage, or real estate broker who organizes training events or networking sessions to help educate your contacts, build loyalty, and generate leads. If this sounds like you, then you know the frustration of trying to...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 28 2020

When we released the original Act4outlook five years ago, we had no idea it would become the highest selling Act! add-on of all time. Along the way we had to contend with SDK (Software Development Kit) limits in trying to support 32 and 64-bit versions of Office, and then Act! V22 came out, and we were able to leverage changes in that version to...

Written by Ken Quigley

August 07 2020

Custom tables is a technology that is better appreciated in action, than in concept, so we thought it would be useful to illustrate some standard industry use cases based on professions. Custom tables make it possible to bring complex data sets, unique business processes, and specialized industry practices together inside of Act! to help better...

Written by Ken Quigley

June 29 2020

Anyone in sales right now will acknowledge business leads are becoming increasingly scarce during this pandemic, which is why it’s more important than ever to convert what few leads there are, as quickly as possible. And while many may debate what constitutes a good lead or the best source for them, there is no disputing the fact that people...

Written by Ken Quigley

June 15 2020

Act! users understand the power and simplicity of Opportunities for managing their sales pipeline, but most have had to use Microsoft Word or Excel to render their customer-facing quotes. Sure, the process is simple enough for these users, but most acknowledge it is slower, creates duplication of work, and doesn't track the quoting process well...

Written by Ken Quigley

March 25 2020

Keystroke is pleased to announce that Act4outlook v4 now supports 64-bit versions of Office, which Microsoft has made the default installation for many months. Previously support for this bitness was blocked by the Act! Software Development Kit (SDK), but with Act! v22 new options are available, and we were able to compile all the functionality of...