Act Cookbooks – Learn About Act

Last year I switched to a new publisher, PackT, after many years of writing the ACT for Dummies books.  My new titles are called “Cookbooks.”  Although you won’t find a great recipe for lasagne inside you will find dozens of easy-to-follow recipes...
ACT 2013

ACT 2013

Act 2013 will become obsolete on 9/30/15 If you are using Act 2013 there are a few important pieces of information you need to know. If you’re using Act 2013 you’ll want to upgrade to the latest version of Act by the end of the month.  After September 30, 2015 you...
ACT Software History

ACT Software History

A few weeks ago I wrote about some of the changes that ACT! has experienced during its 25 year history.  I received a call this week from one of the original ACT! co-founders , Mike Muhney,  prompting me to take you on another trip down Memory Lane in Mike’s own...

Zen and the Art of ACT! Database Maintenance

Back in the days of ACT! 6 (was that really ten years ago?) my telephone message asked callers if they had recently “Compressed and Re-Indexed” their database.  Back then, there was no way to automate this process although a reminder could be set to prompt a user to...