April 1st, 2003 We have a lively show for you this issue. The main event is the Act/Eudora solution, an alternative to using Microsoft Outlook. We've installed and customized many times over the past few users and once you're an Act! user, you can never go back to Outlook. We give you more news then you can ever use and top things off with the funny pages. Hope you're all out enjoying the nice weather - those of you having nice weather. Here in California, Spring has definitely Sprung! Enjoy, Clyde Act/Eudora - Awesome Scheduling and Email Solution Turns out Micro$oft doesn't always have the best solution for everyone's computing needs. In my 10+ years working this computer, I have found that using Act! for contact management, scheduling, and tracking to-dos plus Eudora for email is a great alternative to Outlook. I've used this solution since beginning my business and don't anticipate ever changing. It's a wonderful solution for individuals and business in the 10-15 person range. Benefits of Act! >Integration with Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora (Act! 4.0/5.0/2000 and coming soon Act! 6.0) >Synchronization with Palm OS or Pocket PC device >Visibility of your Accounts Receivable from Peachtree and Quickbooks >Ease of creating new fields and templates so you have a customized database without spending hundreds, if not thousands of $$ programming an Access >Sharing contacts and shcedules without installing MS Exchange >Access Act! database from a web-based client >Easy Driving Directions and Map look up for each contact >Much easier grouping (categorizing) of your contacts then Outlook >Print holiday cards and party invitations right out of Act! (labels or envelopes) Benefits of Eudora >More user friendly then Outlook (from all user's who I've trained on it) >Allows for greater flexibility in managing hundreds of emails/day >Excellent SPAM filtering available integrated with Eudora >Very powerful filtering of messages - very easy to use (1 step, not 3 as in Outlook) >Since it's not used as frequently as Outlook and Outlook Express, there are less chances of fowarding viruses. I talk about Act! and Eudora together - but they are mutually exclusive products which stand alone on their own. You can use any email program with Act! Eudora is a great stand alone email program. We at In The Moment Computing offer full training and customization of Act! Contact Management systems and can find a reasonably priced deal on Act! to fit your needs. We also offer training on Eudora. As with Outlook, Eudora cannot be used for AOL or Compuserve accounts. Contact us today at 408.732.8500 or http://www.itmcomputing.com/contact_computer.php to set up your training today! Links to check out Act! and Eudora Act! www.act.com Eudora for Mac and PC http://www.eudora.com Eudora Internet Suite for Palm OS (Windows, Mac, Linux) FREE http://www.eudora.com/internetsuite/download/ Eudora/Palm Synchronization http://perso.wanadoo.fr/spyro/fram_PalmEudora.html Spamnix - Great Eudora Spam Filter - works for me 99% of the time catching SPAM http://www.spamnix.com/ ITM Software Download Center www.itmcomputing.com/software As mentioned several months ago, we are offering a special download site where you can download and install all the products we normally installed on a new computer by yourself. It's an "ITM Do-it-Yourself Kit." Our new site is named: In The Moment Computing Software Center and is located at www.ITMComputing.com/software . We will be updating this site on a consistent basis and sending out regular emails detailing the changes to the programs. We will feature a product of the month. Many of the past products of the months are in this newsletter are now located in this one convenient place. A sample of the recent additions to our set of free and low-cost software titles available for download: Convert Documents from any program to an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. Encrypt any file with a password. Right click on it and no one can view it. Cleanup temporary Internet files, recently viewed files, Internet history, and more! Takes the place of normal Palm OS screen. Makes maneuvering around on your palm much smoother. Track your grocery list on both your Palm and your PC. Create an HTML page of a group of photos thumbnails and original sizes behind them - with ease! Keeps updated list of domain names - yours of anyones you choose - gives all info on "whois" record - DNS entries, admin email and more! Our software center just keeps getting better!! What's stopping you from subscribing today? Want to try it out - send an email to mailto:sample@itmcomputing.com and we'll send you a user name and password. Try it today: www.itmcomputing.com/software News, News and more News Right up there with weather junkies are news junkies. Well, have I got the fix for you!! Here are links to give you news headlines, newspaper front pages and consolidated news from all over the world. News from The Associated Press http://customwire.ap.org/specials/bluepage.html#ca Thousands of newspapers on the Net http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Today's Front Pages - Front pages from all over the world - Simply incredible! http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/ Iraq, a country study http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/iqtoc.html Slate/MSN.com - Summary of US Papers http://slate.msn.com/id/2080844/ Web Design, Web Hosting, Getting your own "Dot Com name" on the Internet and for Email We do it all in regards to web design: we put you your new site, we update your old site, we host your site and we can help you establish your personalized identity. This is a crowded field and we distinguish ourselves by providing many benefits over the standard shop. First of all, we've had a combined 20+ years surfing the Internet. We know what works and what doesn't. Secondly, having a business degree and being an entrepreneur helps me guide you along the path of what will sell. Thirdly, we must be doing something right as our web design and hosting business tripled in the past year. Lastly, we have a listed phone number on our site and will guide you through any sticky issues over the phone which cannot be resolved over email. See samples of the work we've done at http://www.itmcomputing.com/samples.html . Register you own "name" on the Internet, like "itmcomputing.com" at www.iwantadomainname.com . See our full bevy of Web Design solutions at www.helpformywebsite.com Comic Relief When you need a break from all the heavy issues of the day, take a little comic relief and read the funnies! Dilbert.com - The Official Dilbert Website by Scott Adams http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/ My Comics Page - Bloom County is back http://www.mycomicspage.com/free/comics_new.html Garfield - Draw your own strip http://www.garfield.com/fan_club/secret/ SF Gate: Comics in SF Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/comics/ The FunZone - Comics from A-Z http://funzone.tbo.com/funzone/comics.htm Official Berkeley Breathed Website http://www.berkeleybreathed.com/ uComics Web Site featuring Calvin and Hobbes and many others http://www.ucomics.com/calvinandhobbes/ We provide you "In The Moment" Tech Support Worldwide! Get any computer question answered - from anywhere you are. Know a cousin, sister, brother or mother who isn't happy with her computer tech where they live? Need a quick answer to a question and don't want to wait on hold for an hour? We have the solution!! We have opened up our support services on a world wide basis. We are now supporting clients via phone, remote access and email. Our response time is fantastic and we have knowledgeable folks in all areas of computing, accounting, web design, file management, Internet access, email and lots more. Our remote access allows us to view your computer, real time, from our offices here in California. Call 408.732.8500 or e-mail us clyde@itmcomputing.com today to set up an appointment. ************************ Hope you enjoyed the ride.... Clyde Lerner, In The Moment Computing Phone: 408.732.8500 E-mail comments/feedback to: http://www.itmcomputing.com/contact_computer.php This newsletter is a service of In The Moment Computing and is Copyright 2005 Clyde Lerner. All worldwide rights reserved. If forwarding, please forward all of e-mail, not any portion therein. To see past issues of This and That Computer Tips newsletter, please visit the web at: http://www.itmcomputing.com/newsletter.php and click on "Archives." Please note: Unless requested, questions pertaining to this newsletter will be answered in a 3-4 week time frame. If you need a faster response, there will be a small consultation fee of $15 per e-mail response. You will receive a reply within 48 hours. "Complete Computer Help (Networks, New Computer Installs, Software Training) for Individuals and Small Businesses" "Designing your Perfect Website, at an Affordable Cost, in a Timely Manner" Eliminate and Destroy unwanted email: http://spamarrest.com/affl?1337207 Send a greeting card through the Internet so recipient gets card in their postal mailbox: www.sendoutcards.com/7197 - let me walk you through how to send a card - it's easy. ©2003 In The Moment (ITM) Computing. All rights reserved.