But you have to manual enter the information i.e. name and phone number for the task.

Unless I'm missing something. In Goldmine I can schedule a phone call,
appointment or task and it's linked to the contact and shows up on my
calendar. I click on any of these it takes me to the contact. and in the
case of the phone message it dials the number. If I complete a one of
these I have a tick box that I can use to generate a follow up. Maybe I'm
spoiled but I don't get Outlook! To me it's nothing more than a glorified
address book.

Marc

Brian
Fri Mar 28 05:21:52 PDT 2008

Marc <mcnr@_______mindspring.com> wrote:

> Unless I'm missing something. In Goldmine I can schedule a phone
> call, appointment or task and it's linked to the contact and shows up
> on my calendar. I click on any of these it takes me to the contact.
> and in the case of the phone message it dials the number. If I
> complete a one of these I have a tick box that I can use to generate
> a follow up. Maybe I'm spoiled but I don't get Outlook! To me it's
> nothing more than a glorified address book.

Do you have the version of Outlook that includes the Business Contact
Manager?
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Marc
Fri Mar 28 06:52:27 PDT 2008

No I don't I didn't know it existed. I watched the demo and it still does
show the ability to generate a return phone call or follow up.

Marc


"Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Marc <mcnr@_______mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> Unless I'm missing something. In Goldmine I can schedule a phone
>> call, appointment or task and it's linked to the contact and shows up
>> on my calendar. I click on any of these it takes me to the contact.
>> and in the case of the phone message it dials the number. If I
>> complete a one of these I have a tick box that I can use to generate
>> a follow up. Maybe I'm spoiled but I don't get Outlook! To me it's
>> nothing more than a glorified address book.
>
> Do you have the version of Outlook that includes the Business Contact
> Manager?
> --
> Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Brian
Fri Mar 28 07:50:51 PDT 2008

Marc <mcnr@_______mindspring.com> wrote:

> No I don't I didn't know it existed. I watched the demo and it still
> does show the ability to generate a return phone call or follow up.

Here's information on it:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/contactmanager/FX101674171033.aspx
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Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]

Diane
Fri Mar 28 18:58:07 PDT 2008

outlook is an all purpose email client/PIM. you can link items to contacts -
if you use outlook 2007 you need to enable the contact field in tools
options contact options,

outlook doesn't generate automatic follow-ups.

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"Marc" <mcnr@_______mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:13up2l35spdmgce@corp.supernews.com...
> Unless I'm missing something. In Goldmine I can schedule a phone call,
> appointment or task and it's linked to the contact and shows up on my
> calendar. I click on any of these it takes me to the contact. and in the
> case of the phone message it dials the number. If I complete a one of
> these I have a tick box that I can use to generate a follow up. Maybe I'm
> spoiled but I don't get Outlook! To me it's nothing more than a glorified
> address book.
>
> Marc
>