Using ACT-Outlook Synchronizer
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You can run ACT-Outlook Synchronizer from 2 places:
1.The Start menu in the windows toolbar  
2.The icon in the ACT! toolbar.  
 
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Synchronizing Contacts
ACT-Outlook Synchronizer allows you to synchronize contacts in two modes:
·Selective Synchronization. This is where you select contacts or groups to synchronize .  
·Synchronize All. Click on a button and all contacts are synchronized.  

Only contacts that have been updated are transferred.

Selective Synchronization
When you first open selective Synchronization, all the contacts in the database are listed. You can select one or a range of contacts using the mouse and the Ctrl or Shift button. Pressing synchronize will synchronize the selected contacts. Selective Synchronization operates in two modes:

All the options set on the main screen are inherited into this screen. By clicking on the header, the names will sort themselves ascending or descending order.  
 
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In this mode, all the contacts that exist in the database are displayed. By clicking on the column headers, you are able to sort the records alphabetically in descending and ascending order.  
All the options set on the main screen are inherited into this screen. By clicking on the header, the names will sort themselves ascending or descending order.  

A2O Group Mode Selective Synchronization  
 
In Group mode selective Synchronization, you can select groups that exist in ACT! and display these groups for Synchronization. By clicking on the Select Group button, the Existent ACT groups that exist in the database are displayed as shown below. The numbers in parenthesis are the number of members in each group.
 

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When a group is selected only the first and last name of the contact is displayed. To return to normal display, exit the selective contacts Synchronization and restart it again.
 
 
A2O Lookup Mode Selective Synchronization  
In this mode, all the records are selected according to the lookup criteria in ACT-Outlook Synchronizer.  
 
Active Lookup Synchronization  
In the Active Lookup Synchronization, the contacts that are displayed in the current lookup in ACT! are synchronized. ACT-Outlook Synchronizer will first go through the lookup and then it starts to synchronize the data. This option only works if you have ACT! open!  
 
Active Contact Synchronization  
In the Active Contact Synchronization, the contact that is currently being displayed in ACT! is synchronized into Outlook. This option only works if you have ACT! open!  
 
Calendar Only  
This option only synchronizes the contacts in ACT! with which there are calendar entries i.e. only contacts that have a Call, ToDo or Meeting that is scheduled.  
 
Synchronize All  
Clicking this options allows you to synchronize all the contacts in the database.  

Interrupting a Synchronization
   To interrupt a Synchronization, click on the stop button on the front form of ACT-Outlook Synchronizer and the Synchronization will stop. Remember, the stop button only comes visible when a conversion is in progress.