Why Use 123 Sync
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123 Sync for Act! and Outlook/Exchange is designed for users that have an active Act! database and want to transfer/synchronize data from the Act! database to the Outlook/Exchange folders with modifications that make the data in Outlook/Exchange more accessible and relevant. In addition, Outlook/Exchange folder sharing and intelligent multi-user management makes this product the leading solution to share your Act! Data with Outlook/Exchange.

Major Features

Ease of Use
Install, and you are ready to go. Merge and folder flexibility allows you to keep your Act! Contacts updated with your Outlook/Exchange.

Single and Multi-User Support
123 Synchronizer - 2014 Edition supports Act! in Single or Multi-User configurations and properly converts the activities relating to all the users enabled to be converted.

Exchange Support
You can run 123 Sync on an Exchange server with CDO/Mapi installed or via a client with CDO/Mapi installed. No requirement for Outlook/Exchange to be installed as long as CDO/Mapi is configured to access the exchange server.
Custom Users Support
Add any number of custom users to 123 Sync Server Configuration. Each user can have its own database with individual preferences.
Act! Versions Supported
Act! 2007 and later editions, including Act! Standard, Premium, Act! for WEB, Act! for Financials and Act! for Real Estate.

Outlook Versions Supported

All versions above Outlook 2000 SR1.
Field Conversion Capabilities
All the fields in Act! can be converted, whether they are standard fields or user defined fields. In addition, fields that are mapped to Outlook/Exchange Custom forms are also converted.

Field Remapping Capabilities
All fields in Act! can be remapped to Outlook/Exchange fields, whether these fields exist in Outlook/Exchange or not. The field remapping is maintained if you exit 123 Sync for Act! and Outlook/Exchange.

Act! Items Supported
The following Act! Items are converted to Outlook/Exchange equivalents:
·Contacts - All Act! Contacts and fields are converted/synchronized.  
·Todo's - Act! Todo's are converted into Outlook/Exchange Tasks with the same time-reccurring properties.  
·Calls - Act! Calls are converted into equivalent Outlook/Exchange Calendar.  
·Meetings - Act! meetings are converted into Outlook/Exchange Calendar.  
·History/Notes - All Act! history are converted into the Contact body text or into the Activities related to the contact.  
 
Synchronization
The following items have two-way synchronization capabilities i.e. items can be updated either in Outlook/Exchange or in Act! and the data will be synchronized both ways, including item addition and removal:
·Contacts, Todo's, Calls, Meetings  
Attachments
Act! attachments links are transferred into the contact and activities body text
Extensive Filtering Capabilities

You can choose to convert All, Group, Calendar, Private Only and many other options.

Group Conversion

You can select contacts belonging to an Act! group and convert only the group.
State-of-the-art duplicate checking
When you first want to convert your Act! database into an existing Outlook/Exchange contact folder, we check for corresponding contacts according to the following criteria:
·If it exists on our index database and if it has been transferred to Outlook/Exchange.  
·Email Address.  
·First and Last Name and City  
·Company Name and City  
·and many more pattern matching mechanisms to reduce duplicates.  

Outlook/Exchange Item Move Capability
With our system, you can convert locally and then move the items (contacts, calendar and tasks) into another Outlook/Exchange folder with no resulting duplicates when converting again.

Once the first conversion has been made, 123 Sync for Act! and Outlook/Exchange keeps a 1-to-1 match between the Act! database and the corresponding Outlook/Exchange item so that no duplicates are ever created.

Unparalleled Outlook Support
Our close support of Outlook with 123 Sync for Act! and Outlook/Exchange allows you to convert Act! databases to Outlook 2000 and above.

Special Features
123 Sync for Act! and Outlook/Exchange has a wide variety of very attractive features that facilitate the bridge between Act! and Outlook/Exchange:
·Merge the multiple address fields from Act! into Outlook/Exchange  
·Add the Act! phone number extension into Outlook/Exchange equivalent.  
·Remove the country code that comes with the Act! phone number  
·Format the Phone number for Outlook/Exchange  
·Selectively convert History and Notes by type  
·Reverse synchronization and clearing of Act! Activities from Outlook/Exchange  
·Specialized Smartphone capabilities  
·Unsurpassed reliability.  
·SPEED!!! IT IS UNBELIAVABLY FAST!  
 
Folder Sharing
Each Act! User can have its own set of independent folders. Users can share Contact folders.

Speed
Our new indexing mechanism speeds up same item conversion by up to 2000% faster than competing products. You no longer have to wait forever to convert all the users.

PDA Specific Enhancements
Our subject line modifiers make this product ideal for users that want to synchronize with PDA's. By inserting contact specific data in the subject line, it makes it much easier for users to access their calendar/task items in Outlook/Exchange as well as on the PDA.

Evaluation Period
123 Sync for Act! and Outlook/Exchange provides users with 15 days evaluation.