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             FIRST CONTACT
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  Advanced Contact Manager for Outlook
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       (C)2002 FatAttitude LTD
              v0.3 beta
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SUMMARY
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First Contact makes it MUCH easier to perform common Contact-Orientated tasks, via a small, compact interface that sits at the bottom of your screen.

Simply click in the window and type in someone's name.  Then select the desired action - Email, Telephone, Letter, etc.  You don't even to type in the w

It's a simple concept - and it saves a lot of time!

First Contact is Freeware Beta Test - Please report all bugs and incompatibilities to firstcontact@fatattitude.com



REQUIREMENTS
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First Contact requires Micosoft Office.  It has been tested with Office 2000 and Office XP.  It has been tested with Win98 and WinXP.  Does it work with other versions / OS's?  Let us know!


INSTALLATION
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Double-click the MSI file, which should launch Windows Installer.
If your computer doesn't recognise MSI files, try this link (for Win9x/Me) :-

http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/instmsi.exe



USING THE PROGRAM
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When you first run the program, it finds your contacts and displays the Main Window, in Compact Mode.  You can drag the window around by holding down the mouse in the blank blue area, or click the ^ button to toggle the window mode from compact -> normal -> full.

Click in the blue box and type in the name of a contact.  FirstContact will autocomplete for you as necessary.

Once the desired contact name is displayed, use the buttons on the right-hand-side to:

- EMAIL the contact (via Outlook)
- EMAIL the contact (via FirstContact)
- TELEPHONE the contact
- WRITE A LETTER to the contact  (via Word)


Use the other buttons as follows:

[?] - Options / About
[_] - Minimise to system tray
[^] - Toggle Window State
[X] - Exit the Program

If you put the window into its Normal State, an extra line appears, which enables you to filter contacts by category, or select a specific contact.  (e.g. if you can't remember the name).  FirstContact will remember the last used Window State when you exit the program.

To change the list of categories, visit the Options Window by clicking the [?] button. (see below)



OPTIONS WINDOW
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This contains a checkbox (see below), plus the list of Categories, which you can Add To/Delete From.  You cannot delete the 'All Contacts' entry.

If you check the 'Only Enable Email Buttons'... box, then FirstContact will only allow you to click the buttons to email people if that contact has a valid email address.

Why isn't this enabled by default?  Well, Microsoft have added extra security features to OutlookXP, which attempt to stop viruses from accessing your Email Addresses.  Unfortunately, they also stop perfectly decent programs like FirstContact from doing the same thing.  For this reason, intelligent enabling/ghosting of the 'Email' buttons is DISABLED by default.  Otherwise, you'll get the annoying warning dialog whenever you type in a contact's name.  Unfortunately, there is no known way to stop it appearing when you send an email.  (do you know a way?  Let me know!)



FEEDBACK / CONTACT
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FirstContact is Beta Test and can only be improved with your help and feedback.  Please send any bugs to us at firstcontact@fatattitude.com   If the software works and you like it, please show your support by sending us an email and telling us!  That's all we ask.  Suggestions for enhancements and improvements are very welcome.  What other buttons / options could we include?

FirstContact is written by FatAttitude Ltd.  We cannot be held responsible for any damage it may cause, but warrant that the software has not been intentionally designed to cause any adverse effects.



KNOWN BUGS
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- 'Phone' button doesn't seem to work on all platforms.



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