
Actual Contacts for Outlook (Add-In for Microsoft Outlook 2000/XP/2003): README
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Please read this file carefully (especially "Installation"
chapter) before installing the program to your computer.


Contents
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  Program information
  Company information
  Description
  Installation
  Registration
  Copyright and license
  Technical support


Program information
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Program Archive Name:
  actual_contacts.zip
Program Name:
  Actual Contacts for Outlook
Program Version:
  2.0
Program Release Date:
  January 18, 2006
Program Description:
  Microsoft Outlook add-in for updating your address book.
Target OS:
  Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Software type:
  Shareware


Company information
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Company Name:
  MAPILab Ltd.
Contact WWW URL:
  http://www.mapilab.com/
Contact Postal Address:
  Pacific Business Centre
  P.O. Box 34069 #381
  Seattle, WA 98124-1069
  USA


Description
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Actual Contacts for Outlook is a Microsoft Outlook add-in for updating your 
address book and monitoring validity of e-mail addresses in contacts.. 
Select contacts and ACO will send them a message containing a form. 
The respondents will be able to update the data in your address book 
by filling out the form.

Installation
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Important! If you've got Actual Contacts for Outlook not from our web page, but
from the other source (magazine CD or some software library), please visit
our home page - you'll probably find the later version; usually, we release
the updates about once a month.

To install Actual Contacts for Outlook, just run the "setup.exe" and follow the
instructions. You'll need to select the target directory.

Notes for Microsoft Windows 95/98 users. If you have installed Windows
Installer version 1.x, the following error message will appear during
installation:

    error 1155: file \\INSTMSIA.EXE not found

To avoid it, you should download and install Windows Installer
version 2.0 or later. It can be downloaded from Microsoft web-site:

   - version for Windows NT 4 and Windows 2000
     http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/NT45/EN-US/InstMsiW.exe

   - for Windows 95, 98, and Me
     http://download.microsoft.com/download/WindowsInstaller/Install/2.0/W9XMe/EN-US/InstMsiA.exe

Copyright and license
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See "license.rtf" file.


Technical support
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Our technical support service is always glad to help you and to answer any
your questions. Please, keep to the following rules when contacting the
technical support service:

    - If your query is related to erratic software operation,
      please provide the following information: 

    - Version number of the software product you are using.
      We also recommend you to visit our web-site: probably,
      the problem you encountered has been already solved in
      a new program release available from our site. 

    - Configuration you are using Microsoft Outlook in: as
      "Internet Mail" or together with Microsoft Exchange,
      Lotus Domino, etc. 

    - Version number of Microsoft Outlook and of Microsoft
      Office and Outlook update packages installed (to find
      out this information, click Info/About item in the
      Outlook menu) 

    - Version number of Windows and update packages installed
      (you can find out this information through properties of
      the "My Computer" item on the desktop or the "System"
      item in the Control Panel). 

    - Please try to provide as much information as possible
      so that our experts could repeat your error in the lab. 

  - Don't forget to provide the product registration number: this
    will allow faster processing of your request. 

You can contact the technical support service online at
http://www.mapilab.com/support/. We do our best to reply to user
queries in the same day we receive them; anyway, you will get
the answer no later than in three business days. 
