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Maintaining Company Information

This section describes how you can view and maintain information on the companies that are recorded in RMS. You can view and amend this information after you have performed a search for companies in the RMS database.

It covers the following tasks:


VIEWING COMPANY DETAILS

You can view the contact details of a particular company after you have performed a search and then viewed the search results.

The details displayed relate to the company highlighted in the search results list.

To VIEW Company Details:

  1. Highlight a company in the results list. Basic company information is displayed on the Details tab in the company details section of the desktop.

  2. View details in the following fields:
  • Company - the full name of the company
  • Address - the full address of the company
  • Phone - the main telephone number of the company including dialing code
  • Fax - the main fax number of the company including dialing code
  • E-mail Address - the central E-mail address of the company
  • Website - the Internet website address of the company
  • Description - a description of the company's business in keyword form in the RMS database
  • Employees - the number of permanent staff employed by the company
  • Contact - the name of a person to contact at the company.
By clicking on one of the following tabs you can view further information about the company:
  • Contacts - a list of contacts at the company. You can add and amend these contacts
  • Notes - additional information about the company
  • History - a list of activities that have been performed with the company using the RMS.

MAINTAINING COMPANY CONTACTS

You can view company contacts after you have performed a search and then viewed the search results. A list of existing contacts is displayed on the Contacts tab in the company details section of the desktop.

You can also use the tab to:

The details displayed relate to the company highlighted in the search results list.

To ADD a Contact:

  1. Click the Add button on the Contacts tab. The Contact Details dialog is displayed.
  2. Enter the details about the new contact in the following fields:
    • First - the fist name of the contact
    • Last - the surname of the contact
    • Title - the contact's title
    • Salutation - the salutation to use when contacting the contact using the RMS
    • Position - the contact's position within the company. You can select a position from the drop-down list. If the position you require does not exist in the list you can click on the '...' button and create a new position using the Contact Types dialog, found on the right of the Position field
    • E-mail - the contact's E-mail address at the company
    • Phone - the contact's direct line telephone number at the company
    • Mobile - the contact's mobile telephone number.
  3. Click the OK button to save the new contact details. The new contact appears in the list of contacts on the Contacts tab.

To EDIT a Contact:

  1. Click on the contact that you want to amend on the Contacts tab.
  2. Click the Edit button (you can also double-click on the name of the contact). The Contact Details dialog is displayed.
  3. Change the details for the existing contact in the following fields by clicking in a field and typing over the existing information, as required:
    • First - the fist name of the contact
    • Last - the surname of the contact
    • Title - the contact's title
    • Salutation - the salutation to use when contacting the contact using the RMS
    • Position - the position within the company for the new contact. You can select a position from the drop-down list. If the position you require does not exist in the list you can click on the '...' button and create a new position using the Contact Types dialog, found on the right of the Position field
    • E-mail - the contact's E-mail address at the company
    • Phone - the contact's direct line telephone at the company
    • Mobile - the contact's mobile telephone number.
  4. Click the OK button to save the contact details.

To Delete a Contact:

  1. Click on the contact that you want to delete on the Contacts tab.
  2. Click the Delete button. The contact is deleted and removed from the list in the tab.
By clicking on one of the following tabs you can view further information about the contact's company:
  • Details - basic information about the company
  • Notes - additional information about the company
  • History - a list of activities that have been performed with the company using the RMS.

ADDING/VIEWING NOTES ABOUT A COMPANY

You can add or view notes about a company using the Notes tab after you have performed a search and viewed the search results.

The details displayed relate to the company highlighted in the search results list.

To Add a Note:

  1. Click on the Notes tab.
  2. Type the text for the note. If you want to type a substantial note about the company you can click the Edit Notes button to open a Notes dialog which provides more writing space. When you finish using the dialog click the Save button. The note is displayed in the tab.

To View a Note:

  1. Click on the Notes tab. An existing note is displayed in the tab.
  2. Scroll down the note using the scroll bar to read it or click the Edit Notes button to open a Notes dialog which provides more viewing space. When you finish viewing note click the Cancel button. The note is displayed again in the tab.

By clicking on one of the following tabs you can view further information about the company:


VIEWING COMPANY HISTORY

You use the History tab to view details about previous contacts made with the company using the RMS. Each time that a company is contacted using a RMS facility such as a mail merge or E-mail, details of the contact are automatically recorded in the company history (unless you have unselected the History Record option) The details displayed relate to the company highlighted in the search results list.

To View the History:
View details in the following fields:

You can scroll down and across the list to display more history details. By clicking on one of the following tabs you can view further information about the company:
  • Details - basic information about the company
  • Contacts - a list of contacts at the company. You can add and amend these contacts
  • Notes - additional information about the company.

MAINTAINING CONTACT TYPES

You can maintain a list of the types of contact that are used in the RMS. Contact types are employment positions within a company, which can be selected when you add or amend a contact for a company.

You use this dialog to:

Note You cannot delete a contact type if it is associated with an existing company contact. To delete the contact type you must edit the required company contacts and select a new position for them, and then use the Contact Types dialog to delete the contact type.

When you display the Contact Types dialog you see a list of the existing contact types.

To Add a Contact Type:

  1. Click the New button in the dialog. The cursor moves to the Contact Type field.
  2. Type the new contact type, for example Finance Director.
  3. Click the Save button to save the new contact type. The new contact type is displayed in the list.
To Edit a Contact Type:
  1. Click on the contact type that you want to change in the list to highlight it.
  2. Click the Edit button. The contact type is displayed in the Contact Type field.
  3. Change the contact type as required by overtyping the text.
  4. Click the Save button to save the contact type.
To Delete a Contact Type:
  1. Click on the contact type that you want to delete in the list to highlight it.
  2. Click the Delete button. You see a message requesting confirmation that you want to delete the contact type. If the contact type is associated with a company contact a message is displayed informing you that you cannot delete the contact.
  3. Click the Yes button to confirm the delete. The contact type is deleted.

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