[pianotech] Database for Piano Business

[David Love]

You should always back up everything no matter what program you are using.
Especially customer databases.  

 

David Love

www.davidlovepianos.com

 

From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Magness
Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 7:13 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business

 

 

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote:

 

Access is a database program but Outlook has a "contacts" section that
provides a number of different fields (and you can customize it as well)
into which you can input and organize customer or "contact" information.
It's evolved into something quite a bit more powerful than just an email
program.  
David Love

 

Ah, yet another of the infinite holes in my education. I haven't used
Outlook, and didn't know that. Thanks for the clarification.
Ron N


I have used Outlook but NEVER will again. I was well into inputting customer
names and data into it plus using it as the dedicated e-mail program for my
website e-mail. I came home one day and clicked the icon to open it and have
never seen my data since!

I tried everything, including a 6 hour phone conference with Microsoft, only
to be told ultimately they didn't know what else to try. It was somehow
corrupted and would not reopen. 

When I began researching it I found I was not only not alone, this is
apparantly a common thing. For those of you using it I would strongly
suggest downloading to disc or backing up on an external harddrive or site
periodically.

I have not been that impressed with many of microsoft's office products. I
currently use openoffice.org a freeware program which is compatible with the
office suite but much less ridgid. 

 

I'll be the first to admit I'm not "all that" when it comes to computers. I
prefer programs that don't have instructions that take months sometimes
years to wade through. I have enough on my plate without learning to be a
computer programmer! (g)

 

Mike

-- 
I intend to live forever. So far, so good. 
Steven Wright 


Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
608-786-4404
www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com

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