<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HTML Message</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>P { MARGIN: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; = BORDER-LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi David</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use a pda with palm but use = it with Outlook which is the same program I have with Office XP.  I keep the = customers complete data in an acess database which you can also sinc with on the = pda with a program such as pendragon. The appointments are kept in the = Outlook calander and all important information about the customer and piano I = need I write on the calander. Whenever I set an appointment with a = previous customer which is usually at the time of the tuning I just cut and past = the appointment with all the info to the new date.  If a previous = customer calls for and appointment I just do a search for the last contact with = the customer and cut and past the info on the computer and I have all the information I usually need as far as notes from the last = tuning..</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know that there are programs out = there that will maybe do it better but this works for me.  I have been = using Pendragon as my pda/acess sinc for probably 5 years. Back then the = Pendragon cost about $100.  I am not sure if it is even available anymore and = probably by now there are better programs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hope this helps.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron May</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net = href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David Ilvedson</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> ; <A = title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 02, = 2006 8:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Pocket PC</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <P>Hey, Pocket PC users:</P> <P> </P> <P>Can you bring up the Contact info from the calendar/appointment?   In Palm I have to open the Contacts = area and write in the name etc.   I wish I could click on the = appointment and go to the customer's info with one click...am I dreaming?</P> <P> </P> <P><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR><BR><BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>