Been away from the Blog lately as I am revising the "Official ACT! GuickStudy Guide" once again in preparation for the release of ACT 2008 (version 8). Each year I alternately look forward to and dread writing and updating the manual. It is fun to see all of the features planned for the new release. However, the time frame I have available to write the book (from the time that it works until the time Sage wants to ship the software to distribution) is very short and it requires that I isolate myself from my clients to review and update the almost 600 pages of the book. (Yes, I know the name is QuickStudy...but I didn't pick that one. The concept is that none of the sections is dependent on any other section, so you can start in the book wherever you like.)

However, I know the time spent is worth it to my clients as it makes me know more about the software than almost anyone out there. Since the product will ship late summer 2007, and I have been working with it since April of this year, I also have a head start on all of the idiosyncracies. Hopefully I am catching any new bugs associated with the new release. The ACT! programmers are always so great to work with and have been quick to fix any problems that I have found in the alpha and beta builds. I really am impressed with the ACT! development team that they have right now.