Outlook isn't a CRM system - but that said, there are many ways to make
Outlook do things more like Act! does.

You can select the Contact and Actions, New Meeting with Contact.

You can drag a Contact to the Calendar (or any email folder, Tasks folder
etc) to start a new meeting with them (or email, or Task).

Play around with dragging Contacts and whole bunches of the (eg Grouped by
Category) to the various Outlook folders - there are many hidden functions!

Judy Gleeson  - MVP Outlook
Acorn Training and Consulting
Canberra, Australia

When you post in here, always include your version, SP level, and mode (if
applicable) of Outlook - you can find this information in Help | About. Also
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see what Outlook training can do to improve productivity:
www.acorntraining.com.au/pdfdocs/ProductivITwithOutlook.pps

www.acorntraining.com.au/productivit.htm

Outlook was written by a different set of programmers than Act and if they'd
copy all of Act's features, it would get them a copyright infringement
lawsuit. :)

How about Actions, New appointment with contact when you have the contact
selected?