Example: Users share a common Outlook Contact Folder

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In this example, all users share 1 common Outlook folder (in our case it is John's) but have their own independent Calendar and Tasks Outlook folders.

ACT! Multi-User Database		Outlook Folders
	User Johnnyt:	Johnnyt's Outlook Folders: johnnyt Contact Folder   Calendar Folder   Tasks Folder
	User Allison:	Paul's Outlook Folders: johnnyt Contact Folder   Paul's Calendar Folder   Paul's Tasks Folder
		.   .   .
	User Chris:	LastUser's Outlook Folders: johnnyt Contact Folder   LastUser's Calendar Folder   LastUser's Tasks Folder

Each user has it's own set of Outlook Folders that will contain ALL the contacts in the database.

Step 1: Click on the primary user/contact (in our case, Johnnyt) in ACT! and then select their appropriate folders:

Step 2: Select the contact filter for this user.

Step 3: Set all the Activities Options.

Step 4: Setup the other contacts to point to the primary contact's Outlook folder: Make sure that you select the Calendar and Tasks folder to process.

Step 5: Set the contact filter processing to be "Do Not Convert Contacts". This stops the repeat processing of the same contact database.

Step 6: Repeat step 4 and 5 until all users have been setup.

Modification for Calendar and Tasks.

You can do the above and share both Calendar and Tasks Outlook folders.