askSam 5 arrives and AltaVista gets better
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The Surf Report - vol. 19 www.askSam.com
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Monday, August 5, 2002
askSam 5 is here - a new major update to our askSam product.
It's an exciting and busy time for us. We released askSam 5 on
July 22 and the feedback has been great. askSam 5 comes with
Import Filters for Adobe Acrobat PDF files, an Email Import
Wizard, an Email Merge and many more time-saving features you'll
love.
Try the new askSam 5, and let me know what you think.
Enjoy,
Marlinda Bullock
editor@askSam.com
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THIS ISSUE INCLUDES:
1) AltaVista adds a new trick to its bag, by Dylan Tweney
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/article.asp
2) System Librarian/Cataloger, Joseph Umhauer, uses askSam to
manage a daily log file, a problem log file, and a system's
knowledge file.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/userstory.asp
3) The New askSam 5 has many time-saving features to help you
be more productive. Try it today.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/asksam5.asp
4) Special Offer On askSam Training In August and September.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/training.asp
5) askSam Won the SIAF People's Choice Awards for Best
Application of 2002. Special Thanks to our users who voted.
http://www.sic.org/peopleschoice.asp
6) askSam Is Looking For Resellers And VAR's.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/resellers.asp
7) New Music Template: Manage your music collection with asksam
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/template.asp
8) askSam 5 & SurfSaver Tips:
With askSam 5 you can collect, organize, and search Adobe
Acrobat PDF files.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/asksamtip.asp
SurfSaver is a great way to take your Web research home or
on the road. SurfSaver makes it easy to save Web pages from
your list of favorites so you can search and view them off-
line.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/surfsavertip.asp
10) Download Trial Versions of askSam 5 and SurfSaver:
See why askSam was voted the people's choice! Try askSam 5,
the new release of our award winning free-form database.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/asksam.asp
SurfSaver - the searchable filing cabinet for your Web pages
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/surfsaver.asp
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ALTAVISTA ADDS A NEW TRICK TO ITS BAG -- by DYLAN TWENEY of
http://www.tweney.com
The engineers at AltaVista have a few tricks left in their
bags, and the latest, a feature called Prisma, is a pretty
useful reference tool.
Read more: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/article.asp
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ASKSAM; A LIFESAVER FOR MY INFORMATION BY JOSEPH UMHAUER, HEAD
CATALOGER/SYSTEM LIBRARIAN FOR NIAGARA UNIVERSITY
"As the System Librarian/Cataloger for our University library,
I am required to oversee numerous tasks. This requires keeping
track of a lot of information. I tried the various standard
database products, such as Foxpro, FileMaker, Access, and even a
few shareware products, to help me organize this mountain of
information.
The problem was that the information I needed to keep track of
was so varied that none of these products could handle it.
Thankfully, I discovered askSam, its versatility and searching
capabilities was exactly what I was looking for. It has become
indispensable to my work."
Joseph Umhauer
Head cataloger/System librarian
Niagara University
jumhauer@niagara.edu
"Optimistic, even in the face of reality"
To read the complete story see:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/userstory.asp
Want to be featured in the Surf Report? Tell us how you use
askSam: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/storyform.asp
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ASKSAM 5 IS HERE -- CHECK OUT ALL THE NEW FEATURES TO THIS MAJOR
UPGRADE
With askSam 5 you can import Adobe Acrobat PDF files, email
askSam documents, send an email merge message, import
attachments with email and lots more.
Special Introductory Offer to Surf Report Subscribers -- Save
$50 off askSam 5 Standard or $100 off the Professional version,
which offers indexing for rapid searches of large databases and
a programming interface.
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/asksam5.asp
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ASKSAM TRAINING - BECOME AN ASKSAM EXPERT
SPECIAL PRICE FOR ASKSAM TRAINING COURSE
Save time and money - learn how to get the most out of your
information. askSam Product Manager, Wade Goodman will lead
two-day training courses on:
**August 15-16 and September 12-13 in our Perry, Florida office.
Reserve now, space is limited. Call Dottie at 800-800-1997 ext
114 or 850-584-6590 ext 114, or see:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/training.asp
Also call to schedule a personalized training for you or your
company (at your place or ours). Get valuable help setting up
your applications from our professional trainers.
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ASKSAM WON THE SIAF (SHAREWARE INDUSTRY AWARDS FOUNDATION)
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST APPLICATION FOR 2002
This is a special, heart-felt THANK YOU to all our devoted users
who took the time to register and vote for askSam. We have won
many awards, but this one is very special to us because we know
you thought enough of askSam to say so. Thank you!
For more information about SIAF awards see:
http://www.sic.org/peopleschoice.asp
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ASKSAM IS LOOKING FOR RESELLERS AND VARS
SEE HOW YOU CAN MAKE MONEY WITH ASKSAM!
Help your clients manage their information. askSam products
offer powerful and affordable solutions. Contact us about
becoming a certified askSam reseller.
For details:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/resellers.asp
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NEW MUSIC TEMPLATE:
Manage your music collection with askSam. Download the new Music
Template from:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/template.asp
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TIP OF THE MONTH...
askSam Tip:
With askSam 5 you can collect, organize, and search Adobe
Acrobat PDF files.
For details: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/asksamtip.asp
SurfSaver Tip:
SurfSaver is a great way to take your Web research home or
on the road. SurfSaver makes it easy to save Web pages from your
list of favorites so you can search and view them off-line.
For details: http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/surfsavertip.asp
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DOWNLOAD TRIAL VERSIONS OF ASKSAM 5 AND SURFSAVER
Information comes in different shapes and sizes. askSam is
designed to handle all different types of information. It allows
you to search and organize unstructured text or structured data.
Try it today at:
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SurfSaver makes the most of the information you find on the
Web. Make your favorite Web pages permanent, searchable and
shareable with SurfSaver.
Try it today at:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf19/surfsaver.asp
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