Copyright: © 2002-2003 Code Sector Inc.


 Overview

Cute Organizer is an elegant and powerful contact manager. It lets you organize your personal and business contacts in hierarchical tree form, quickly dial phone numbers, and much more.

Cute Organizer makes your life easier with the following features:

Atom Clock

• Synchronize your computer clock using Internet atomic clock servers.

Address Book

• Photos support. You can store photos with your contacts.

• Keep your contact in multiple categories. You can set up each category to perform different actions. Easy move contacts within categories with drag-and-drop.

• Instant search that finds contacts FAST!. Just start typing to search contacts by name or keywords.

• Exclusive headers display system that makes it easy to find data quick. Data columns automatically resized to fit contents. Empty columns are not displayed.

• Built-in dialer allows quickly dial phones simply by clicking on phone numbers.

• Easy import/export. Supported CSV, Windows Address Book (WAB) and JPG formats. Intelligent "field-mapping" allows you to import any fields in any order.

• Birthday and anniversary reminders. Also "view birthdays by month" feature.

• Attach any file to contact. Associate document you're working on with any contact.

• Shows date and day of the week in the tray icon.

• A powerful "Notes" field that allows you to record important information for each contact.

• Easy keyboard or mouse navigation. Arrange contacts with drag-and-drop.

• Multi user support. Fast user switching. Allows use Cute Organizer everybody in your family.


 Technical support

Information & updates

Web Site: www.cuteorganizer.com

Company Web Site: www.codesector.com

E-mail:

Technical Support: support@codesector.com

Bug reports, comments, suggestions on improving the program, etc.

If reporting a bug, please include information about versions of Windows and product you are using. Detailed description and circumstances leading to problem would be of most help.

Sales Department: sales@codesector.com

Questions regarding the status of your order, pricing and discount information, site licenses, lost registration codes, etc.

Postal mail:

Code Sector / Infinisource Inc.

PMB 447, 3 Monroe Parkway, Suite P

Lake Oswego, OR 97035


 Synchronize Clock

Select Synchronize Clock from the tray menu to adjust time and date using atomic clock servers.

Press Get Time button to retrieve time from servers.

Press Adjust button to synchronize clock.

Settings button allows you view/edit Atom Clock Settings.


 Atom Clock Settings

Synchronize settings

On Internet connection... - Check this option to have Cute Organizer automatically adjust date/time with atomic clock servers.

Minutes and seconds only - Check this option to leave hours value unchanged when synchronizing.

Time Servers

Use top [X] servers... - Set how much servers will be used (1-10).

Add - add new SNTP server.

Delete - remove server from list.

Move to top - move selected server to the top of the list.


 Main window

Cute Organizer main window consists of the following parts:

Address Book title: click to switch to the compact mode.

All Categories: shows the current category.

Toolbar buttons:

  Move one level up.	  Create new contact or category.

  Edit contact.	  Delete selected contact(s).

  Move contacts.	  Search options.

  Address Book preferences.

List header: click on the column header to sort Address Book.

Contact list: see Working with contacts and Working with categories.

Status line: it will tell you action performed when you press Enter. Status line hint changes when you hold Ctrl or Shift.

Main window - compact mode

Switch to this view to save desktop space.

Main window - full mode

In this mode you can view more information. Double click on any field with contact information will perform appropriated action. E.g. double click on web page address to open this page in your web browser.


 Contact view

Select field you want and press Enter or double-click with mouse to a dial phone, browse an internet page or send an e-mail message.


 Hot keys list

Hot keys	Description	Related topic

Ctrl+`	Show window	Organizer options

Esc	Hide to tray

Tab	Compact mode	Main window

Enter	View contact	Working with categories

Ctrl+Enter	Dial Phone 1

Shift+Enter	Open Internet 1

Ctrl+N	Create new contact	Working with contacts

Del	Delete selected

F2	Edit contact

Ins	Select current item	Selecting items

Ctrl+A	Select all items

Numpad +	Select all items

Numpad -	Remove selection

Ctrl+Right	Expand item

Ctrl+Left	Collapse item

Ctrl+Numpad +	Expand all items

Ctrl+Numpad -	Collapse all items


 Entering data

After you click on Add/Edit icon, or press Ctrl+N (to add a new contact), the program will show data entry window, which contains 5 pages:

General  Personal  Business  Notes  Misc

You can move the cursor from field to field by pressing Tab or Shift+Tab. The information in any field is optional. You can leave as many fields blank as you want (except for Display, which is the key field for each entry).


 "General" page

On this page you can enter name of the contact, add photo, phone numbers and Internet-related information (E-mails, Web Pages, ICQ, AIM and so on).

Photo: click on it to load photo from JPEG (*.jpg) file. For better result, image should be 83x100 pixels.

Set as default: Store current name display order (e.g. first name, middle name, last name) as default.

Phone: Two primary phone numbers. Displayed in the column "Phone 1/2" and in the expanded contact mode. By default first one will be dialed when Ctrl+Enter is pressed.

Internet: Two primary internet links or e-mails. Displayed in the column "Internet 1/2". By default first one will be opened when Shift+Enter is pressed.


 "Personal" page

Check Remind me to be notified about contact's birthday or anniversary. You can set number of days for prior notification and customize Personal 1-4 fields in the Address Book Preferences.


 "Business" page

Page with business information. You can customize Business 1-4 fields in the Address Book Preferences.


 "Notes" page

Page with notes. You can store up to 2 KB of text.


 "Misc" page

On this page you can add search keywords and attach any file to contact.

Keywords: type any word and press Alt+A to add to list. Keyword will be also added to the global keywords list. Press "-" button to remove keyword from this list.


 Working with contacts

Viewing contact information

Press Enter to view contact information page.

Creating new contacts

Press Ctrl+N or select Edit / New / Contact to add new contact.

 See topic Entering data.

Moving contacts to another category

To move selected contact(s), drag it with the mouse to desired category.

If destination category is hard to reach, select Edit / Move To from the top menu.

 See topic Selecting items.

Editing contacts

Press F2 or select Edit / Properties from the top menu.

 See topic Entering data.

Deleting contacts

Press Del or select Edit / Delete from the top menu.

 See topic Selecting items.


 Working with categories

Arranging categories

To move any category, drag it with the mouse to the new position. Mouse cursor will show you how the category will be moved:

 	Above

 	As a child

 	Below

Creating new category

Select Edit / New / Category... from the top menu or click on the New button. The Category Properties dialog will appears.

Category properties

To edit current category, click on Edit button or press F2.

Each category can be configured to perform some action on current contact when you press Enter in combination with Ctrl or Shift.

 See topic Setting preferences


 Organizing list view

Sorting fields

To sort an address book on specific column, click on the header above that column. Second click will resort the view in descending order.

Customize view

To select columns to display select Tools / Columns... in the top menu. Use < and > buttons to add or remove current columns to the visible columns list. Buttons << and >> will do the same with all columns at once. To arrange columns order, drag column with your mouse to desired position.


 Selecting items

Selecting current item

To select/deselect current item, press Ins or select Edit / Mark from the top menu. You can also use Shift+Up or Shift+Down for quick selection of multiple items.

Hint: click on the contact icon to quickly select few items.

Selecting entire category

Set cursor to the category you'd like to select and press Ins. You can also use Shift+Up or Shift+Down for quick selection of multiple categories.

Selecting all items

Press Ctrl+A or Numpad + to select all items in the all categories. To deselect all items, press Numpad - or select Edit / Select / Remove selection from the top menu.

Inverting selection

Press Numpad * to invert selection in the all categories. Or select Edit / Select / Invert selection from the top menu.

Operations on selected items

Selected items can be deleted, moved to another category or exported.


 Searching

To perform an incremental search, just type few starting letters in the main window. Search string will displayed in place of current category (see screenshot). Press Backspace to erase last letter or Esc to cancel search.

Search performed on Display, First Name, Last Name and Keywords fields.


 Dialing

Built-in dialer allows you quickly dial any phone number associated with contact and make notes during the conversation.

By default, you can dial phone number listed as primary phone 1 by pressing Ctrl+Enter.

Talk: Makes modem hang up and moves cursor to the notes field.

Hang Up: Press if calling party not answering.

Close: Close dialer with saving notes. You can use Esc as well.


 Birthdays

Setting birthday reminders

To receive notification about contact birthday or anniversary, check Remind me option on the "Personal" page in the contact properties dialog.

Number of days for prior notification can be set in the Address Book Preferences dialog.

Cute Organizer can remind you next time: On birthday, 1-3 days before, in the next 1-3 days and next year only.

Viewing birthdays by month

To find out who have a birthday in this (or any) month, select View/Birthdays... from the top menu.

Press Locate contact to go to the selected contact.


 Setting preferences

In this dialog you can set preferences for current user.

Default actions

Action performed when you press Enter alone or in combination with Ctrl or Shift.

Open Contact - Open view with full contact information.

Dial Phone 1/2 - Start dialing primary phone number 1 or 2.

Open Internet 1/2 - Open web site or send e-mail, depending on what field selected as Internet 1/2.

Phone Custom Labels

You can rename this fields as you wish and fill them on the "General" page in the Phone drop-down list.

Internet Custom Labels

You can rename this fields as you wish and fill them on the "General" page in the Internet drop-down list.

Personal and Business Custom Labels

You can customize this fields and fill them on the "Personal" and "Business" pages.

Remind about Birthdays...

Sets number of days for prior notification.

Reset all reminders

Click on this button to view today all delayed reminders (if any).


 Importing data

Importing from Windows Address Book format  (WAB)

Cute Organizer will offer default WAB file. To open another file, click on the Browse... button. Click OK to import selected WAB file.

Importing photos to JPEG files

Select folder with photos in JPEG format. Cute Organizer will import only files that meets existing contacts name (Display field). E.g. to import photo for Jack Smit, name file with photo as Jack Smit.jpg.

Importing from CSV format

Select CSV file to import and separator (comma, semicolon,|,Tab).

Cute Organizer will attempt to automatically map source and destination fields. Rest of the fields you can map by selecting source and appropriate destination field and clicking the < Add > button. Double click on source or destination field will do the same.

Delete button will unmap selected fields in the bottom list.

Reset button will unmap all fields.

Click Import button when you finish. Imported contacts will be selected to easy move them to another category.


 Exporting data

Exporting to CSV file

1. Select file to export contacts to.

2. Select wherever All or Selected contacts will be exported.

3. Select fields to export. You can use Select All or Clear All buttons.

Exporting photos to JPEG files

Select folder to export photos to and click OK. Cute Organizer will use Display name to name jpg files.


 Organizer options

In this dialog you can set Cute Organizer options (same for all users).

  Hide to tray - don't show Cute Organizer window on start.

  Show date in tray - show day of the month and day of the week in the system tray. 1 point - Monday, 2 points - Tuesday, ... , 7 points - Sunday.

  Show window - define global hot-key to activate Cute Organizer.


 Multi user support

Cute Organizer allows multiple users have their own sets of data or single user have multiple sets of data.

Press New button to add a new user.

It's good idea to create folder to keep your data beforehand. E.g. create folder E:\Documents\Jack and select it after pressing New button. User Jack will be created.

Press Delete button to remove selected user.

You can delete user from the list only or complete erase all data from the disk.

Note: button ... won't move your data to the new location, you should  do it yourself.


 How to order

What do I get if I purchase?

By registering Cute Organizer, you gain the following:

• Full functionality.

• FREE upgrade to new versions.

• A registration number.

• Access to support - If you have problems using Cute Organizer, we are here to help you.

How much does it cost?

• Single Computer Installation:  $25.

• Click here for information on Site licenses and Multiple computer discounts.

How do I order?

• Instant and secure web-based ordering using a credit card.


 Site licenses and volume discounts

Volume discounts table

  1 license	$19.95

  2-9 licenses	$15

  10-49 licenses	$12

  50-150 licenses	$7

  Unlimited Site license	$1000

 How to order


 License Agreement

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