Case Study: Total Access Memo

Publication: Office Tools Pro

Customer Profile

Office Tools Pro is a software development and consulting firm which caters to the financial sector. They provide an easy-to-use, feature-rich solution for office management needs - combining the best of contact management and scheduling, project management and due date reporting, document imaging and management, conflict checking andtime and billing in one program.

Business Situation

Office Tools Pro needed a way to provide rich text capability in their programs. Microsoft Word often proved too bulky. Office Tools Pro also required a solution that would integrate with Microsoft Access relatively easily. All this needed to be done on a large scale with a relatively small staff and budget.

Solution

Total Access Memo was implemented by Office Tools Pro and the results were impressive. Memo supplied a lightweight alternative to Microsoft Word while solving all of the issues Office Tools Pro had involving Microsoft rich text controls and their functionality. Also, Total Access Memo integrates with Microsoft Access nicely with a "nominal amount of coding", according to Programming Manager with Office Tools Pro, Robert Harvey.

"Our customers use it to create custom invoices, letters, and labels, and they love the ability to spell check." Harvey goes on to say, "As a small programming shop, we had neither the time nor the money to develop a control with the breadth of features that Total Access Memo has, and we feel the price for the control was well worth the investment."