• Keep an unlimited amount of phone numbers, email addresses, and mailing addresses for each individual or household. Phone numbers and email addresses may be marked as unlisted
• Create and record unlimited comments by individual or family from emergency contacts or medical alerts to restricted pastoral comments. Set security for each user and comment type
• Import individual and family pictures from digital files, scanned images, or third party pictorial directory firms
• Quickly access records by first name, last name, a combination of last and first name, envelope number, phone number, or active primary address
• Store an unlimited number of user defined participation categories such as activities, committees, skills & interests, spiritual gifts, and small groups
• Easily create or modify groups all at once
• Customize your windows with denominational preferences for terminology and the types of information recorded.
• Deactivate individuals with a simple click of the mouse, and by default that record will not be included in searches, filters, reports, or newsletter labels. This default can be overridden
• Quickly make uniform changes to all records or special segments of records
• Merge two households in marriage, change individual family positions, or move an adult child into his or her own family with the Change Family Unit feature
• Set address activation dates for people with winter or summer homes
• Produce pie charts, line graphs, or bar graphs on many system-defined and user-defined fields. Adjust standard reports to meet your needs and rename and save them with notes for future use
• Export any report to other programs, such as Microsoft® Word or Excel®
• Chose from five categories of standard reports:
  • Cards – Name Badges and 16 options for rotary and file cards
  • Directories – Fully customizable People Directory and four Pictorial Directory options
  • Lists – Eighteen different report options with many optional setup features
  • Extracts – In addition to Standard and Customized People Extract, you may extract data to use with Olan Mills™, Lifetouch™, PhoneTree™, and your PDA
  • Statistics – Three statistical reports with custom setup options
• Use the bulk mail capabilities built into ACS People™ and save time in preparing mailings. ACS fully supports CASS address verification and records ZIP + 4, delivery point bar codes, carrier route, and line of travel bar codes
• Save time with ZIP code sorting, barcoding, and endorsement line printing on labels
• Get directions to any person’s home from your facility with just one click to the Internet mapping feature
• Add longitude and latitude for Geocoding and interface with mapping software
• Use the email options to easily interface with your e-mail program, such as Microsoft Outlook or Constant Contact®

Automatically order background checks.  Get peace of mind and save time by automatically ordering background checks through SecureSearch.  This feature is integrated into ACS People, saving you data entry time!

Quickly reach out to your members. Send automated telephone messages quickly and easily to people in your database with PhoneTree. Use the Phone Tree interface in ACS People to easily take any group of records in your search results to your auto-calling system.

Connect with your members online. Access ACS™ is a Web-based companion to your church database, giving your members and staff access to vital information over the Internet. Solutions within Access ACS include Online Groups, Online Giving, Online Event Management, and Online Volunteer Coordinating.

Get anytime, anywhere access to all your data. ACS OnDemand™ is a flexible and secure hosted solution that enables you to use all of your ACS desktop software whenever and wherever you need to.

Promote your facility on the Web. Reach out to the community around you and start growing your numbers with an innovative Web site. Extend™ is an online content management solution for organizations that want to edit their Web sites quickly and easily.

All ACS software solutions come with comprehensive support and training options, including:

• FREE 90-day enrollment into our Preferred Client Program which provides unlimited telephone and email support, 24/7 access to the Online Knowledge Base, free software upgrades, plus much more.
• Comprehensive, context-sensitive Help documents accessible with F1 Key
• Access to a variety of training formats, including regional training schools, self-paced online videos, a national convention, and customized training online or at your facility